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Always fun to receive mail art from John,

always fun surprises inside and out...

and this time I get to add-to-and-return the Starn Twins, yay!…

Now this is vintage mail art! A real treasure began in 1983 (that I may send out yet again...)

It came in with the above..."fase" and new art directions for Ruud!

Check out the amazing details:

"trashpo" and "DKulted"…

Mail art by IUOMA member Linda French (Two Harbors, Minnesota, USA)

May 18, 2015 - Moan Lisa has a true talent for inventing mail art calls and concepts that have widespread appeal. The Bad Poetry call is one, as is…

“new art directions” (phase 6) by Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

May 17, 2015 - Ruud Janssen has created many charts mapping trends, events, strategies, theories and other subjects related to mail art and Fluxus. These charts are…

This is not ALL,

Edmund Hippo is helping me sort and organize :-)

These are some of the 25 pieces that were…

Mail art by IUOMA member Mars Tokyo (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

May 16, 2015 - I have been a fan of Mars Tokyo’s art for a long time. Her work has been…

The next number arrived today:

Mail art by Jesse Jesarchives Edwards (Carcassonne, France) 

May 15, 2015 - In the context of current discussions about the relationship of traditional mail art to the digital realm, Jesse Edwards is an example of a…

Mail art by Sinclair Scripa (Ludlow, Vermont, USA)

May 13, 2015 - Not since the days when folks such as Blaster Al and David Zack mailed out fake solicitations for disabled children’s scholarship funds in order to raise…

The first incoming from my "call to mail art" / "The man after the man"

from France / Vanitas Omni Vanitas"

Work from Angela Behrendt, FinnBadger, Giovanni Bianchini and Carl Baker!

Check all the great work out at the project blog:

Privacy is the Next Revolution

If you'd like to send work, there is a group here at IUOMA. Click on the "Groups" tab and you'll find all the necessary information for submissions.

Many thanks for the DKult tea, Martha!

As we prepare for our upcoming exhibition, Please Return To: Mail Art from the Ray Johnson Archive, we have been reminded that for a large percentage of the mail art in our collection, the sender/creator is unknown, since many pieces are unsigned and/or have been separated from their envelopes.

As the Archivist for the Estate, I would like to reach out to the IUOMA community and encourage you to contact me if you see your…

... Karl Lagerfeld wearing a blue cat hat! New blog here ->