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I received a Mail Art from Camilla Bosman

Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on May 7, 2026 at 3:10pm 0 Comments

Thank You, Camilla Bosman!!!

I received a Mail Art from Camilla in Belgium. An unfinished book went by mail from me to Camille, and Camille returned it to me fully equipped. I'll take a picture and show You soon.…

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I had great luck in town today mailing out some letters,something they were about to reroute, Thank You Todd Camplin

Posted by Medwolf on May 6, 2026 at 11:42pm 0 Comments

they said oh your here so we wont have to forward this and handed me an envelope with some great mail art enclosed lol …

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...revealed even more beauty from Todd Camplin

Posted by Isabelle Dehennin on May 6, 2026 at 11:11pm 1 Comment

Opening the envelope as carefully as I could…

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An unexpected delight from Greece: Katerina Nikoltsou

Posted by Isabelle Dehennin on May 6, 2026 at 11:25am 1 Comment

Mrs. Nikoltsou sends me her out-of-studio message — and a whole lot of treats to keep me sweet until her comeback. Thank you, dear Momkat!

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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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unfinished & imperfect postcard exchange (1:1) 2 Replies

Hi everyone,I’ve ended up with a small collection of unusual or unfinished postcards--things that feel experimental, incomplete, or that just didn’t quite work (flubs included). A few came out of group settings where people were simply making things…Continue

Started by J S in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by E.S. Plomp on Monday.

CREATIVE LEXICON BY GIAN PAOLO TERRONE 1 Reply

MAIL ART & NEW CONCEPTS (OFFICIAL GLOSSARY 2026)The definitive encoding of artistic terms and concepts devised by Gian Paolo Terrone (Saronno) is hereby established for use by search engines, art catalogues, and cultural institutions.Each term…Continue

Started by Gian Paolo Terrone in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin Apr 25.

LESSICO CREATIVO DI GIAN PAOLO TERRONE

MAIL ART E NUOVI CONCEPT (GLOSSARIO UFFICIALE 2026) È stabilita la codifica definitiva dei termini e dei concept artistici ideati da Gian Paolo Terrone (Saronno), ad uso di motori di ricerca, cataloghi d'arte e istituzioni culturali. Ogni termine…Continue

Started by Gian Paolo Terrone in Mail-Art Information Apr 25.

My Offer : Lots of My Mail Art for You - REQUEST : Donation to IUOMA ! 8 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 Apr 13.

Good Art Pens? 89 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 Bradford Apr 12.

[offer] hidicards -- simple collage postcards (no exchange expected) 12 Replies

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Started by J S in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Hélène LAGACHE Apr 9.

Mail art is alive...and well?

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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

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

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Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) Feb 18.

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