August Mailart Exhibit

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Time: April 20, 2025 at 6pm to August 31, 2025 at 8pm
Location: Half-Price Books
Street: 3757 William Penn Hwy.
City/Town: Monroeville
Phone: 4128561949
Event Type: call, for, postcards
Organized By: Scott Kindberg
Latest Activity: 13 hours ago

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Every month the bookstore I work for tries to have a “featured artist” showcase in an area by the front registers. I asked my boss if I could curate a mailart exhibit and he seemed really intrigued by the idea. I’d like to surprise him by having all of the postcards sent here. It is a bookstore so if you have an idea for a literary postcard that could be cool but it is not mandatory.

I will request August for the month to exhibit what is sent in, so last day of July will be the final day to accept submissions.

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Comment by Hélène LAGACHE 13 hours ago: I sent a postcard on April 24.

Comment by Scott Kindberg 20 hours ago: Ok, as far as I know it will be on display for the entire month of August. Still working something out with the district manager. But he also is pretty excited about this idea.

He said my wording here was pretty good but wanted me to also specify that we obviously have the right to not include work we feel is inappropriate for our business. And that we can not send anything back. If you did want it back you can send a SASE but I was planning to put it all in a binder to keep there.

i don’t see anyone’s submissions being a problem so far, thanks everyone for the quick response to this. It’s been fun having art show up in the mailbox at work. Keep em coming.

ill get back here once i have the dates totally confirmed.

take care.

Comment by Daniel C. Boyer on April 24, 2025 at 4:01pm: I am going to be sending you my contribution, but would you please let us know when the exact dates are firmed up? Thank you very much in advance.

Comment by Hélène LAGACHE on April 22, 2025 at 9:43am: Bravo for your initiative and see you soon in your mailbox.

Comment by Scott Kindberg on April 21, 2025 at 11:18pm: Yeah, any kind of mailart is fine.

Comment by Carien van Hest on April 21, 2025 at 8:52am: Thanks for the invitation, Scott! Can it also be a different format than a postcard?

Comment by Carmela Rizzuto on April 21, 2025 at 12:36am: Great idea!

Comment by Scott Kindberg on April 20, 2025 at 7:04pm: The address is:

Half-Price Books

3757 William Penn Hwy
Monroeville, PA 15146
United States

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