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What fun. An amazing envelope for Monster day and a monster zine. 
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A beautiful little hand-painted-on-fabric postcard titled "Wildflowers", enclosed in an envelope whose backing contained another hidden hand-painted piece!

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When Trees Begin to Speak

Posted by Lars Schumacher on October 2, 2026 at 12:30pm 0 Comments

On October 1, 2026, the Kunstraum MITTE37 in Burgdorf, Germany, became a space in which visual art and literature entered into a direct dialogue. Under the title Voices of the Trees, a literary gathering brought together writers, poets, publishers, and an attentive audience from across northern Germany. The event…

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Received today! Coco is not feeling well, but sent colorful postcard anyway.

Posted by Penelope Timm on October 1, 2026 at 11:32pm 0 Comments

Thank you and get better soon!

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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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Drawing score: anyone feel like trying it? 4 Replies

After looking at Sol LeWitt’s instruction-based drawings, I tried writing a small drawing score of my own.I would like to see what happens when the instructions travel without an accompanying image. If anyone feels like trying one interpretation,…Continue

Started by Isabelle Dehennin in Other. Last reply by Isabelle Dehennin 22 hours ago.

After Ray Johnson: Add (to) and Return To Mail Art Call 15 Replies

Call for ContributorsAFTER RAY JOHNSON MAIL ART PROJECT – INSTRUCTIONS/FAQHELLO!This is an invitation to participate in a mail art project dedicated to Ray Johnson, the founding father of mail art.ALTER OR ADD TO THE ENCLOSED COLLAGEI will send you…Continue

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Documentation of sent Mail Art 14 Replies

Since the beginning of my involvement in Mail Art that I keep a digital archive of sent material.Do you document in any way the Mail Art you send to others? Or do you just let it go its way and forget about it?Continue

Started by Eduardo Cardoso in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Carmela R Sep 14.

Page Trade/Exchange? 3 Replies

I often have several scribble/sketchbooks going at once, and I rarely finish them.Some pages contain work I consider unsuccessful or difficult to look at—usually because I was experimenting, learning, or simply having an off day. But those pages…Continue

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Started by Josofa in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Denice Newton Sep 10.

NETWORK PROJECT: Co-Conspirators Wanted to Spread Anti-Machine Zines 16 Replies

Calling all mail artists!,I have printed an underground zine fighting back against the corporate "efficiency trap," data-mining, and the trillion-dollar attention economy. It is a call to become illiterate to the algorithm and fluent in each other.I…Continue

Started by Matthew (mm2001) in Mail-Art Magazines and Publications. Last reply by Jes Bidlack Sep 8.

Best adhesive for collage 86 Replies

A friend asks: What's the best adhesive for magazine collage that won't wrinkle the paper? I told him Spray Mount...anybody have any other suggestions?Continue

Started by David Stafford in Technical Details in Mail-Art. Last reply by Connor Engelsman Sep 7.

Worldwide diminishing postal service 18 Replies

Please complete the situation regarding the postal services in your country.Sad news: starting next month, mail will only be delivered three times a week in The Netherlands. Reason: cutbacks. Stamps are becoming more expensive.Continue

Started by Carien van Hest in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Re Schmi Sep 6.

Dear IUOMA people, today, I am wondering..... 32 Replies

Dear IUOMA people,Today, I wonder, if you are a discriminative type of person or a type of person who suspect /has doubts more or less on certain other IUOMA members ?I happen to be Asian myself and so I am sensitive on these issues more or less.For…Continue

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ADDRESS WRITTEN IN RED 32 Replies

are there any volunteers for the research?a few days ago they didn't want to receive my envelope at the post office.The reason was the ADDRESS WRITTEN IN RED.They say that any color can be used except red.Red is supposedly for controllers.If anyone…Continue

Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Aug 7.

Mail art blogs and twitter accounts 57 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

Tags: mailartists, twitter, blogs

Started by andytgeezer in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Franis Jul 21.

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