"How gratifying to know that the Virginia Commonwealth University Library will have an archive treasure of Anna Banana's mail art. Let us know, Mim, if and when they will have an exhibit. Anna Banana is dearly missed, but her art and spirit…"
In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. In November 2008 this NING platform for IUOMA became the home for members
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Received from Mizael C.
Posted by Sil on December 7, 2024 at 8:14pm 1 Comment 2 Likes
Just received this works from Mizael in Mexico, grateful for this creative exchange!
Mail Art from Europe arrived in Athens
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 7, 2024 at 8:55am 0 Comments 3 Likes
Mail Art from the USA arrived in Athens
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 7, 2024 at 8:53am 0 Comments 1 Like
Little survey for zine-project
Posted by Re Schmi on December 6, 2024 at 11:19pm 3 Comments 3 Likes
For the new "happyness"-themed zine I would like to know from you:
what makes YOU happy? Just send me a direct message or comment below. Thank you so much! :)
Open Call - International Mail Art
Posted by Maggie Makri on December 6, 2024 at 11:02pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
New year is coming
Posted by Ruud Janssen on December 6, 2024 at 4:52pm 0 Comments 5 Likes
Soon the year 2025 will be reality.
We will see if this IUOMA network on NING can survive the times.
Incoming: Zack, Coco Muchmore, and Dreamland documentation
Posted by William M on December 6, 2024 at 4:24pm 2 Comments 3 Likes
Zack sends a Taiwan dessert collaged card.
Some great work from Coco. The…
The Rubber Postcard 56
Posted by William M on December 6, 2024 at 9:11am 0 Comments 4 Likes
(submission guidelines posted after the pictures)…
Happy St. Nick Day, Thanks Nicolas!
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 6, 2024 at 8:07am 0 Comments 3 Likes
"Classic" Mail Art from Nicolas Malevitsis arrived in Athens, nice collage,
just in time for…
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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.
Events
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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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“LET'S PLAY” VI International Mailart Open Call
June 28, 2024 to December 31, 2024 – Quinta da Cruz – Centro de Arte Contemporânea
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From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
July 17, 2024 at 6pm to July 7, 2025 at 7pm – Belgium
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ANGELS
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"ANGELS mail art project send to address in Italy:"
"a very nice "cat" print!"
"OPA!
dancing with the new knee :-)"
"#322 need, 2014:
"U-NEED" (2014)
Paper on cardboard,
30 cm x 50,4 cm"
""A pearl gray A pearl gray A pearl gray... Insists monotonous... Waiting for an Electric blue!!!!!!!!""
""A MAGenta kills the BLOOD!!! Black Black Black...++++ The Black divides my SKY...""
"Ciao Trent, bella la tua immagine di copoertina... un fraterno abbraccio . pace fra i popoli della Terra!!!"
"a wonderful donation arrived from the USA. Another month is paid for. That looks great."
Anna Banana (1940-2024)
This is a group to share info and memories of Anna Banana.see;anna-banana-obituarySee More
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digital poetry
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NEW LETTERIST INTERNATIO…
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ADD & PASS
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MailArt: Book Of DeaD
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Black and white - readym…
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Forum
My First Mail Art 3 Replies
This week I received my first two pieces of mail art! One from M. L . in Oregon and one from Nick in New Mexico. I mailed off some today as well. I cannot wait to share these with my students!…Continue
Started by Rebecca Lancaster in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson Nov 29.
Harris Walz stickers 7 Replies
Started by Mars Tokyo in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Nick Canterucci Nov 20.
Send mail or not send? 13 Replies
Dear friends, this is not the first time I have learned that my American friends have not received my mail. This was not the case before.I live in Russia. Maybe the US Postal Service has slowed down? Can I send my collages to the US or is it better…Continue
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Juan Petry Nov 11.
Project International Add & Return "Outsider Art Brut" 2025 dedicated to Jean Debuffet
Sandro Bongiani Contemporary ArtCALL FOR NEW INTERNATIONAL PROJECTProject dedicated to the Art Brut by Jean Dubuffet with…Continue
Tags: Brut, Art, Dubuffet, Jean
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Nov 5.
Mail Artists Addresses? 586 Replies
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Bridgette Nagel Oct 19.
NYU Libraries Exhibition Explores Mail Art Movement and Mark Bloch’s Postal Art Network
NYU Libraries Downtown Collection presents "Panmodern!" An Exhibition of the Mark Bloch/Postal Art Network Opening:…Continue
Tags: York, USA, Hew, Event, Art
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Sep 17.
Open call 1 Reply
https://www.fotodarbnica.lv/Continue
Started by Thomas Vandenberghe in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Peter Abajkovics Sep 7.
Mail art blogs and twitter accounts 52 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 Peter Abajkovics Sep 7.
theLetterNetwork - book by 80 mail artists 1 Reply
Me and my partner Lilli made a mail art project together with 80 artists and storytellers from over 20 European countries through analogue dialogical letter-making. These letters are now becoming a book that we are crowdfunding. If the project seems…Continue
Started by Marco Verhoogt in Mail-Art Magazines and Publications. Last reply by Predrag Petrovic Sep 3.
MAIL ART & ART PEDAGOGICS. 8 Replies
Dear Mail Art Family,does anyone of you out there know of any projects or literature dealing with the connection of MAIL ART and ART PEDAGOGICS ? Maybe there are pedagogues who read these lines... and maybe someone of you already brought MAIL ART…Continue
Tags: thesis, Pedagogics, Children, Master, Teacher
Started by Mikula Lüllwitz in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by CUTandTEAR Aug 27.
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