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In Iowa 2 gentlemen contemplate the illusion of Time
Posted by Julian Foster on April 5, 2025 at 5:42pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Thank you Juan Petry... two letters!
Posted by Luna Leandro on April 5, 2025 at 1:00pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
The first arrived on March 21st an the second just yesterday, April 4th.
Love the stickers and the postal stamps!
The social dada thing looks like a lot of fun! Also thanks for the Mail Art Detection Stamp. My first ever stamp!
Thank you Patricio!
Posted by Luna Leandro on April 5, 2025 at 12:43pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Arrived March 21st. I'm taking the time now to thank the sender.
Love the material - and contents! - of this envelope.
And the teeny TINY envelope inside. …
Thank you Christine McEntee and Richard Canard... Postcards!
Posted by Luna Leandro on April 5, 2025 at 12:30pm 0 Comments 1 Like
I received both of these on March 14th, but couldn't take the time to properly thank the senders until today.
This is from Christine:
I love these colours and textures, they give me a warm feeling. And so shiny! …
Thank you Richard Baudet!
Posted by Luna Leandro on April 5, 2025 at 12:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Arrived March 21st. I'm now taking the time to thank the sender.
The collage makes me so happy. So does the calligraphy used for my name and address.
Thanks for the tips!
Istituto Comprensivo Mezzocorona 250404
Posted by Mikel Untzilla on April 5, 2025 at 5:32am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Mail Art has its own mailbox, open to the world
Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on April 4, 2025 at 6:40pm 4 Comments 1 Like
So, I went to the Post Office and extended the subscription of mailbox number 99 for another year. Mail Art requires sacrifice, and Post Office is greedy. Anyway, I paid them.
Received from Nick Tauro - USA #Proof
Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on April 4, 2025 at 4:53pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Bom dia Nick..
Thanks for this proof taht we are alive...
love it..
thanks very much...
info IUOMA
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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Making Artists and Mail art enthusiasts in VA - call for work 8 Replies
My high school art students are making some cool collages and ATCs and are loving the idea of swapping mail art. We'd love to do a semester-long swap and collect mail art to curate a mail art show for our New Kent Celebrate the Arts event May 2nd.…Continue
Started by Beth Allums in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Kiki on Thursday.
Hand drawn postcard, anyone? 1 Reply
While supplies last, but I have many left to send and hope you will send one to yourself or someone you know. See my image in the comments below with the QR code to submit your mailing info!Continue
Started by Olivia Arrow in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Olivia Arrow Mar 30.
Is this for real? Junk mail, scam? 6 Replies
Is this for real? Junk mail, scam?March 25, 2025, Callan Gershom said…Good day,I picked interest in you after going through your short profile and demanding it is necessary for me to write to you immediately. I have something very important to…Continue
Started by Jennifer Wallace in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Jennifer Wallace Mar 27.
Asheville artist organizer- mail art casual, looking to get more involved 16 Replies
I've dabbled and have been a long time admirer of mail art. I'd like to get more involved, I have all kinds of art to mail.I'm also looking for people in the WNC region, I'm organizing an event that involves mail art and I'd love to get people…Continue
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Started by James Kellis in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson Mar 25.
New Mail Art Call in Portugal 2 Replies
The Cultural and Ecological Association Palettentheater Kollektiv invites mail artists to send contemporary, personal takes on Jules Verne’s “Journey to the Centre of the Earth” till the 31st of May. The exhibition is taking place at our…Continue
Started by Palettentheater Kollektiv in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Palettentheater Kollektiv Mar 12.
duchamp...... 1 Reply
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/does-marcel-duchamp-still-matter-2613660Continue
Started by carl baker in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin Mar 10.
Mail Art call "HOPE" - model graphic provided
The Association ECHORAMA organizes the international 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁 project dedicated to the theme "𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘", 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟯 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.- Theme: 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭𝗔 / 𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘 - 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱, 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 below (MANDATORY)❗❗ IMPORTANT ❗❗𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁…Continue
Started by Laura Chiarello in Mail-Art Projects Mar 5.
The Crying of Lot 49? 8 Replies
Have any of you read The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon? I've recently read it, and have been creating a sizeable amount of art based on it. It is very related to mail, specifically unofficial mail carrier organizations within the US. A good…Continue
Started by Liam Coerr in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Asterion Feb 27.
a knuckle-dragging neanderthal of a newb, is nonplussed 14 Replies
NOTA BENNY, i just posted the same message as a blog post; my befuddlement knows no bounds. f this is not good etiquette here, please cut a rank beginner a break, okay? thanks a zillon!thurs 03/09/2017 15:30THIS ISN'T MEANT AS A GRIPE OR…Continue
Started by Vel Crowe in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Sharon Greenberg Feb 9.
Project International Add & Return "Outsider Art Brut" 2025 dedicated to Jean Dubuffet
ENG I remember the participation in the Project International Add & Return "Outsider Art Brut" dedicated to Jean…Continue
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Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Feb 5.
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