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Posted by Marc Halter on February 6, 2026 at 9:34am 0 Comments

i received Mail Art from MomKat

Posted by Zack on February 5, 2026 at 5:06pm 0 Comments

thanks for these holiday stars from a while back. this new year has not (yet) left a lot of time for Mail Art, but hopefully you've received something from me by now... belated New Year's wishes all the same ]:-)

i received Mail Art from dystatic

Posted by Zack on February 5, 2026 at 5:02pm 0 Comments

even before one opens the envelope, the magic is apparent -

lots of mail art omens - 

and a copy of Leaf Study #9…

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i received Mail Art from nonlocal variable

Posted by Zack on February 5, 2026 at 4:50pm 0 Comments

spot the doughboy! 

wow these cards are wild; non is clearly dealing with a full deck

medusa lisa cracks me up. but wait, there's more!…

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Incoming from Lithuania/Mindaugas Žuromskas

Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on February 5, 2026 at 3:24pm 0 Comments

Here are collages on paper, recovered envelopes and cardboard.

Merci à toi, Mindaugas.…

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Incoming from USA/James Chester.

Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on February 5, 2026 at 2:47pm 0 Comments

A one-page zine (unfolded) by James. All that’s missing is a French croissant...

:-) Merci à toi.

Incoming from Poland/Raphael Nadolny

Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on February 5, 2026 at 2:40pm 0 Comments

Postcard, photos, and text by Raphael. Merci à toi.…

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Richard Canard thanks!

Posted by Zorica Obradović on February 5, 2026 at 11:47am 0 Comments

Aladdin, Mellott. Connors & Muchmore!

Posted by David Stafford on February 5, 2026 at 12:32am 2 Comments

Isn't this great? From our man in Paris, International Mail Artist Aladdin Seine. The spoon crossed the Atlantic without incident. Shades of Jim Dine or Jasper Johns or Julian Schnabel...Thank you, Dean.

In a similar vein, we find William Mellott in his pointillist phase....Thank you, Bill.…

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Fantastic collage by MH//Antipode

Posted by Leslie Levenson on February 4, 2026 at 10:56pm 0 Comments

I love this collage technique. Two images combined to make a new landscape. Thank you!

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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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Helping to Start a Permanent exhibition on the Island most  Far and isolated on  the planet 2 Replies

Helping to Start a Permanent exhibition on the Island most Far and isolated on  the planet TRISTAN DA CUNHAPlease send one of your Art Work to :Post Office & Philatelic BureauTristan da Cunha, TDCU 1ZZSouth Atlantic OceanContinue

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Started by MoriceMarcuse in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Hélène LAGACHE on Tuesday.

end of public mail delivery 16 Replies

Alert! For the first time, since January 1, 2026, a country's public service, PostNord in Denmark, is discontinuing mail delivery. If other nations follow suit, it will spell the end of mail art sent through the public system.Continue

Started by nicolas de La Casinière in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by nicolas de La Casinière Jan 28.

News from Moscow: Mail Art to The Garage Museum 2 Replies

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 maha Jan 20.

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"Serbia is officially following 'global trends'—postage prices just went up! Still affordable, but hey, at least we’re staying trendy! 😁😁😁🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣❗"Continue

Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Jan 17.

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Is there anyone in Buffalo NY that would post a letter for me? Continue

Started by michael thompson in Mail-Art Projects Jan 16.

a knuckle-dragging neanderthal of a newb, is nonplussed 15 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 stash! ephemera Jan 10.

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 Dec 25, 2025.

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, 2025.

Thank you Fleur!

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Started by C A McEntee in Mail-Art Projects Dec 20, 2025.

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, 2025.

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