karen Arp-Sandel
  • Female
  • Canaan, NY
  • United States
Share on Facebook MySpace

Karen Arp-Sandel's Friends

  • Jinny Pearce
  • Turkan Elci
  • Suzi Banks Baum
  • Karen Redgreene
  • Jane Smith
  • vizma bruns
  • Susan McAllister
  • Laura Hensley
  • Sharon Silverman
  • Mim Golub Scalin
  • Mail Art Martha
  • Dame Mailarta
  • Litsa Spathi / NOBODY

karen Arp-Sandel's Groups

karen Arp-Sandel's Discussions

Do you make your own postage stamps?
1 Reply

I've made  2 series of personal collage postage stamps.2011 FeMail  Brillo Bus collage2007 Collage Artistas "Time" stampContinue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Lois Richter Jan 17, 2013.

 

karen Arp-Sandel's Page

Profile Information

Mail-Artist since:
1972
My Website (without http://):
http://www.femailart.com
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
Sending and receiving art through the Mail is an amazing process.
Visit my Mail art galleries at
www.karenarpsandel.com and www.curioustouristproject.com
www.femailart.com
My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail)
karen@femailart.com

karen Arp-Sandel's Photos

  • Add Photos
  • View All

Karen Arp-Sandel's Blog

How to Draw a BUNNY October 9, 2012

Posted on October 9, 2012 at 9:14pm 4 Comments

I recently jumped into the world of Ray Johnson by watching the fascinating account of his enigmatic persona in the documentary film " How to Draw a Bunny". I 've always known that Ray was the Founding Father of mail art. But I never knew about the details of his life-as-art, as-collage, as-mail-art approach to seamlessly melding himself with his art!

The film is composed of interviews with the many, many art world luminaries and others who sorta knew Ray.Each story they tell, adds a…

Continue

My first IUOMA Blog post, Sept 29,2012 "FeMail News"

Posted on September 29, 2012 at 7:00pm 0 Comments

The response to my mail art exhibit at Gallery51, North Adams in MA, which opened Thursday evening at Down Street Art this week, was remarkable. Viewers were curiously examining my work "up close and personal". It seemed they were reading my collage /mixed media visual iconography as if deciphering poetry. They examined post marks  and any verbal messages they could read in my handwriting or through my choice of collage words. I received so much feedback and so many questions about this…

Continue

Comment Wall (5 comments)

You need to be a member of International Union of Mail-Artists to add comments!

Join International Union of Mail-Artists

At 3:02pm on September 3, 2014, Mim Golub Scalin said…

Thank you for the Letter PRESS mail art. I'm so fond of letter press and birds! Love the collage/print and the quote "An attitude of gratitude brings opportunities" - so true!

At 6:02am on December 7, 2012, Mim Golub Scalin said…

Thanks for the Mail Art. It arrived day before yesterday and I had to do a bit of remembering to figure out who sent it. Ah, yes, Karen + Canaan on the post mark! This was on it's way a loong time!

At 12:03pm on December 3, 2012, Mail Art Martha said…

Hi Karen your comment on my blog is too kind but you are so right in one thing; the work sent is fantastic. I am looking forward to see some of yours there too.

At 2:55am on December 2, 2012, Susan McAllister said…
Hi Karen, I'd love to trade with you. I'll get something off to you soon. Love the Femail!
At 5:20am on May 16, 2011, Terry Reid said…
hi karen
here is an invitation to pARTicipate in the SECREt eXCHANGE exhibitions...pass the invitation on to your friends, and let me know on my page if you will or won't be able to contribute; go to IUoMA Events...or click on the link http://secretexchange.yolasite.com/   thx, Terry Reid, and hope to hear from you

ps
(in facebook it is at :https://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000748977585 )

 
 
 

Support

Want to support the IUOMA with a financial gift via PayPal?

The money will be used to keep the IUOMA-platform alive. Current donations keep platform online till 1-july-2024. If you want to donate to get IUOMA-publications into archives and museums please mention this with your donation. It will then be used to send some hardcopy books into museums and archives. You can order books yourself too at the IUOMA-Bookshop. That will sponsor the IUOMA as well.

Bewaren

Bewaren

Bewaren

Bewaren

Bewaren

Bewaren

Bewaren

Bewaren

Bewaren

© 2024   Created by Ruud Janssen.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service