Mail Art Mania at Book Arts Jam October 19, 2013

[Carmela Rizzuto]

The display of mail art from the Mail Art Call, Celebrate IUOMA 25, was a wonderful success. My thanks to all who sent entries! The event was held at the Lucie Stern Community Center in Palo Alto, California. About 300+ visitors viewed the display. At least 160 took the informational handout and stopped to ask questions about mail art and how to become involved in the IUOMA network.  Mail artists stopped to chat about their own experiences. It was a pleasure to meet Raphael'L, an IUOMA member visiting from France.

 

Visitors spent time examining the postcards, the decorated envelopes (Guido Vermeulen's and Celestial Scribe's were popular), and reading the 'zines from Jon Foster and Russell Manning. The collaborative book by Jon Foster and myself was a favorite, too. The book takes off tomorrow for the exhibition, 'mail/art/books' at the San Francisco Center for the Book. The exhibition is scheduled for  February 14 - April 30, 2014 in San Francisco, California. View photos of the Book Arts Jam event  below. 

Participant List

A list of those who contributed mail art for this event is posted in a previous blog.

Artiststamps

The free artists stamps that I prepared were  successful in drawing visitors to the display. For anyone who wants information about perforated paper for artists' stamps/artiststamps: I purchased perforated, non-gummed paper from www.100proofpress.com. Gummed, perforated paper is available, but expensive, search online. Check out http://www.zazzle.com/create  for making stamps to use on USA mail. 

 

Create Mail Art Station

Part of the display was set aside for visitors to make their own mail art. It was popular with children and adults. Art materials were available: blank postcard-sized paper, colored pens, pencils, markers, collage papers & pictures, rubber stamps, vintage cancelled postage stamps, scissors and glue sticks. Here's a sample--courtesy of Janine Gianino.

 

Event Photos

These are a few of the photos of the display taken before and during the event.

Also see photos in post # 41 Mail Art Mania at  http://decordisart.blogspot.com

  

 

[Raphael'L]

It was great to meet you yesterday at Book Arts Jam. The exhibition was full of interesting stuff around books and paper and you made a really beautiful display IUOMA! Thank you for the very appreciated gift stamps. Congratulations!