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Received art from Coco Muchmore yesterday
Posted by Penelope Timm on April 30, 2024 at 4:46pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Envelope is a quilted pattern with quilt stamps-very clever! Inside are her custom artistamps and a nice letter about the household furry friends. Thank you Coco. …
From Heide Monster in Texas
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 30, 2024 at 10:53am 0 Comments 1 Like
Great fun to see the variety of postage stamps! wow!
Dragon out-of-the-beautiful-blue!
Year of the Dragon all year long, 2024 :-)…
ContinueFrom Olivia Arrow in Chicago
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 30, 2024 at 10:30am 0 Comments 1 Like
I received Revista Ensamblada La Jirafa en llamas nº 43 Idea y Elaboracion Alfonso Aguadp Ortuño from Mislata (Valencia) Spain.
Posted by Sabela Baña on April 30, 2024 at 7:11am 0 Comments 1 Like
I received mail art of Piero Barducci from Italy
Posted by Sabela Baña on April 30, 2024 at 7:08am 0 Comments 1 Like
I received mail art of Antonia Mayol Castello from Torrevieja(España)
Posted by Sabela Baña on April 30, 2024 at 7:05am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Incoming: David Stafford and Mindaugas Zuromskas
Posted by William M on April 29, 2024 at 7:29pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
David sends a cognitive test. I'm eagerly waiting my test results.…
Keiichi Nakamura 240426
Posted by Mikel Untzilla on April 29, 2024 at 4:40pm 0 Comments 3 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. 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.
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ABC BOOK
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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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S’io fosse foco
February 29, 2024 at 6pm to June 30, 2024 at 7pm – Padova =Italy
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POMO V INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION
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How Mail-Art changed the World
Dear all Mail-Artists,as a Germany-based cultural anthropologist, I am interested in how Mail-Art emerged, how it reacted to upheavals in the past, and how it deals with current social change movements. I work with postcards and their role in times…Continue
Started by flo abgrund in Mail-Art Projects 7 hours ago.
Alla 60. Biennale Internazionale di Venezia un emporio equosolidale a cielo aperto 1 Reply
Lettera aperta di Sandro Bongiani al Direttore della 60. Biennale Internazionale di Venezia Adriano Pedrosa “A Venezia un emporio equosolidale a cielo aperto”Un bazar coloniale del sud del mondo destinato a passare come una precaria biennale…Continue
Tags: Biennale, 60, di, Venezia, 2024
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Bruno Cassaglia - poetArtist on Sunday.
Mail art envelope orientation query 2 Replies
Hey mail art friends, is it correct that if I want to send a mail art envelope with the envelope design and its address info oriented to portrait style vs landscape style, it costs extra postage?Continue
Started by Melanie Reed in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Predrag Petrovic on Sunday.
Little notion/s on sending. Before sending... 1 Reply
Hello to all who would like to exchange with me.Please read first my IUOMA page, there's clearly stated what I like and what I don't. Don't put me, or you, in unpleasant situation for any given reason, since it is rude and inappropriate. Once again,…Continue
Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Valentine Mark Herman on Friday.
SPAZIO THETIS VENICE “MAIL ART, ART IN TRENCH” Mail Art meeting by Ruggero Maggi
Arte Moderna e ContemporaneaVENEZIA / “MAIL ART, ARTE IN TRINCEA” - SPAZIO THETIS ItaSPAZIO THETIS VENEZIA“MAIL ART, ARTE IN TRINCEA”incontro di Arte Postale a cura di Ruggero MaggiMERCOLEDì 8 MAGGIO 2024 ore 17.00 …Continue
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Apr 21.
received from Czechia !
Interesting collage-card, in amazing envelope, which itself is an piece of art, and all of that, by Simona Mihalcova, from Praha (Prague), Czech Republic (Czechia) THANK YOU, SIMONA ! Not often I receive such amazing and uplifting work!…Continue
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Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Projects Apr 18.
received from Ireland !
I received amazing envelope from Ireland, from Deborah McMenamy. Inside were 4 of her original works (and when i say ''original'' I mean really ORIGINAL !) Rarely i receive such amazing artwork, interesting, funny, and mysterious, all in one) that…Continue
Tags: Deborah-McMenamy
Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Discussions Apr 18.
''SNAIL SONGS'' Postal Art project 1 Reply
It is about the snails and the songs that various nations are using to call the snail to get out from its housing! Please send the lyrics of the song (text) and possible translation into English. All will be translated from your language or from…Continue
Tags: Aleksandar-Jovanovic, Serbia
Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Penelope Timm Apr 18.
Pavilion Locust Valley Active Marginal Generation Everywhere
Press releasePavilion Locust ValleyActive Marginal Generation EverywhereFor this collective event, 28 selected artists of different nationalities are presented in 28 individual rooms, each with a solo show of selected works. …Continue
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Apr 17.
Pavilion Lautania Valley, Foreigners Here And Elsewhere Ray Johnson Retrospective “NOTHING / NOIHTNG”
Pavilion Lautania ValleyForeigners Here And ElsewhereRay Johnson Retrospective “NOTHING / NOIHTNG”Presentation by Sandro…Continue
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Apr 17.
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