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Incoming Mail 5-10-2021
Posted by Thomas Brown on May 11, 2021 at 2:27am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
from: Mikel Untzilla
Posted by Laura Hughes on May 10, 2021 at 4:54pm 0 Comments 2 Favorites
The green, red, and black... so striking. Thank you, Mikel!
Royal Mail art: from Jennifer Wallace
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on May 10, 2021 at 9:39am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Lotto-Joker from Julian Danko
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on May 10, 2021 at 9:39am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Aha, time to chance winning money? or
use them for mail art :-) here are the Greek ones!
Julian sent two lottery games cards from Austria,
and I sent two Greek ones!
Also, Julian…
Continuemail art from pascal in chablis - thank you!
Posted by marlies wilding on May 9, 2021 at 6:11am 0 Comments 4 Favorites
Giovanni and Renata Stradada 210429
Posted by Mikel Untzilla on May 8, 2021 at 4:51pm 0 Comments 2 Favorites
Incoming mail art from Brazil
Posted by Carien van Hest on May 8, 2021 at 4:28pm 1 Comment 2 Favorites
The Republik van Patland has a lot to offer. Obrigada!
Dutch mail art: Bananas from Heleen
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on May 8, 2021 at 8:51am 2 Comments 1 Favorite
Sent on Banana Day, 21 April 2021,
and arrived on 6 May 2021 in Greece! yay! "fast"!
Lots of banana art:…
ContinueDutch mail art: Orange and bananas from Frances Lamme
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on May 8, 2021 at 8:50am 1 Comment 2 Favorites
Here's bananas and oranges from Frances arriving on 6 May, too.
What a happy winking ORANGE!
And these two papers/cards , too: fun tales!…
ContinueIncoming: Amy Candiotti and Keiichi Nakamura
Posted by William M on May 8, 2021 at 7:47am 2 Comments 3 Favorites
Two wonderful cards from Amy. A gocco print(i think) and a collagraph. …
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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. 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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MAIL ART BALCONADAS DEL CONFINAMIENTO
June 1, 2020 at 6pm to May 31, 2021 at 7pm – ATELIER FELIPE LAMADRID
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BALCONADAS DEL CONFINAMIENTO
June 1, 2020 at 6pm to May 31, 2021 at 7pm – PUERTO DE SANTA MARÍA
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50 MAIL ART BOOKS
November 21, 2020 at 6pm to November 21, 2021 at 7pm – Haverhill, MA
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MAIL ART PROJECT "ALBENE"
January 28, 2021 to January 28, 2022 – Belgium, Netherlands, Albanie
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Mail-Art Call - THANK YOU 2021
February 22, 2021 to December 31, 2021 – Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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The old envelopes
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on Saturday. 21 Replies 4 Favorites
Dear friends, I bought at the auction a pack of old envelopes, with a picture, size 114x161 millimeters (4.5 x 6.3 inches), and I don't know how to use them in Mail Art. Maybe someone wants to receive such an envelope as a gift. In the future, you…Continue
but will I ever hear my mail art?
Started by JCW Maine in Mail-Art Discussions on Saturday. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
Hello any/every/one, I'm a tryin' to cross on over here. Wish me well. We set up our first table today to work on things. I just need my first idea. One of our cats loves it and is walking around all the beds and crayons and tags and who knows what…Continue
Is mail art dying out?
Started by Margaret J in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Amanda Becerra on Saturday. 3 Replies 0 Favorites
Not much activity here. Not many people doing add & passes. Is mail art dying out? Continue
new mail art call (FIXED TYPOS :P)
Started by ArtbyJac in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by ArtbyJac Apr 12. 2 Replies 0 Favorites
Mail Art Call - Postal Outliers
Started by Fonda L. Portales in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by william S. Paley Mar 20. 3 Replies 2 Favorites
All submission will be archived in the University's Special Collections and Archives and will be a wonderful complement to the collection of late Professor Tom Trusky.…Continue
Project visual arts "Photography and its contaminations"
Started by Artgallery MCL in Mail-Art Projects Mar 17. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
Comunicato stampaTitolo evento Photography and its contaminationsMostra d’arte CollettivaDal 15/03/2021Al 15/06/2021Luogo Evento online all’indirizzo…Continue
Definition
Started by Paul Toscano in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Paul Toscano Mar 12. 2 Replies 0 Favorites
Again, I am new to the union. I believe “mail-art” may be broader than I thought. Initially, I thought that mail-art was creating art on envelopes, postcards, and letters. Please educate me. Thanks.
Mail Exchange
Started by Paul Toscano in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Paul Toscano Mar 12. 2 Replies 0 Favorites
I am new to the group. Sorry if this is a common question. Is there a way to exchange mail with members to give and receive a piece of mail-art?
new postcards
Started by william S. Paley in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by william S. Paley Mar 5. 3 Replies 1 Favorite
just got a bunch of new postcards to go out. Mailed a slew of 'em today..so some of you, be on the look out..and let me know, when you get one..one of my goals in 2021, is to mail out and receive back mail art postcards from all 50 states...Continue
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