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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Incoming from Lithuania/Mindaugas Žuromskas
Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on December 29, 2025 at 1:20pm 0 Comments 1 Like
From Vilnius, an envelope with…
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Here is a postcard with a collage. The face is that of French writer Colette (1873–1954), who was denied a religious funeral by the Church because of her scandalous life.
Merci…
ContinueA Happy Holidays from the Gundersons has landed
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Received from nonlocal variable (Oregon, USA)
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Received from Melissa Wand (Wisconsin, USA)
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Thank you!
"Thank you Tyler Hannigan! Yes it was my bunny typing the cryptic letter LOL! "
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thank you Keith S Chambers (New Mexico)
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incoming from Hanna Wright - she is basically sending me half of her household :D - thanks a lot, love your drawings!
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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. 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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MURMURATION Mail-Art Project
January 24, 2025 at 6pm to January 24, 2026 at 7pm – France
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Bus Pass
April 30, 2025 at 6pm to December 31, 2025 at 7pm – Redmond WA
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Convocatoria e invitación de Mail art A(rt)viso una Poesía (arte aviso una poesía)
May 26, 2025 to March 26, 2026 – Lo barnechea. Región Metropolitana. Código postal. 7690000.Chile
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CALL FOR MAIL ART: "SHE SPEAKS: Women’s Voices and Visions"
May 26, 2025 to February 2, 2026 – Lake Worth Beach, FLorida USA
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The world, this world of ours, is SATANIC.
June 1, 2025 at 6pm to December 31, 2025 at 7pm – Sinnai, Sardinia, IT
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"This was an epic project... one for the books."
"WELKOM ! please , put up your mailing address here on yr profile page, and mailarts will start to come your way !!"
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gen Z mail artists
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Mark Pawson - Mail Art S…
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ThE/ CuT-UP/ TecHNiQUE/
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TREES
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Self Portraits
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BRAIN CELL - RYOSUKE COH…
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Spammers Mail-Art
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Ask Anything
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ADD & PASS - The X Files
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Mail-Art History
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RAK's (Random acts of Ki…
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Richard C. Fan Club
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ArtiStamps Creators
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Show us your Artspace!!!
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Sponsor Group IUOMA
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Mail-Art Books
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Mail-Art Projects List
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My Offer : Lots of My Mail Art for You - REQUEST : Donation to IUOMA ! 5 Replies
Hello dear fellow IUOMA members,In short, I would like to monetarily support IUOMA but currently I cannot. So, I thought of this idea that I send you lots of my mail art, mostly made with my hand-carved stamps prints, and in return, you just donate…Continue
Started by Kiki in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Kiki on Thursday.
Tell me, who sent me two torn dollars?
Dear friends, please tell me, who exactly sent me two torn dollars in the mail? Someone used these two postcards to send me a very unusual art message with ruined dollars. Two $1 bills, torn in half, placed between postcards. The message arrived in…Continue
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects Dec 23.
The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!? 3 Replies
The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!?I drew a drawing on cardboard with this pencil. When I laminated, the drawing disappeared. An empty cardboard remained. On the second postcard, I just wrote the address with this pen,…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Oberdada Jr. Dec 15.
News from Moscow: Mail Art to The Garage Museum 1 Reply
In 2019, I wrote on the IUOMA portal:“If you want to get rid of excess postal art, you can donate your collection of postal art to the Museum of Moscow. With my participation in the Museum of Moscow, an archive of postal art for art historians and…Continue
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Leslie Levenson Dec 9.
ADDRESS WRITTEN IN RED 30 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 Dec 1.
ANyone Interested 3 Replies
Started by Amber Scribble in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Juan Petry Nov 19.
Mail art envelope orientation query 5 Replies
Hey mail art friends, is it correct that if I want to send a mail art envelope with the envelope design and its address info oriented to portrait style vs landscape style, it costs extra postage?Continue
Started by Melanie Reed in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson Nov 6.
🖐️❗ 3 Replies
if anyone happens to think that this is not visual poetry ~ we are not of the same mind.but we remain friends...😊❗Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin Oct 31.
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