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Incoming mail from Hester Souverijn!

Posted by Nick Tauro Jr on May 7, 2024 at 10:06pm 0 Comments

Many, many thanks!

Incoming mail from Nonlocal Variable!

Posted by Nick Tauro Jr on May 7, 2024 at 10:05pm 0 Comments

A treasure trove!

Incoming mail from Hanna Wright!

Posted by Nick Tauro Jr on May 7, 2024 at 10:00pm 0 Comments

So much magical art!

Incoming: Ferranto, Eduardo Cardoso and Mike Dickau

Posted by William M on May 7, 2024 at 6:28pm 0 Comments

A really wonderful little piece by Ferranto. It doesn't really come across in the picture but it's got an interesting soft texture and is a bit flexible.



Two wonderful pieces from Eduardo. Really love his…

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MailArtMartha's Dining Room Gallery

Posted by Mail Art Martha on May 7, 2024 at 5:43pm 17 Comments

Thanks, Katerina NIcoltsou, Adam Roussopoulos, Heide Monster, David S. Aponte, Fike, Carien van Hest for your art and also tahnks to Peter Muller and Alan Brignull for sending back two snails full of Art!…

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Received from Josh Ronsen - Usa #MailTrainArt

Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on May 7, 2024 at 10:50am 0 Comments

Title: "Are Trans Trains? Oh no! Boulez!"

recived this great postcard from Josh..

Love it a /1 years old car with a view frm Napoli...

Nad a nice artwork by Josh.

Thanks so much

Visit the site from Josh…

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Incoming mail from Matt Conroy

Posted by Nick Tauro Jr on May 6, 2024 at 8:37pm 0 Comments

Very cool!

Incoming mail from Helene Lagache

Posted by Nick Tauro Jr on May 6, 2024 at 8:35pm 0 Comments

Merci!

Incoming mail from Jimmy Connors

Posted by Nick Tauro Jr on May 6, 2024 at 8:27pm 0 Comments

Genau!

info IUOMA

Somehow people always think that if a group of artists work together that then there must automatically be some kind of organisation that coordinates it all. Well, in mail art there are many groups working together. These groups themselves also work together, but there is NO organisation that arranges all the things that go on in the mail art network. The I.U.O.M.A. is the Union that mail artists can become a member of. The Union has no rules. Everybody who is active in mail art and hears about the Union can become a member just by saying so.

In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. I invented this name and made forms for people to become a member of this (fictive) union. About 300 mail artists reacted in a year, and official membership cards were made, even a official Union Magazine was published. Anybody who was a member of the Union could also claim a special function within the Union.

Even today, people still join the Union. And somehow it gives power, to say that YOU are a member of the International Union too. The Main address of the Union is at the TAM-address, P.O.Box 1055, 4801 BB - Breda - Netherlands. It is just the center for archiving all the things that are going on. But I am not in control of the Union. I just invented it. And to make it official, I made myself General-President of this Union. Sure was impressive when I travelled to the USSR in 1991 and went to visit some friends there who were also members of this Union........

Today online on Ning there are thousands of members. On December 2nd 2018 the 5000th member joined in.

 

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Year 2024 - Active Members Only - Let Us Exchange Mail Art !

This is a group where active IUOMA members gather and look for mail art exchange partners in 2024. Come join and let us exchange mail art ! :-) Only active members in year 2024.See More
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MailArt: Book Of DeaD

I'm an admirer of the book of the dead, so I think a book of the same style is needed for MAILART.The idea came from recycling a lot of paper that was around the house and this project came aboutCreating mail art inspired by the "Book of the DeaD"…See More
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Mail Artists Addresses? 579 Replies

I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.

Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Perry Hoffman yesterday.

How Mail-Art changed the World 1 Reply

Dear all Mail-Artists,as a Germany-based cultural anthropologist, I am interested in how Mail-Art emerged, how it reacted to upheavals in the past, and how it deals with current social change movements. I work with postcards and their role in times…Continue

Started by flo abgrund in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on Thursday.

Alla 60. Biennale Internazionale di Venezia un emporio equosolidale a cielo aperto 1 Reply

 Lettera aperta  di Sandro Bongiani al Direttore della 60. Biennale Internazionale di Venezia Adriano Pedrosa “A Venezia un emporio equosolidale a cielo aperto”Un bazar coloniale del sud del mondo destinato a passare come una precaria biennale…Continue

Tags: Biennale, 60, di, Venezia, 2024

Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Bruno Cassaglia - poetArtist Apr 28.

Mail art envelope orientation query 2 Replies

Hey mail art friends, is it correct that if I want to send a mail art envelope with the envelope design and its address info oriented to portrait style vs landscape style, it costs extra postage?Continue

Started by Melanie Reed in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Predrag Petrovic Apr 28.

Little notion/s on sending. Before sending... 1 Reply

Hello to all who would like to exchange with me.Please read first my IUOMA page, there's clearly stated what I like and what I don't. Don't put me, or you, in unpleasant situation for any given reason, since it is rude and inappropriate. Once again,…Continue

Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Valentine Mark Herman Apr 26.

SPAZIO THETIS VENICE “MAIL ART, ART IN TRENCH” Mail Art meeting by Ruggero Maggi

Arte Moderna e ContemporaneaVENEZIA / “MAIL ART, ARTE IN TRINCEA” - SPAZIO THETIS ItaSPAZIO THETIS VENEZIA“MAIL ART, ARTE IN TRINCEA”incontro di Arte Postale a cura di Ruggero MaggiMERCOLEDì 8 MAGGIO 2024 ore 17.00 …Continue

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Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Apr 21.

received from Czechia !

Interesting collage-card, in amazing envelope, which itself is an piece of art, and all of that, by Simona Mihalcova, from Praha (Prague), Czech Republic (Czechia) THANK YOU, SIMONA ! Not often I receive such amazing and uplifting work!…Continue

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Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Projects Apr 18.

received from Ireland !

I received amazing envelope from Ireland, from Deborah McMenamy. Inside were 4 of her original works (and when i say ''original'' I mean really ORIGINAL !) Rarely i receive such amazing artwork, interesting, funny, and mysterious, all in one) that…Continue

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Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Discussions Apr 18.

''SNAIL SONGS'' Postal Art project 1 Reply

It is about the snails and the songs that various nations are using to call the snail to get out from its housing! Please send the lyrics of the song (text) and possible translation into English. All will be translated from your language or from…Continue

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Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Penelope Timm Apr 18.

Pavilion Locust Valley Active Marginal Generation Everywhere

Press releasePavilion Locust ValleyActive Marginal Generation EverywhereFor this collective event, 28 selected artists of different nationalities are presented in 28 individual rooms, each with a solo show of selected works. …Continue

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Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Apr 17.

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