Airmail 100

Event Details

Time: September 14, 2010 at 12pm to November 15, 2010 at 5pm
Location: Modesto Art Museum
Street: 404 Patrick Lane
City/Town: Modesto, California, 95350
Website or Map: http://modestoartmuseum.org
Event Type: mail, art, call
Organized By: Bob Barzan
Latest Activity: Oct 17, 2010

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Airmail 100 Mail Art Invitation

You are invited be part of the historic 100th anniversary celebration of air mail by creating a piece of airmail mail art and sending it to the Modesto Art Museum for the international exhibition in January to March 2011. Just follow the directions below.

Mail Art Theme: airmail, the beginning of airmail, future airmail, some aspect of airmail, faux historic airmail, zeppelins, space airmail, fantasy airmail, etc.

Format: Envelopes (letter, legal, DL, or C6 envelopes, maximum size 4.5x9.5 inches, 115x245 mm) post cards (same size limits), and stamps. We will frame and display only the side with postage and address. The postage and address should be part of the art work.

Deadline for all entries: Monday, 15 November 2010

Exhibition: Modesto, California, 18 January to 6 March 2011 at the McHenry Museum in downtown Modesto. Also online exhibit. Viewers and artists will be able to comment online about the art.

Documentation of Participation: on museum web site and to all adult artists

Return: mail art will not be returned, it will become part of the museum's collection

Send Entries to:
Airmail 100
Modesto Art Museum
404 Patrick Lane
Modesto, CA 95350 USA

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Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 13, 2010 at 9:48am: Will "attend" with lots and lots of air mail stamps,
air mail envelope on the way to you from Greece!

Comment by Maria José Silva - Mizé on October 13, 2010 at 9:34am: The taste is on my part. Thanks.

Comment by Bob Barzan on October 13, 2010 at 2:17am: Great, thanks for being part of this event.

Comment by Maria José Silva - Mizé on October 13, 2010 at 12:14am: Vou participar

Comment by Victor Femenìas von Willigmann on October 7, 2010 at 3:47pm: Work under way!!!
http://victorfemeniasvonwilligmann.blogspot.com/

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