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Received: If it wasn't for bad art, I wouldn't have no art at all from Karen Champlin (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Mail-art from IUOMA member Karen Champlin's "Bad Art" series (Chicago, Illinois, USA)


November 9, 2010 - First, Karen Champlin is an IUOMA best friend so what I have to say is just in the spirit of the… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on November 10, 2010 at 10:30am — 9 Comments

Received: Super-hero mail-art from Marie Wintzer (Satima. Japan)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Marie Wintzer (Satima, Japan)


November 7, 2010 - Marie Wintzer's mail-art arrived here in the U.S.A., and I thought I was receiving her chapter for Cheryl Penn's "The Crimsoned Giant" book project. Instead, when I opened the elegant envelope (see below), I found an extraordinary…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on November 8, 2010 at 11:00am — 4 Comments

Mail-art exhibition news: Documentation now available for John Held Jr.'s Black Mountain College show

November 4, 2010 - Many thanks to IUOMA member Helen Amyes of Australia who sent me a link to some documentation for the Black Mountain College mail-art show in mid-October. Many IUOMA members were involved:

So far it's just a list, but an interesting one - a tremendous show of support from the mail-art community. Thank you again Helen for sending me…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on November 4, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Received: Election season mail-art from Bifidus Jones (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Bifidus Jones (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)



November 3, 2010 - Bifidus Jones sent me mail-art in response to receiving my chapter for Cheryl Penn's…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on November 4, 2010 at 10:00am — 8 Comments

Received: Green mail-art from Lisa Iversen (North Manchester, Indiana, USA)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Lisa Iversen (North Manchester, Indiana, USA)


November 2, 2010 - At long last I received mail-art from IUOMA friend Lisa Iversen. At first, I thought the main attraction of this package was the striking… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on November 3, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Mail-art Call!: The Ray Johnson Marginal Mail-Art Club (Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA)

Mail-Art by Rain Rien Nevermind - The Ray Johnson Marginal Mail-Art Club


November 1, 2010 - I am a member of the most interesting group (?) discussion (?) at IUOMA I have ever experienced. It is called The Ray Johnson Marginal Mail-Art Club,…
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Received: Mail-art collage with vispo elements from Helen Amyes (York, Western Australia)

Mail-art received from IUOMA member Helen Amyes of York, Australia


November 1, 2010 - Helen Amyes - along with Karen Champlin - became an IUOMA member about the same time I did.… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on November 2, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments

Received: Jon Foster's is it time for Punk NouveauX mail-art? (Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA)



Mail-art by IUOMA member Jon Foster, North Carolina, USA


October 30, 2010 - This is my favorite piece by Jon Foster received thus far. I've been thinking about Jon's discussion concerning Punk mail-art here at…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on November 1, 2010 at 10:00am — 13 Comments

Received: Snooky's Halloween (Part II) mail-art (Port Washington, Wisconsin, USA)

October 31, 2010 - I saved what I think is the best piece of Snooky's Halloween mail-art for the day and evening of the occasion. Really nice holiday mail-art with the added bonus of Karen Champlinesque vispo included.
Great news that Snooky let us have a peak at his costume;…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on October 31, 2010 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Received: Music into mail-art from Austin Wills James (Dallas, Texas, USA)

October 27, 2010 - Most IUOMA members who check the photo galleries and blogs have seen Austin Wills James' distinctive mail-art. Last week, I received this regular post-card size piece that I appreciate greatly. Much of his work that I've seen achieves various expressive and tonal qualities using an overriding base in - I think - watercolor. The address side provides more context for… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 29, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Received: He's tanned, he's rested, and Grigori Antonin hits a home run (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)



The Grigster always gets the girl.

October 26, 2010 - Just when I'd given up - a spectacular and much-hoped-for piece of mail-art arrived, sent by none other than Grigori Antonin. I've been impressed by the "new line" of work he's…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on October 27, 2010 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Received: Halloween mail-art from Snooky (Port Washington, Wisconsin, USA)

October 24, 2010 - How many countries in the mail-art network celebrate Halloween? All Snooky knows is they do in Wisconsin, and it's sometimes not as much fun for dogs as it is for humans. Yet Angie Cope's amazing mail-art dog - who has graduated from scanning to become a practicing artist in his own right - is in the spirit and sending out some wonderful mail-art (above). Pictured… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 26, 2010 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

Received: Bifidus Jones' chapter for Cheryl Penn's "The Crimsoned Giant" mail-art project (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)

October 24, 2010 - Bifidus Jones' chapter for Cheryl Penn's ambitious "The Crimsoned Giant" project needs no introduction for many here at the IUOMA. I'm blogging it myself hoping a few more people might see it and also so I'll have it in my own archives. I'm very glad to have this because it is one of the finer examples of mail-art by Bifidus I've seen thus far. IMHO. These pages have… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 26, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Received: Fluxus word mail-art and performance score from Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

October 22 - Ruud Janssen has released a new mail-art series featuring Fluxus words on hand-painted envelopes. You can see other examples here at the IUOMA and elsewhere on mail-art blogs. These captured my interest as soon as they appeared because the creation of Fluxus words seemed to be such an intriguing process. Only I had no idea how they were created, what they meant, or how… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 24, 2010 at 1:00pm — 11 Comments

Received: Cryptic mail-art from Jon Foster (Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA)

October 21, 2010 - Jon Foster sent me a second round of mail-art, and there certainly has been some evolution. The earlier work I remember was much more minimalist and image-dependent. He appears in this piece to be moving toward mail-art that integrates image and text - a slippery slide toward vispo? The printer images indicate a movement toward more complex collage and material… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 22, 2010 at 10:30am — 7 Comments

Black Mountain and Fluxus: Reflecting on John Held Jr.'s mail-art show (including excerpts from Tom Clark's biography of Charles Olson)

October 20, 2010 - A number of IUOMA members have contributed to the mail-art show organized by John Held, Jr. in conjunction with the Black Mountain Museum and Arts Center conference (North Carolina) held October 8-10. I'm sure we'll hear news about the event - this must have been a huge undertaking. The occurrence of the conference and the Black Mountain…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on October 22, 2010 at 2:00am — 10 Comments

Received: Minimalist mail-art from Marie (Richmond, Virginia, USA)

October 18, 2010 - Marie has done a striking minimalist mail-art series using strips of paper (or even some other dense material) glued over a post-card size surface. This piece I received is about as stripped-down and economical as you can be without resorting to representations of emptiness. When I look at Marie's mail-art above, I notice that the varying thicknesses of the black… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 21, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

Received: It's my Party and I'll cry if I want to mail-art from Cheryl Penn (Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa)

October 18, 2010 - Cheryl Penn sent me these photos of artwork she did that was posted on her website. I just find the whole concept of the shadows and the figure somehow haunting. Much as you find a great deal of layering in her visual-verbal work, there is a great deal complex signification in Cheryl's art that lends itself to many possible interpretations. If I got into it here, I… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 19, 2010 at 9:30am — 6 Comments

Received: New-Old School mail-art, bunny stamps by Miss James (Brooklyn, New York, USA)

October 16, 2010 - Miss James did not make my day. She made my week, my month. I picked up my mail at the PO very early Saturday morning. Immediately I saw the NYNY stamp on the front and the Brooklyn address on the back and her beautiful artwork. Miss James sent me a special set of her bunny stamps, which I have seen at the IUOMA. This set is perfect for Halloween, although there is… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 17, 2010 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

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