Did you know that Ray Johnson used Add & Pass? Did you know about the queer community's involvement in mail art? Find out more interesting facts in this well-written article about the history of mail art.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/collaborativ...
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Jenifer: in case you missed this--
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/arts/design/ray-johnson-defies-c...
This video shows John Held, Jr and his archive (9 minutes).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZsjJExwF_o
Same video accessible at IUOMA
https://iuoma-network.ning.com/video/kqed-spark-john-held-jr-1#
The Archives of American Art/Smithsonian has a treasure trove of mail art accessible online, including John Held, Jr.’s archive which covers 40 years. The links below can get you started.
For a listing of AAA.SI ’s holdings of John Held Jr’s Archive go to this link. It contains additional links .
https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/john-held-papers-relating-to-mai...
Contents of Exhibition
https://www.aaa.si.edu/exhibitions/pushing-the-envelope
See Contents of Exhibition on left-hand bar of this link. Each category listed has a separate page with images of the exhibition and a description of the items. Contents include mail art from Lenore Tawney (Amer.) and Lucy Lippard (Amer.)
Thanks Momkat, I'll check it out.
Thanks , Carmela, for posting this article...
And there may be some Ray Johnson "added" correspondence with Ruud Janssen ,
at the IUOMA group here :
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