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Mailart ZInes

Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on May 20, 2024 at 11:30am 2 Comments

One of the things that i most love in Mail Art is Zines...

Today i decided to send works for almost that i know...

NadaZero - 20x 8cmx8cm - France

Icara - 1x (any size) - Spain

Circulare132 - 25x 8cmx8cm - Canada

PenseAqui - 1x (any size) - Brasil

RubberPostcard - 13x (Postcard) - Taiwan

@rthole - 5x to 20x (A5) - USa…

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Sabela Baña 240516

Posted by Mikel Untzilla on May 19, 2024 at 5:00pm 0 Comments

new stamps from France!

Posted by Zack on May 19, 2024 at 7:25am 0 Comments

i received Mail Art from Nancy Bell Scott

Posted by Zack on May 18, 2024 at 5:25pm 1 Comment

such beautiful collages  - and to hold them in one's hand (sigh)

the center piece is titled "Sometimes I Missed You Even After You Got Here". 

thank you for sharing!

i received Mail Art from Cascadia Artpost

Posted by Zack on May 18, 2024 at 5:09pm 0 Comments

let them eat McCake!

i received Mail Art from Carien van Hest

Posted by Zack on May 18, 2024 at 4:59pm 1 Comment

green spring greeting portrait arrived in an artfully stamped envelope.

so nice to see you in the mail again! stay tuned ];-)

Mail art from Ireland! (Deborah McMenamy)

Posted by Gadi on May 18, 2024 at 3:30pm 0 Comments

Today I received beautiful mail art from Ireland :)…







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Incoming: Jimmy Connors and Cameron Terhune

Posted by William M on May 18, 2024 at 3:23pm 0 Comments

Front and back of a card I'm assuming is from Jimmy Connors. Wonderful work.…



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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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Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles commented on Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles's blog post Mailart ZInes
"Dont know if Icara is still publishing but we will revived my work... lol"
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Mailart ZInes

One of the things that i most love in Mail Art is Zines...Today i decided to send works for almost that i know...NadaZero - 20x 8cmx8cm - France Icara - 1x (any size) - Spain Circulare132 - 25x 8cmx8cm - Canada PenseAqui - 1x (any size) - Brasil…See More
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Zorica Obradović commented on Valentina Cozzi's blog post AMERICA YOU REJECTED ME!!! WHY?
"No one from the USA has ever confirmed that they received my mail... it's embarrassing for me to ask... for some other countries (for example Singapore), they charge them if they are not there the first time to pick up the mail. that's…"
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Lux of the Agony commented on Valentina Cozzi's blog post AMERICA YOU REJECTED ME!!! WHY?
"I also got a rejected envelope to Non Local Variable from here in Bishkek."
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Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group BORING POSTCARDS
"BORING FRENCH AND SWISS POSTCARDS FROM YESTERDAY'S FLEA MARKET 1. Fun and games (and a poem as well) at a foklore competition "Les Thiaulins de Lignieres", St. Hilaires-en- lignieres, France 2. Lake at Belle Bouche, Vendoeuvres,…"
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Kiki left a comment for Amy
"Hello Amy! Thank you so much for your hand-carved stamp prints - they are awesome! I will send you my hand-carved stamp prints again soon :-)"
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Started by Melanie Reed in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson May 9.

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