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Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on October 15, 2025 at 6:47am 0 Comments

It leaves Bordeaux today for the USA, Argentina, and Germany.

i received Mail Art from The Celestial Scribe

Posted by Zack on October 14, 2025 at 6:36pm 0 Comments

very cool boomerang blitz! my mail cut up, reworked, embellished, then annotated with that charming penmanship. yes god save the bridge 🎶 god save the handsome bridge... obrigado Patricio.

i received Mail Art from Susan Gnaedinger

Posted by Zack on October 14, 2025 at 6:19pm 0 Comments

thanks for this poignant card trio. i think Mail Art is a good treatment for despair/weltschmerz, so let's keep at it.

i received Mail Art from Cascadia Artpost

Posted by Zack on October 14, 2025 at 6:00pm 0 Comments

this card arrived in August, but i'm just now getting around to sharing it here.

whatever else one could say, definitely the wrong ice is melting. 

Todd Camplin thank you!

Posted by Zorica Obradović on October 14, 2025 at 12:15pm 0 Comments

Mail Art from Mr. Keiichi Nakamura from Tokyo Japan 🍀🌺

Posted by Kiki on October 14, 2025 at 9:26am 0 Comments

Today I received cool mail art from Mr. keiichi Nakamura in Tokyo, Japan, for the first time and I am pleased.  Best Wishes for his mail art exhibition in Kyoto, Japan, in February 2026! I am going to submit my work for his exhibition soonish  🙋🙂🍀

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From Keiichi Nakamura

Posted by Tomoe N on October 14, 2025 at 7:28am 0 Comments

I received a mail art from Keiichi in Tokyo. Thank you

東京からメールアート来ました ありがとう

Incoming from Brazil/Ana KAWAJIRI

Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on October 13, 2025 at 4:47pm 0 Comments

Today one "Add and Pass" and a postcard from Ana. Obrigada.…

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Incoming from France/Dean aka Artist In seine

Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on October 13, 2025 at 4:36pm 0 Comments

Today two postcards from Dean.Merci

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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.  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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***HELP FROM FRIENDS *** 14 Replies

 Does anyone know for sure what the term "library manuscript" means? maybe a photo of it?,*** believe it or not, I can't find it on the Internet. (And my encyclopedias are not in the same place that I am.)can inbox so we don't get bored.. .I need it…Continue

Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Oct 1.

An Eastern European Story of Censorship and Mail Art 1 Reply

Greetings to Vladimir. An Eastern European Story of Censorship and Mail Art[Hommage à Franz Kafka]https://viragfold.net/post/796038304120324096/greetings-to-vladimirContinue

Started by Peter Abajkovics in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Juan Petry Sep 29.

Sensations of Tone by Hermann von Helmholtz 3 Replies

Has anyone read The Sensations of Tone by Hermann von Helmholtz??  I got a copy of the Dover edition for my birthday;  I haven't read it yet, but I am thinking about making some art about it.Continue

Started by Asterion in Other. Last reply by Matthew Conroy Sep 12.

Mailing photos to IUOMA for posting 1 Reply

Hello all,  I have been trying to mail photos to the address given for this network, but I'm not understanding how they will arrive.  Will they go to my inbox?  Will they automagically post in my photos? Will they show up somewhere else?LorreContinue

Started by Lorre Smith in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Nick Tauro Jr Sep 3.

Problem receiving email notifications 3 Replies

Hello,I subscribe to all email notifications, but I'm not receiving most of them. I just get notifications once in a while for group invites. Yesterday I received a friend request, and the notification didn't arrive in may email inbox. They are not…Continue

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Starting Mail Art 27 Replies

So I just joined but I really don;t know how to start or what is acceptable to mail.  I have artwork that I would like to send on 6x6 and 8x8 canvas boards but where can I go so send my artwork?  Do I send to strangers, friends, family, etc?  Please…Continue

Started by Bruno Andrews in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by James Chester Aug 5.

Whose mail is this? 5 Replies

To mail artists I want to return a mail to this person (I think I asked before but I forgot) but I don’t know who. Can anyone tell me whose mail is this?…Continue

Started by Tomoe N in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Tomoe N Jul 29.

Mail art blogs and twitter accounts 56 Replies

Many of us keep blogs and have twitter accounts, and I know that many of us post up our best work there. Personally I love seeing people's work on their blogs, and I follow the latest work of many mailartists on Twitter too, where the banter is…Continue

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Started by andytgeezer in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Francis Lammé Jul 24.

Museum for Fotocopy: 40 years Unruly Publishing 1 Reply

Dear Community,we are new here but actually 40 years in the business of Copyart. Located in Mülheim an der Ruhr the collection of Klaus Urbons celebrates its 40th birthday this year under the topic "Unruly Publishing". We would be happy to welcome…Continue

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