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17.Feb.2026 New Year of the Horse: Mail Art arrives in Athens!

Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 17, 2026 at 10:20am 2 Comments

From Japan, Kiki sends this wonderful Horse for the NewYear!

and the Horse came with a stack of 40 (yes, FORTY! ) mail art arrivals!!!…

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Incoming from France/Helena Gath

Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on February 17, 2026 at 9:22am 0 Comments

Merci Helena

Helena sends me a poetic mail art with a text by Victor HUGO, a French poet, playwright, novelist, and illustrator from 19th century: 

For six thousand years the…

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Received from Thom Courcelle (Vermont, USA)

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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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MEMORIAL RUGGERO MAGGI "COME  UN BATTITO D’ALI” - Progetto a cura di Sandro Bongiani 1 Reply

Ita COLLEZIONE BONGIANI ART MUSEUM     OPEN CALL / MEMORIAL RUGGERO MAGGI 2026http://www.collezionebongianiartmuseum.it/  Invito a partecipare al Progetto…Continue

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Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by MoriceMarcuse 1 hour ago.

Letterpress Xmas Card Collection - Storage Issues

Over the past decade I have been part of a Letterpress Christmas Card exchange - I probably have around 200 hand printed cards.Does anyone have any room for such a collection or would be interested in using it for another project?Drop me a line for…Continue

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Started by Carl Middleton in Mail-Art Projects 20 hours ago.

end of public mail delivery 17 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 Juan Petry on Friday.

Did anyone see this? Thoughts? 4 Replies

In Kolaj #42, “Bye Bye Mail Art” reflects on the global Mail Art movement and the fragile networks that have sustained it for decades. Rooted in the experimental spirit of Ray Johnson’s New York Correspondence School and Fluxus, Mail Art fostered…Continue

Started by Margaret Jeddry in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Eduardo Cardoso Feb 12.

My Offer : Lots of My Mail Art for You - REQUEST : Donation to IUOMA ! 7 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 Feb 8.

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 Feb 3.

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

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

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