May 2020 Blog Posts (199)

I got home last night and was pleasantly surprised to get me first piece of mail art. I love it! But, I don't know who it's from....no name, however there is a return address. So, who here should I properly thank and send a return to?

I got home last night and was pleasantly surprised to get me first piece of mail art. I love it! But, I don't know who it's from....no name, however there is a return address. 

So, who here should I properly thank and send a return to?…

Thank you, Katerina Nikoltsou!

2020. April Post from USA.

Thanks Cody Whitby for the zine. The author says: ‘I`ll det better one day.…

https://thejonfoster.blogspot.com/2020/05/plague-makings.html

2020. April Post from USA.

Last month, I received envelopes from the American cities of Gurnee, Illinois, and Oakland, California. I am grateful to the authors who sent their artwork. Bonniediva Bonnie Shorr sent a collage, as well…

Dear friends, Sylvestre Buoro sent me a message about a big mail event. At the request of Sylvestre, I publish a link to the resource on the Internet; this may be valuable for postal artists.

http://www.snailmailsurprise.com/concept.htm?fbclid=IwAR2GGx5x5dEtvz9TPE-KglMBJMGBWxey5uHvaPxbs-bs3pI9ddOsEYC1gvE

2020. April Post from France.
Thanks Sylvestre Buoro for the beautiful envelope with the collage. Inside is an invitation to take part in a large mail campaign for sending mails.

2020. April Post from USA.

Thanks Ed Giecek from Concrete, WA (USA) for a wonderful gift. A decorated postal envelope, a hand-drawn miniature, and lots of things for my collages.…

Thanks Ed Giecek!

The magazine Art in America includes a feature on asemic writing in it's May 2020 issue.

The article is "The Asemic Effect" by David Ebony and includes work by Cecil Touchan (IUOMA member); Scott Helmes (longtime visual poet); Federico Federici (visual poet); and Rosaire Appel (well-known asemic writer). 

Books by Michael Jacobson's Post-Asemic Press are highlighted. Michael is curator of The New Post-Literates, A Gallery of Asemic Writing.

The article…

From top down. LEFT: Richard Canard (fab trashpo he sent!); James Chester (from 2019, it's a favorite); Nadine Wendell-Mojica. MIDDLE: Jorge Martin (a real beauty); David Stafford ("Concerto for Three Hands"); Heide Monster (2). RIGHT: Ficus (2) (love the notes too); Jay Block (unique, and the Post Office helped, I think). Thank you for these…

From top down, LEFT: Nadine Wendell-Mojica (2); Erni Bar; Heide Monster (2). MIDDLE: Mail Art Martha; Debra Mulnick (2). RIGHT: Carien van Hest (2); David Stafford (2). Oh Dave, you look so worried... Thank you very much, my friends. I love it…