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Mail art by IUOMA member Marcela Peral (Rosario, Argentina)

November 22, 2015 - Marcela Peral is a visual poet and artist who is active in the Eternal Network. I am thrilled to have received this new work from her. I first…

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

November 21, 2015 - Commencing in 1988, Ruud Janssen’s Fluxus Words is an enduring, long-running and popular project (or perhaps better described as performance)…

Mail art collab by IUOMA members Carina Granlund (Petsmo, Finland), Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA) and Borderline Grafix (Austin, Texas, USA)

November 17, 2015 - Deepest thanks go out to Borderline Grafix of DKULTX for sending…

Mail art by IUOMA member Erin Young (Innisfil, Ontario, Canada)

November 15, 2015 - An interesting development in contemporary mail art is the growing popularity of the Buddy Jam. Canadian artist Erin Young, an energetic and…

I know IUOMA members and other networkers have contributed to this event.

http://www.artnews.com/2015/10/29/please-add-to-and-return-to-mail-art-homage-to-ray-johnson-at-printed-matter/

Also coverage of Dick Higgins/Something Else Press exhibit (published Ray Johnson's Paper Snake) at (former) Black Mountain College, North Carolina.…

Mail art by IUOMA member liketelevisionsnow (Tamworth, New Hampshire, USA)

November 13, 2015 - In recent months I have received stellar work in a Post-Pop spirit, and I have engaged in discussions about the…

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

November 12, 2015 - I received an incredible mail art package from Sinclair Scripa (I call her Tanya) that I am excited to share with you This is an instance, I believe,…

Mystery mail art

November 11, 2015 - Lately a new fashion has been going around in mail art circles (emphasis on going around in circles). Established artists are abandoning and sometimes denouncing a persona they have…

Mail art by IUOMA member Gü (Norwich, UK) for Svenja Wahl’s Excavations zine (Heidelberg, Germany) 

November 8, 2015 - Continuing documentation of a mail art package from Gü aka Gina Ulgen, I am pleased to present this…

Mail art by IUOMA member Gü (aka Gina Ulgen) (Norwich, UK)

November 7, 2015 - I am absolutely thrilled to announce that the three original…

Mail art by IUOMA member Amy Irwen (Rosemount, Minnesota, USA)

November 6, 2015 - Amy Irwen is a talented and prolific mail artist. In addition to more “classic” correspondence art, she makes image-text collage that is of…

November 6, 2015 - I am thrilled to display this lovely mink ranch-themed work. However, I do not know who sent it. I  would very much like to give credit, so any help would be appreciated, especially since I know I have seen this somewhere before but cannot remember where.…

Image-text by IUOMA member Carl Baker (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada)

November 4, 2015 - I invited Canadian visual poet Carl Baker to send me some work that would give a sense of what he has been doing recently, and I received these…

Iconic Lucky Pierre stamp (Charleston, South Carolina, USA)

November 2, 2015 - Rather than losing it forever to the landfill, Lucky Pierre, wisely and generously, sent this memento of the New York City artworld to the…

Mail art by IUOMA member (?) Karen Eliot (Richmond, Virginia, USA)

November 1, 2015 - It's not every day I receive mail from the legendary Karen Eliot, so I am very excited to share this work that somebody attempted to…

Mail art by IUOMA member Meeah Williams (Brooklyn, New York, USA)

October 31, 2015 - I am confident this Tacky Little Pamphlet (TLP) was created by Meeah Williams and that it contains her verse. Nowhere in the pamphlet nor on…

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

October 28, 2015 - Receiving mail from Ruud Janssen is always an occasion, and the missive blogged today is no exception. The envelope contained a diverse array of…

Mail art by IUOMA member Chris Wells (Worthington, Ohio, USA)

October 24, 2015 - Lately, I have written about “avant tropes.” This wonderful piece Chris Wells sent is a perfect example. I have written lately that I will…

Mail art by IUOMA member Jan Hodgman (Anacortes, Washington, USA)

October 22, 2015 - Among other artistic pursuits, Jan Hodgman is doing some fantastic asemic writing. I am thrilled she sent me new work.…

Sorry to take up blog space with this. I am always getting messages: "Did you get it?" (Did you receive the mail art?) That is an important question and one good reason why IUOMA-Ning is such a great resource. So here is a list from recent weeks:

Thanks for recent m-a received from (but not limited to): Robert Ridley-Shackleton, Monsenhor enVide neFelibata,…