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Mail Art as Protest

Proposal for International Mail Art Show: "Mail Art as Protest"

Curated by Elizabeth Allums

Overview:

Mail art has long served as a medium of creative resistance, a way to challenge power structures, amplify marginalized voices, and connect activists across borders. "Mail Art as Protest" aims to be a global exhibition that invites artists to use the postal system as a platform for…

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Added by Beth Allums on March 24, 2025 at 6:40pm — 6 Comments

i received Mail Art from Eduardo Cardoso

two lovely creations featuring plain brown wrappers -

and the envelope…

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Added by Zack on March 24, 2025 at 6:14pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from Jimmy Connors

charming winter scenes interrupted by a holy baby (although that wig is def not purple).

what you can't see in this photo is that there's a hole cut out of the original postcard, and the religious icon has been inserted there, which is why i'm writing 'holy baby' (aside from the halo, i mean). danke schon…

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Added by Zack on March 24, 2025 at 6:02pm — No Comments

Awesome envelope received from Richard Baudet the other day!

Thank you. ATC is posted to group site ☺️

Added by Penelope Timm on March 24, 2025 at 5:15pm — No Comments

Incoming from Germany

A postcard from Jimmy Connors. Postcard what pleased my new mailwoman (who is very happy that I do MAIL ART)…

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Added by Hélène LAGACHE on March 24, 2025 at 3:18pm — No Comments

From Mars Tokyo

Mail art from USA from Mars Tokyo Thank you for your mail and explanation of your name. Nice concept

アメリカからメールアート　マーズ　東京

Added by Tomoe N on March 24, 2025 at 1:01pm — No Comments

From ex post facto

Mail art from USA FLUXUS BUCKS thank you 🙏
ex post facto

Julie Jefferies Paquette I will add & pass the FLUXUS Bucks. Not sure how I did with the old ones I have got…

アメリカからメールアート　フルクサス札

Added by Tomoe N on March 24, 2025 at 12:59pm — No Comments

Received from nonlocal variable (Oregon, USA)

Thank…

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Added by awyn on March 24, 2025 at 12:17pm — No Comments

Mail art from Jimmy C

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Mail art from Richard C

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Ready to send:

Added by MUSEUM OF MAIL ART on March 24, 2025 at 8:28am — No Comments

PROOF is coming

Hi friends, I am starting a new mail art initiative.

PROOF will start arriving to select members soon.

PROOF is evidence of existence: mine and yours.

PROOF that my mind and my hands and my heart are active.

PROOF that we can connect in a tangible way.

Send me your address if you want PROOF.…

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Added by Nick Tauro Jr on March 23, 2025 at 6:30pm — No Comments

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incoming mail-art from Francis Lamme

Thank you very much! I am delighted with your mail-art and the space bear.

I have already sent you my mail-art a reply!…

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Added by Vlada on March 22, 2025 at 4:00pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from Antonia Mayol Castello

"Monkey III: Cappuccino II" (8/16) - 'Little monkey / Greenspace / Jump in the air'

this arrived along with a lovely multi-media postcard (both-sides-now shot) -

this could have been…

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Added by Zack on March 22, 2025 at 11:44am — No Comments

i received Mail Art from Vittore Baroni

"Abstract Poem" - another taste of VisPo, plus a full pane of artistamps commemorating Emanuela Biancuzzi -

- and some other Mail Art omens - …

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Added by Zack on March 22, 2025 at 11:32am — 2 Comments

i received Mail Art from Daniel Westerlund

well, here we are (like a) sloth (in the) vortex

[according to the envelope, at least]

those nine words under the cube remind me of a postcard i had a loooooooong time ago, which read "i never expect my friends to be interested in what i do" - a good reminder from time to…

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Added by Zack on March 22, 2025 at 10:19am — 2 Comments

Incoming: Charlotte Geister and David Stafford

A nice collage from Charlotte. Always a pleasure to find her work in my mailbox.

Another wonderful mailing from David. As a bonus there's even a note from the…

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Added by William M on March 22, 2025 at 10:18am — No Comments

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