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From Nonlocal Variable
Posted by Oberdada Jr. on January 16, 2026 at 11:02pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
This and a lot more arrived earlier this week and I haven't even read all of it yet. Thanks non! Much appreciated.
Margheritha Fergnachino 260112
Posted by Mikel Untzilla on January 16, 2026 at 10:04pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Mikel Untzilla your post landed
Posted by borderlinegrafix on January 16, 2026 at 7:18pm 1 Comment 2 Likes
from Deb in Ireland: a very nice little selfmade notebook together with an awesome double sided ATC - thank you!
Posted by MH//ANTIPODE on January 16, 2026 at 3:54pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Madisyn is sending me this colorful and cute envelope filled with a whole bunch of stickers and postcards from hawaii - thank you!
Posted by MH//ANTIPODE on January 16, 2026 at 3:40pm 2 Comments 2 Likes
Received from Prety Casa del Dragon - Spain #BooKOfDeaD
Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on January 16, 2026 at 2:53pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Amazing 2 postcards coming from a freind od Casa del Dragon...
love it...
Received from Lubomyr - UKraine #drawmeaskull
Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on January 16, 2026 at 2:50pm 0 Comments 3 Likes
Amazing work from Ukraine....
thanks Lubomyr
https://brottasmailart.wixsite.com/brottasmailart/drawmeaskull
Diverse Divertissements from nonlocal variable - some highlights
Posted by John Gayer on January 15, 2026 at 8:46pm 0 Comments 4 Likes
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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. 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.
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MURMURATION Mail-Art Project
January 24, 2025 at 6pm to January 24, 2026 at 7pm – France
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Convocatoria e invitación de Mail art A(rt)viso una Poesía (arte aviso una poesía)
May 26, 2025 to March 26, 2026 – Lo barnechea. Región Metropolitana. Código postal. 7690000.Chile
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CALL FOR MAIL ART: "SHE SPEAKS: Women’s Voices and Visions"
May 26, 2025 to February 2, 2026 – Lake Worth Beach, FLorida USA
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FANTASTIC HERBARIUM (VOL.2)
June 30, 2025 at 6pm to June 30, 2026 at 7pm – Firenze, Italy
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The Market Gallery - UK Exhibition Opportunity
July 20, 2025 to July 7, 2026 – The Market Gallery, 15 Market Place, South Shields, UK
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Hand Made Postcards
Hand Made Postcard Exchange.Please no commercial postcards.Categories / media - drawing, painting, watercolor, print making, mixed media, original photograph.Mailed postcards have an advantage being postmarked they record the time and place where…See More
Mail Art and Poetry
Here is a space for lovers of poetry: the kind you read, listen to, write, and sing. Grab your paintbrushes, scissors, and glue sticks for poetic exchanges through Mail Art.See More
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Pareidolia
(Mostly) visual meaning in a seemingly meaningless organisation of objects or subject matter. A leading line to the recognisable.Most commonly exhibited through perceived faces, as there is an inherent social instinct to recognise another, alot of…See More
From Nonlocal Variable
This and a lot more arrived earlier this week and I haven't even read all of it yet. Thanks non! Much appreciated.See More
"@Zorica
I am glad you seem to like the bookmarks I made 💝
@Tomoe-san
Wonderful ! Thank you for sharing! 🎀"
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Is there anyone in Buffalo NY that would post a letter for me? Continue
Started by michael thompson in Mail-Art Projects 14 hours ago.
a knuckle-dragging neanderthal of a newb, is nonplussed 15 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 stash ephemera Jan 10.
end of public mail delivery 8 Replies
Alert! For the first time, since January 1, 2026, a country's public service, PostNord in Denmark, is discontinuing mail delivery. If other nations follow suit, it will spell the end of mail art sent through the public system.Continue
Started by nicolas de La Casinière in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Leslie Levenson Jan 9.
💌❗ 3 Replies
"Serbia is officially following 'global trends'—postage prices just went up! Still affordable, but hey, at least we’re staying trendy! 😁😁😁🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣❗"Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Jan 4.
My Offer : Lots of My Mail Art for You - REQUEST : Donation to IUOMA ! 5 Replies
Hello dear fellow IUOMA members,In short, I would like to monetarily support IUOMA but currently I cannot. So, I thought of this idea that I send you lots of my mail art, mostly made with my hand-carved stamps prints, and in return, you just donate…Continue
Started by Kiki in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Kiki Dec 25, 2025.
Tell me, who sent me two torn dollars?
Dear friends, please tell me, who exactly sent me two torn dollars in the mail? Someone used these two postcards to send me a very unusual art message with ruined dollars. Two $1 bills, torn in half, placed between postcards. The message arrived in…Continue
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects Dec 23, 2025.
The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!? 3 Replies
The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!?I drew a drawing on cardboard with this pencil. When I laminated, the drawing disappeared. An empty cardboard remained. On the second postcard, I just wrote the address with this pen,…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Oberdada Jr. Dec 15, 2025.
News from Moscow: Mail Art to The Garage Museum 1 Reply
In 2019, I wrote on the IUOMA portal:“If you want to get rid of excess postal art, you can donate your collection of postal art to the Museum of Moscow. With my participation in the Museum of Moscow, an archive of postal art for art historians and…Continue
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Leslie Levenson Dec 9, 2025.
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