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Postal Enviada Reyes Magos 2025
Posted by Nono on January 2, 2026 at 12:00pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Esta postal surgió de un trazo espontáneo en un sueño de una madrugada de diciembre, no sé en que estaría pensando como en mi cabeza se dibujó un zigzag vertical que se remataba en su base con otro zigag pero orizontal, en esos momentos pensé parece una corona y a continuación dije que buena idea para un dibujo de una corona, de una de esas postales…
ContinuePascal COUPECHOUX thank you!
Posted by Zorica Obradović on January 2, 2026 at 11:22am 2 Comments 7 Likes
Mikel Untzilla thank you!
Posted by Zorica Obradović on January 2, 2026 at 10:31am 1 Comment 8 Likes
Incoming mail art from France
Posted by Carien van Hest on January 1, 2026 at 2:08pm 1 Comment 2 Likes
by the hand of Dean aka Artist in Seine
grand merci Dean!
I received Mail Art from Willemien Visser
Posted by Stefanie Maschek on January 1, 2026 at 1:13pm 0 Comments 5 Likes
Thank for adding 2 new ATCs to my collection.🌷All the best for 2026.🍀
I received Mail Art from Maxie Eulig
Posted by Stefanie Maschek on January 1, 2026 at 1:10pm 0 Comments 5 Likes
Thank you for the new year wishes. And same to you of course.🍀😉
I received Mail Art from nonlocal variable
Posted by Stefanie Maschek on January 1, 2026 at 1:05pm 0 Comments 6 Likes
info IUOMA
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.
Events
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MURMURATION Mail-Art Project
January 24, 2025 at 6pm to January 24, 2026 at 7pm – France
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Convocatoria e invitación de Mail art A(rt)viso una Poesía (arte aviso una poesía)
May 26, 2025 to March 26, 2026 – Lo barnechea. Región Metropolitana. Código postal. 7690000.Chile
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CALL FOR MAIL ART: "SHE SPEAKS: Women’s Voices and Visions"
May 26, 2025 to February 2, 2026 – Lake Worth Beach, FLorida USA
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FANTASTIC HERBARIUM (VOL.2)
June 30, 2025 at 6pm to June 30, 2026 at 7pm – Firenze, Italy
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The Market Gallery - UK Exhibition Opportunity
July 20, 2025 to July 7, 2026 – The Market Gallery, 15 Market Place, South Shields, UK
Latest Activity
Groups
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OPEN CALLs
79 members
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Embassy Ukraine
46 members
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Mail-Art Cafe
306 members
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artistamp
4 members
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Pittura digitale in cui …
34 members
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FLUXfish
138 members
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BORING POSTCARDS
44 members
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Music Group
37 members
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Group for Cat-Lovers
168 members
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CIRCLES
231 members
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Thee Add & Pass Book Club
66 members
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ATC REBELS
275 members
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POSTCARD 2026
58 members
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poetryintewind
40 members
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ENVELOPES ONLY
59 members
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Pareidolia
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Mail Art Archives
92 members
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blue roads
111 members
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THEE ALEATORIUM
8 members
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Comics in mailart
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Polls and Surveys - A new one each month!
Forum
My Offer : Lots of My Mail Art for You - REQUEST : Donation to IUOMA ! 5 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 Dec 25, 2025.
Tell me, who sent me two torn dollars?
Dear friends, please tell me, who exactly sent me two torn dollars in the mail? Someone used these two postcards to send me a very unusual art message with ruined dollars. Two $1 bills, torn in half, placed between postcards. The message arrived in…Continue
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects Dec 23, 2025.
The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!? 3 Replies
The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!?I drew a drawing on cardboard with this pencil. When I laminated, the drawing disappeared. An empty cardboard remained. On the second postcard, I just wrote the address with this pen,…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Oberdada Jr. Dec 15, 2025.
News from Moscow: Mail Art to The Garage Museum 1 Reply
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 Leslie Levenson Dec 9, 2025.
ADDRESS WRITTEN IN RED 30 Replies
are there any volunteers for the research?a few days ago they didn't want to receive my envelope at the post office.The reason was the ADDRESS WRITTEN IN RED.They say that any color can be used except red.Red is supposedly for controllers.If anyone…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Dec 1, 2025.
ANyone Interested 3 Replies
Started by Amber Scribble in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Juan Petry Nov 19, 2025.
Mail art envelope orientation query 5 Replies
Hey mail art friends, is it correct that if I want to send a mail art envelope with the envelope design and its address info oriented to portrait style vs landscape style, it costs extra postage?Continue
Started by Melanie Reed in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson Nov 6, 2025.
🖐️❗ 3 Replies
if anyone happens to think that this is not visual poetry ~ we are not of the same mind.but we remain friends...😊❗Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin Oct 31, 2025.
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