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Mail art by IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

May 27, 2016 - Ruud Janssen has dedicated at least one of his legendary envelopes to the elusive Miss Noma Fun Club. Based on the generous contents of this envelope, I…

Mail art by IUOMA member the Cardboard Prince aka Robert Ridley-Shackleton (Oxford, UK)

May 24, 2016 - Robert Ridley-Shackleton of Cardboard Club fame sent me this fantastic piece which, in one communication, he describes as a…

Mail art by IUOMA member David Alan Goldberg (Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)

May 21, 2016 - I am thrilled to share this card received from David Alan Goldberg. In his IUOMA-Ning profile, David states: “I created a steady stream…

Mail art by IUOMA member Annette Kesterson (San Francisco, California, USA)

May 15. 2016 - Annette Kesterson has emerged as a wonderful correspondent sending me her impressions and expressions from the Bay Area. This new…

Mail art by IUOMA member FinnBadger (aka Phillip Lerche) (Columbus, Ohio, USA)

May 11, 2016 - Inspired by an exhibition of work by Noah Purifoy, FinnBadger created this exceptional piece of “Junk Dada,” which he has so kindly…

Mail art by IUOMA member Joey Patrickt (Oakland, California, USA)

May 9, 2016 - A few weeks ago DKULT established DKULTJoey: A special California Kulter chapter to honor the achievements of mail artist Joey Patrickt. Joey…

Mail art by IUOMA member E – Ambassador of Utopia (Guivry, France)

May 8, 2016 - The great French mail artist E – Ambassador of Utopia is an enigma and his work – while masterly – is also a riddle. E disappears from the network…

Mail art by Gerda Osteneck (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)

May 6, 2016 - To the best of my knowledge, this blog entry marks the mail art debut of Canadian artist Gerda Osteneck. She has done some previous work with ATCs, but I do…

Mail art by IUOMA member Cascadia Artpost aka Jack Lattemann (Olympia, Washington, USA)

May 4. 2016 - The work Cascadia Artpost has done in service to DKult is not what most observers associate with Trashpo. Yet his Walmarth…

Mail art by IUOMA member DSF (aka Dopesick San Francisco) (Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA)

May 3, 2016 - It’s always a thrill to receive and share a postal utterance from DSF (aka Dopesick San Francisco aka Michael…

Mail art by IUOMA member Terry Owenby (Portland, Oregon, USA)

May 1, 2016 - Terry Owenby generously and kindly sent me…

Mail art by IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

April 29, 2016 - Artist, network scholar and IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen has been very supportive of the Trashpoets and DKulters. The Trashpo “movement” in mail art…

Mail art by IUOMA member Joey Patrickt (Oakland, California, USA)

April 28, 2016 - Some networkers and observers lament the lack of the “political” in contemporary mail art, implying the situation was once different. Others…

Mail art by IUOMA member E – Ambassador of Utopia (Guivry, France)

April 25, 2016 - The great and mysterious French mail artist E – Ambassador of Utopia is again active in the Eternal Network and at the IUOMA after a long…

Mail art by IUOMA member Jay Block (Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA)

April 22, 2016 – I received a beautiful piece from Jay Block that is, alas, also meant for Miss Noma:…

Mail art by IUOMA member Avalo K. (San Francisco, California, USA)

April 21, 2016 - The more I protest that I am not Miss Noma, the more mail arrives in my post office box for Miss Noma. This time I have received a letter from…

Mail art by Larry Oberc (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

April 20, 2016 - In the 1980s and into the 1990s in the United States, just before the widespread adoption of the internet, the earlier mail art network of Ray Johnson, Fluxus…

Mail art by IUOMA member Susan McAllister (Berkeley, California, USA)

April 16, 2016 - I am thrilled to, at last, be able to share mail art sent by Susan McAllister in Berkeley. Has Susan’s…

Today Diane Keys and Lucky Pierre are visiting Richard Canard in Carbondale, Illinois, USA.

Diane will be doing an interview that she is sharing on the internet. She is gathering questions on line or via telephone. This is happening in the Trashpo group on FB. But post your questions here & I will forward them if you want.

Here is Diane's message.

"Now taking questions for mail art legend and trashpo philosopher Richard Canard!!! I will post his answers…