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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A nice collage from Alison. I like how the postmark has become another part of the collage.
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Esther sent me this large, colourful postcard. I think it has hand-stamped designs on it.
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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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What are your favorite pens to use in mail art? I have a few good (sort of) ones for my regular-size collage work -- for applying lines, not for actually writing -- but they aren't turning out to be great for mail-art scale. New ones for writing,…Continue
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Started by Nancy Bell Scott in Technical Details in Mail-Art. Last reply by Bradford 20 hours ago.
hello mail artists,during full-time caregiving seasons, i've made postcard-sized collages in spare moments. they are very simple, sometimes oddly composed--but they exist.all are made from found materials, and most include images of women.rather…Continue
Started by J S in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Isabelle Dehennin on Wednesday.
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 Ilya Semenenko-Basin Mar 6.
Helping to Start a Permanent exhibition on the Island most Far and isolated on the planet TRISTAN DA CUNHAhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/325192418785691 Please send one of your Art Work…Continue
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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 Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) Feb 18.
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. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin Feb 18.
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 Feb 13.
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.
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.
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The money will be used to keep the IUOMA-platform alive. Current donations keep platform online till 1-apr-2027. If you want to donate to get IUOMA-publications into archives and museums please mention this with your donation. It will then be used to send some hardcopy books into museums and archives. You can order books yourself too at the IUOMA-Bookshop. That will sponsor the IUOMA as well.
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