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Deb Ireland Thank you!

Posted by Zorica Obradović on March 22, 2026 at 8:29am 0 Comments

Racist imagery?

Posted by M. Stephens on March 21, 2026 at 6:32pm 4 Comments

Looks that way to me.

Spring!

Posted by Hélène LAGACHE on March 21, 2026 at 8:56am 2 Comments

After months of rain and the terrible ‘flood of the century’ in my region, which caused so much damage and misery, I’m delighted to see the sun and spring return.…

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Incoming: Lubomyr Tymkiv, Exhibit D, and Rosselli Lorenzo

Posted by William M on March 21, 2026 at 8:51am 0 Comments

A nice card from Lubomyr that got missent to Malaysia. Not sure how long it was hanging out there until reaching me. Love the postage stamps too.



A really wonderful minizine/artist book from Debra. …



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Thank you Atte

Posted by Adam Herst on March 20, 2026 at 4:46pm 0 Comments

Theo Nelson sends SPRING!

Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 20, 2026 at 3:57pm 0 Comments

I see a happy sunny "quizzie", First Day of Spring is here!

and a lovely poem, too :-)

Thank you…

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44 Broadsides in One Book For 15 Dollars (US ONLY)

Posted by jon foster on March 20, 2026 at 12:41pm 0 Comments

Last chance. Let me know if you're interested. US ONLY. FREE PDF's if you're interested in that sort of thing. 

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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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This is group for all general Mail-Art Projects. Includes a link to a blog where 99 authors publish their projects. Want to see all projects: follow the link for Website.Please only comments about mail-art projects or announcements. Other comments…See More
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Year 2024 - 2026 -- Active Members Only - Let Us Exchange Mail Art !

This is a group where active IUOMA members gather and look for mail art exchange partners in 2024 - 2025. Come join and let us exchange mail art ! :-) Only active members in year 2024 - 2025.See More
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"此时,一个念头近乎强迫性地占据了我的思绪:画中人物手部的比例。我指的不是手指的蜷缩,不是伪装的放松,也不是颤动或某种程度的抑制,亦非与姿态或动作相关的任何细节——而是它们的尺寸,它们的大小。或许,正是那种‘超常的比例’(predimenzioniranost)。 因此 plan,在将其转化为意义的过程中,我察觉到了某种维度,正处于‘劳动习惯与心智’(radne navike-um)的相互关联之中。"
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"关于您的这件作品,我只看了一次。我将‘静止与非静止的交织舞动’视为解读它的核心特质与潜能。我很喜欢这种呈现方式、多种解读路径及其色调背后的构思。 在度过了一个甜美的睡眠之夜后(艺术家通常被失眠之夜所困扰并以此为动力;而我可能加载了不同的算法,倾向于在睡眠中度过人生),我再次审视了您的艺术创作。"
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[offer] hidicards -- simple collage postcards (no exchange expected) 7 Replies

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 Logan on Tuesday.

Good Art Pens? 85 Replies

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 Carl Middleton Mar 12.

Mail art is alive...and well?

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Started by michael thompson in Mail-Art Projects Mar 10.

News from Moscow: Mail Art to The Garage Museum 4 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 Ilya Semenenko-Basin Mar 6.

Helping to Start a Permanent exhibition on the Island most  Far and isolated on  the planet 6 Replies

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

Tags: Ocean, gallery, Atlantic, South, DA

Started by MoriceMarcuse in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by MoriceMarcuse Mar 1.

MEMORIAL RUGGERO MAGGI "COME  UN BATTITO D’ALI” - Progetto a cura di Sandro Bongiani 2 Replies

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.

Letterpress Xmas Card Collection - Storage Issues 1 Reply

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.

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 Feb 13.

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.

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