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new mail art from germany - thanks to rebekka
Posted by Juan Petry on December 21, 2024 at 10:39am 0 Comments 2 Likes
wonderful zine. you are a good storyteller. thank you for sharing. lets start with the mad.anyfree.org project soon.
new mail art from america - thanks to trent
Posted by Juan Petry on December 21, 2024 at 10:37am 0 Comments 1 Like
new mail art from belgium - thanks to stephanie
Posted by Juan Petry on December 21, 2024 at 10:35am 1 Comment 2 Likes
new mail art from serbia - thanks to predrag
Posted by Juan Petry on December 21, 2024 at 10:34am 0 Comments 3 Likes
and...
and ... for using and testing mad.anyfree.org to create a useful online service for all of us.…
i received Mail Art from C. Mehrl Bennett
Posted by Zack on December 21, 2024 at 10:28am 0 Comments 1 Like
[yes, this was mailed/received before the election in the US; still catching up!]
a full sheet of St. eXposto facto stamps, a snippet of the IUOMA anthem, and a couple of other goodies as well. always intriguing to find an envelope from Columbus in the mailbox; Catherine produces clever, intricate, and often…
The Rubber Postcard 57
Posted by William M on December 21, 2024 at 10:25am 0 Comments 1 Like
Thanks to everyone who sent work. Last issue for 2024! Guidelines posted after the pictures.…
i received Mail Art from Karen Champlin
Posted by Zack on December 21, 2024 at 10:21am 0 Comments 2 Likes
i love the textures/treatment of these scrappy odd-shaped ATCs; they're like relics unpacked from a time capsule buried by an art-minded society. Karen also enclosed a plethora of Mail Art omens - …
i received (more) Mail Art from Jokie Wilson
Posted by Zack on December 21, 2024 at 10:12am 0 Comments 1 Like
this is pretty cool - a postcard that is a sheet of usable stickers. if you find any of these 'natural' images on an envelope from me, you'll know that Jokie is the true source ];-)
cute fun zine by Rebekka S. and nice fun pieces by Dr. Zack
Posted by Kiki on December 21, 2024 at 7:30am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Thank you Rebekka for sharing your zine with me. I would like to send you my mail art when I heal from a cold 🙂
Merci beaucoup Dr. Zack for your mail art. I will send you my mail art too after I heal from a cold ☺️…
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Somehow people always think that if a group of artists work together that then there must automatically be some kind of organisation that coordinates it all. Well, in mail art there are many groups working together. These groups themselves also work together, but there is NO organisation that arranges all the things that go on in the mail art network. The I.U.O.M.A. is the Union that mail artists can become a member of. The Union has no rules. Everybody who is active in mail art and hears about the Union can become a member just by saying so.
In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. I invented this name and made forms for people to become a member of this (fictive) union. About 300 mail artists reacted in a year, and official membership cards were made, even a official Union Magazine was published. Anybody who was a member of the Union could also claim a special function within the Union.
Even today, people still join the Union. And somehow it gives power, to say that YOU are a member of the International Union too. The Main address of the Union is at the TAM-address, P.O.Box 1055, 4801 BB - Breda - Netherlands. It is just the center for archiving all the things that are going on. But I am not in control of the Union. I just invented it. And to make it official, I made myself General-President of this Union. Sure was impressive when I travelled to the USSR in 1991 and went to visit some friends there who were also members of this Union........
Today online on Ning there are thousands of members. On December 2nd 2018 the 5000th member joined in.
Events
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A Island Far Far Away Tristan Da Cunha Project
January 28, 2024 at 6pm to January 26, 2025 at 7pm – Tristan da Chuna South Atlantic Ocean
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THE WINDOWED ENVELOPE
February 10, 2024 at 6pm to January 5, 2025 at 7pm – Gallery Location TBA
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“LET'S PLAY” VI International Mailart Open Call
June 28, 2024 to December 31, 2024 – Quinta da Cruz – Centro de Arte Contemporânea
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From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
July 17, 2024 at 6pm to July 7, 2025 at 7pm – Belgium
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Seasonal Mail Art
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Hand-Carved Rubber Stamps
52 members
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Mail-Art Cafe
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Pittura digitale
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ADD & PASS
158 members
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POSTCARD 2025
27 members
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Group for Cat-Lovers
162 members
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CIRCLES
223 members
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Mail art for kids
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Flower Mail Art
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blue roads
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FLUXfish
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Hand Made Postcards
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Mail Art UK
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MailArt: Book Of DeaD
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Onions
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BANANAS
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Music Group
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SHOW ME YOUR POST OFFICE
23 members
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Canadian Embassy
57 members
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Mail Artists Addresses? 580 Replies
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Marcia Rosenberger on Sunday.
a knuckle-dragging neanderthal of a newb, is nonplussed 12 Replies
NOTA BENNY, i just posted the same message as a blog post; my befuddlement knows no bounds. f this is not good etiquette here, please cut a rank beginner a break, okay? thanks a zillon!thurs 03/09/2017 15:30THIS ISN'T MEANT AS A GRIPE OR…Continue
Started by Vel Crowe in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Ficus strangulensis Dec 12.
My First Mail Art 3 Replies
This week I received my first two pieces of mail art! One from M. L . in Oregon and one from Nick in New Mexico. I mailed off some today as well. I cannot wait to share these with my students!…Continue
Started by Rebecca Lancaster in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson Nov 29.
Harris Walz stickers 7 Replies
Started by Mars Tokyo in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Nick Canterucci Nov 20.
Send mail or not send? 13 Replies
Dear friends, this is not the first time I have learned that my American friends have not received my mail. This was not the case before.I live in Russia. Maybe the US Postal Service has slowed down? Can I send my collages to the US or is it better…Continue
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Juan Petry Nov 11.
Project International Add & Return "Outsider Art Brut" 2025 dedicated to Jean Debuffet
Sandro Bongiani Contemporary ArtCALL FOR NEW INTERNATIONAL PROJECTProject dedicated to the Art Brut by Jean Dubuffet with…Continue
Tags: Brut, Art, Dubuffet, Jean
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Nov 5.
NYU Libraries Exhibition Explores Mail Art Movement and Mark Bloch’s Postal Art Network
NYU Libraries Downtown Collection presents "Panmodern!" An Exhibition of the Mark Bloch/Postal Art Network Opening:…Continue
Tags: York, USA, Hew, Event, Art
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Sep 17.
Open call 1 Reply
https://www.fotodarbnica.lv/Continue
Started by Thomas Vandenberghe in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Peter Abajkovics Sep 7.
Mail art blogs and twitter accounts 52 Replies
Many of us keep blogs and have twitter accounts, and I know that many of us post up our best work there. Personally I love seeing people's work on their blogs, and I follow the latest work of many mailartists on Twitter too, where the banter is…Continue
Tags: mailartists, twitter, blogs
Started by andytgeezer in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Peter Abajkovics Sep 7.
theLetterNetwork - book by 80 mail artists 1 Reply
Me and my partner Lilli made a mail art project together with 80 artists and storytellers from over 20 European countries through analogue dialogical letter-making. These letters are now becoming a book that we are crowdfunding. If the project seems…Continue
Started by Marco Verhoogt in Mail-Art Magazines and Publications. Last reply by Predrag Petrovic Sep 3.
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