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On August 16th 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. In November 2008 this IUOMA platform at NING became the home for members.
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Thanks to Kathy Barnett
Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 5, 2020 at 12:37am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Mail art & the Minneapolis Protests: Allison Anne's historic collage (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
Posted by De Villo Sloan on June 4, 2020 at 7:59pm 0 Comments 3 Favorites
Mail art by IUOMA member Allison Anne (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
June 4, 2020 - "Historic" is a word often considered antithetical to mail art. But this collage I am so fortunate to have received from artist and designer Allison Anne in Minnesota USA already resides in the…
FluXus Bucks from Ex Posto Facto
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on June 4, 2020 at 1:50pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Yay, mail and funny munny arrives from Texas!
Already added to, and sending out,
actually returning these FluXus Bucks back to Julie
so they will not be delayed or lost in the overseas…
ContinueBananas and Onions from Heleen
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on June 4, 2020 at 1:49pm 0 Comments 2 Favorites
So good to see Heleen in the mail!
and with BANANA art , too!
On her art envelope and also this lovely watercolor painted card, too:…
ContinueReceived mail art package from Fleur Helsingor
Posted by Jeremy Ng on June 4, 2020 at 5:00am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Interesting article re: history of mail art
Posted by Carmela Rizzuto on June 4, 2020 at 12:31am 7 Comments 4 Favorites
Did you know that Ray Johnson used Add & Pass? Did you know about the queer community's involvement in mail art? Find out more interesting facts in this well-written article about the history of mail art.
May 2020 post from USA
Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 3, 2020 at 11:43pm 1 Comment 1 Favorite
May 2020 post from USA.
Thanks to Blk Olive from Madison, WI (USA) for the Mail Art. As you may have noticed, Blk works with the theme of olives.
I received Add&Pass of Mikel Untzilla from Legazpi(Euskadi) Add Pass to
Posted by Sabela Baña on June 3, 2020 at 10:27pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Incoming: Jon Foster
Posted by Jenn Miltenberger on June 3, 2020 at 8:12pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Jon, always sends me some the coolest things.
I feel very honored that he included two of his add + pass board books for me to work in.
Thanks Jon!
I'll probably dig in today. I already have an idea on who I should pass them on to. …
Incoming: Stan Askew, Michelangelo Mayo, and Jorge Martin
Posted by Jenn Miltenberger on June 3, 2020 at 8:08pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
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. The Main address of the Union is at the TAM-address, P.O.Box 1055, 4801 BB - Breda - Netherlands. 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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La linea gialla project
November 1, 2019 at 6pm to October 31, 2020 at 7pm – PADOVA
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4 de Octubre " Día mundial de los animales "
November 7, 2019 to September 30, 2020 – La Plata
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Umanità Nova centenary contest
January 1, 2020 at 6pm to December 31, 2020 at 7pm – Italy
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Adjusting: a postal art exhbition
February 20, 2020 at 6pm to September 20, 2020 at 7pm – The Courthouse Gallery
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MAIL ART UNDERGROUND
February 27, 2020 at 6pm to July 1, 2020 at 7pm – Perugia: exibition from July 18th to August 8th
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"Ciao Caro Amico! mi piace molto questo tuo lavoro vicino all'arte povera! W LA MAIL ART! un fraterno abbraccio cb*"
This is Art.....
"04.06.20 Dare Mister Val Mark Herman, ... & as I am still yet, another one of those so-called "artists": Nothing that I determine to be art is indeed "art" until I give it the "okay". SinCelery, Richard Canard"
"04.06.20 Dare Mister Val Mark H., ...Maybe I'm too easily entertained but (& this is certainly not a negative remark) far too many of the "Boring Postcards" are very interesting. For me & for instance, the "NEW BERN…"
Mail art & the Minneapolis Protests: Allison Anne's historic collage (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
Mail art by IUOMA member Allison Anne (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) June 4, 2020 - "Historic" is a word often considered…See More
"Is anyone interested in some Trio Jams... Have a few sets ready to go out...I can spread them around....let me know
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3704016432958740&id=100000512597811"
"Jenifer: in case you missed this--
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/arts/design/ray-johnson-defies-categories-20-years-after-his-death.html?emc=eta1"
"This video shows John Held, Jr and his archive (9 minutes).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZsjJExwF_o
Same video accessible at IUOMA
https://iuoma-network.ning.com/video/kqed-spark-john-held-jr-1#"
"Bananas...on Onion Rings are blogged :-)
Bananas and Onions from Heleen
Thank you, Heleen xxx"
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Forum
When they come back..
Started by Vel Crowe in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Alan Brignull on Tuesday. 5 Replies 0 Favorites
...what do you do with them?Every now and then a piece of ail art will come back to me with a notation such as Recipient has moved; or No such Address, or like that--it happens to everyone, right?Well, what do you do with a card that you've sent…Continue
a knuckle-dragging neanderthal of a newb, is nonplussed
Started by Vel Crowe in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Jennifer Wallace on Sunday. 5 Replies 0 Favorites
NOTA BENNY, i just posted the same message as a blog post; my befuddlement knows no bounds. f this is not good etiquette here, please cut a rank beginner a break, okay? thanks a zillon!thurs 03/09/2017 15:30THIS ISN'T MEANT AS A GRIPE OR…Continue
Starting a IUOMA mail art group
Started by Melanie Reed in PROBLEMS May 29. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
I would like to start a surrealist group. How would I go about this?Continue
MOOP:JOURNALS
Started by Jennifer Wallace in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Heather Wilkie (paganfrog) May 27. 10 Replies 1 Favorite
Not my own project, but one I've just signed up for. It's limited to the UK, though.CALL-OUT: Be part of our…Continue
Mail Artists Addresses?
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Jenn Miltenberger May 22. 547 Replies 54 Favorites
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
Trump vs The Post Office
Started by Amy Candiotti in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Erin Morse May 20. 25 Replies 7 Favorites
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/04/24/trump-postal-service-loan-treasury/This is…Continue
Back Back Back again after a long break!
Started by Lindsay Stewart in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Jenn Miltenberger May 18. 4 Replies 2 Favorites
HI FOLX! I took a long break off of mail art (5-7 years) but I’m back with a reignited passion for sending and receiving weird shit in the mail. I haven’t stopped making in the past years and I have a couple “ADD N’ PASS” projects that I’d love to…Continue
HOMAGE TO MAIL ART
Started by STEFAN BALOG in Other. Last reply by Jennifer Wallace May 8. 1 Reply 2 Favorites
HOMAGE TO MAIL- ART Collages on canvas, 100x200 cm, 2020 Created by: Stefan Balog 790 stamps from 77 countries – 6 continents ( Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,…Continue
Abbreviations
Started by Carien van Hest in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Nancy Bell Scott May 4. 12 Replies 0 Favorites
Is there a list of abbreviations concerning mail art?A&PATCMAand so on. Please help me out.Continue
"planetins project"
Started by Bruno Cassaglia in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Bruno Cassaglia Apr 22. 4 Replies 1 Favorite
With "planetins project", I would like to bring my work of Mail Art to maximum freedom, go beyond the theme projects, and send as much as possible to mail artists. This is to complete a network of contacts which I already started in 1980. a…Continue
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