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Clemente Padin (1939 - 2…

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Anna Banana (1940-2024)

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The Hand Group

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Mail-Art in and by Museums
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Karen Champlin Oct 18, 2011.

Fluxus and Mail-Art , Fluxus or Mail-Art
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Started this discussion. Last reply by C. Mehrl Bennett Aug 29, 2014.

Should I delete the Chat-Function?
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"E" est mort, vive "E"!

July 3, 2066 at 6pm to February 17, 2067 at 7pm – GUIVRY (France)

My Blog

Lots of Aquarel Paint

Last years I have increased the production of drawings and even made a special blog about this:

https://tekeningenruud.blogspot.com/

I work wit Indian Ink and Watercolours. These special Auquarel paints are from White Night. Very bright and special. Using them since 1991 when I discoverd them in St. Petersburg.

With the postal rates going up and postal services dissapearing the Mail-Art network is thinking on larger scale on what to do. People close their P.O. Boxes. Post goes slows and becomes a rare event.

Digital communication isn't the same though. The intimate feeling of a piece of paper is still the precious event for some of us.

For digital communication we have become dependant to the larger social media. Theown websites start to cost too much money too. I already had to close some formal domain names because they kept reaising the prices even a few times a year.

We also get older and the financial aspect of our income is deciding for us what we can still allow us to do. Can we still pay the postage and the ways of communication we seem to need?

The year 2025 was a strange one. Closed my P.O. Box, and also closed the iuoma.org domain name. The bills went up while I wanted to cut dodn the costs. So that meant some changes it the traditional communication that was possible.

Yes online I have a large presence and others can still easily contact me in a digital way. What will happen in 2026 isn't sure yet. I will turn 67 years old and that means working for money stops and you are forced to deal with getting older and get all kind of freedom for it in return.

IUOMA.ORG

Some of the old content of www.iuoma.org will be placed on a new blog that is located at:

IUOMA.ORG

P.O.Box 1055 closed

Since Januari 2025 the P.O. Box I used for IUOMA is closed.

All mail sent to this box will eventually be returned to the sender.

Seems P.O. Boxes used by individual persons isn't made easy and has gotten way to expensive.

Also the domain-name iuoma.org will eventually vanish from the network.

From "E" in 2011

A lareg foam rubberstamp made by "E" in 2011 which I have been using for outgoing mail-art since then.

Incoming March 2018

New Vispo by Ruud Janssen - Feb 2018

Two outgoing envelopes - February 2018

Incoming Feb 10th 2018

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The Place where there is no specific theme. A real social group for you......See More

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Facebook and IUOMA

IUOMA is also on Facebook, and IUOMA-members are also active on the larger social network of facebook. Here you can leave links and ideas and connections with Facebook. Thoughts on Facebook, and news on Facebook activities.See More

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Eduardo Cardoso commented on Ruud Janssen's group Mail-Art History

"Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines Excellent book about Zines which contains a section about old Mail Art zines and Mail Artists. Also, an article about the book exhibition here."

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ArtiStamps Creators

A Group for all that love and make artistamps. Stories, concepts, special issues, All there is to knowSee More

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Anna Banana (1940-2024)

This is a group to share info and memories of Anna Banana.see;anna-banana-obituary See More

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Ruud Janssen replied to Yayoi S.W.'s discussion Are there fountain pen enthusiasts here? in the group Ask Anything

"I have dozens of fountain pens. My favorite are the Waterman pen's Expensive, but they always work and write smoothly. "

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Ruud Janssen commented on Ruud Janssen's group Mail Art Archives

"the old stickers....."

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Onions

The Onion Group - For those who mis-spel Union or just like Onions. Don't Cry Please.See More

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Self Portraits

Are you up to this? Publish your own selfportrait in this group. Since the name of the publisher is automatically published, we know then how you look!

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"Tea Time...in a glass "

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Profile Information

Mail-Artist since:: 1980

My Website (without http://):: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ruud-Janssen/126853977330127

Why I am involved in Mail-Art:: I like communication, art, paper, painting and concepts. The ideal combination for doing Mail-Art. Worked with rubberstamps as a child and started sending out letters as soon as I could write. Discovered that it was called mail-art in 1980. Have been discovering ever since and in the last years also promoting this free cultural exchange.

My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail): TAM-Publications
BREDA - N E T H E R L A N D S
e-mail: iuomanetwork@gmail.com
url: http://bouncesite.com/iuoma

NB. The P.O. Box that was used is closed after 31-12-2024 !

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Focus on drawings

Posted on February 26, 2026 at 8:15am 1 Comment 10 Likes

Am producing lots of drawings lately.

Mail from Keith C. - USA

Posted on February 16, 2026 at 9:04am 0 Comments 4 Likes

Continue

Happy 2026!

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On our way to a new year....

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At 9:19am on April 24, 2025, brunocassaglia said…: Hi Ruud, why did another group of mine disappear? I had some material that I needed. Did you remove the group "Caffè Italia?" please let me know as soon as possible. A hug Bruno Cassaglia

At 9:15am on April 24, 2025, brunocassaglia said…: Ciao Ruud,come mai è sparito un altro mio gruppo? io avevo del materiale che mi serviva. lo hai tolto tu il gruppo "Caffè Italia?" fammi sapere al più presto per favore. un abbraccio Bruno Cassaglia

At 7:50pm on February 3, 2025, brunocassaglia said…: I await your kind reply as soon as possible

At 7:49pm on February 3, 2025, brunocassaglia said…: attendo tua gentile risposta al più presto

At 7:47pm on February 3, 2025, brunocassaglia said…: Dearest Ruud, I haven't sent Mail Art for a while now, if you think my groups are too off topic tell me, and I'll stop posting images, and if you want you can delete them. A fraternal hug. Bruno Cassaglia

At 7:45pm on February 3, 2025, brunocassaglia said…: Carissimo Ruud, io da un po' di tempo non spedisco più Mail Art, se pensi che i miei gruppi siano troppo fuori tema dimmelo, e io smetto di postare immagini, e se vuoi li puoi cancellare. un fraterno abbraccio. Bruno Cassaglia

At 8:41am on January 24, 2025, brunocassaglia said…: Thank you Ruud, for your efficiency! IUOMA is a great free space for art! a brotherly hug. Bruno

At 5:11am on June 20, 2024, Todd Camplin said…: Thank you for a wonderful community.

At 4:46pm on June 5, 2024, Lena said…: Hey Ruud,
do you know how I can delete my profile again?
Thanks,
Lena

At 7:20am on May 27, 2024, Bob Leenaers said…: Hello,

Not Dutch, but Belgian. I've lived in Tokyo for over 30 years.

I can guess there have been a lot of changes, very interested to find out!

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