Bees have been with humanity since the Stone Age. Many cultures have fairy tales and stories that highlight their importance. An art call is seeking submissions that address the declining bee population.
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Postcards to the Universe
What significance does astronomy hold for us? How does it influence our lives? What is the connection between astronomy and development? What kind of development do we hope to see in our communities? How can astronomy contribute to sustainable development? These were some of the questions As part of the celebrations that PLOAD – theContinue reading “Postcards to the Universe”
Wanted: Art from Bookworms
The bookshop Bücherkiste in Burg, a bookshop in Burg (Dithmarschen), a community in northern Germany, is looking for mail art with the theme bookworms. Acceptable submissions include drawings, paintings, graphics, art prints, photos, collages, sketches, doodles, and more. Requirements They accept all submissions that are not offensive. They accept all submissions that are not offensiveContinue reading “Wanted: Art from Bookworms”
Fragments are up for Auction
The Portuguese gallery Atelier Ghostbirds organized an international mail art exhibition in January benefiting the Fund for Global Human Rights. It featured 321 works by 184 artists from 27 countries. For the organizers the contributions were “a personal spark, a quiet act of resistance, a reminder that creativity travels further than any one gallery wall.Continue reading “Fragments are up for Auction”
Franz Kafka in Poland
2024 marked the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death, and the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow was eager to find out how contemporary artists see the genius from Prague – who wanted his friend Max Brod to destroy all of his unpublished works.
Gotta put on my travelin’ Shoes
In the first half of November, the exhibition “Il Viaggio” took place at the Kunst Grenzen / Arte di Frontera gallery in Roveré della Luna, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy.
Mail Art and Medicine
Graziella Di Grezia is a radiologist who also works as a mail artist under the name Grazyella. Combining her interests, she organised an exhibition in October as part of the National Congress of the Breast Imaging Section (SIRM) in Bari. She described it as “a project that combines visual art, poetry, and social commitment, raisingContinue reading “Mail Art and Medicine”
Beautiful Mail from Ireland
Deaborah Ríse who organized the first ever mail art exhibition in November sent out a beautiful package with material to every participant,
Demokratischer Druck
Eine große Ausstellung mit Kleinformaten In bester Stimmung wurde am 28. November die erste internationale Miniprint-Ausstellung in Österreich von Bürgermeister Christian Margreiter in Hall in Tirol eröffnet. “Zum Glück sieht man die kleinen Pannen dahinter nicht,” meinte Barbara Fuchs, Druckgrafikerin und Obfrau des Vereins “Atelier für Druckgrafik Hall in Tirol“. In Kooperation mit dem StadtmuseumContinue reading “Demokratischer Druck”
Outsiders at the Pub
An international Exhibition in Northern Ireland For many Central Europeans, Northern Ireland is a cultural terra incognita. The best-known aspect is probably the music, such as Phil Coulter’s song “The Town I loved so well“. (He also co-wrote “Puppet on a String” with Bill Martin. Sandy Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna inContinue reading “Outsiders at the Pub”
Paris: Mail Art then and now
An Exhibition with historical and contemporary Objects The Centre d’Art Immanence in Paris is presenting an extensive exhibition of mail art, both old and new curated by Frederic Vincent. The French newspaper “Le Parisien Étudiant” published an article about the compilation of historical and contemporary pieces. The show features over 400 pieces by more thanContinue reading “Paris: Mail Art then and now”
Fragments of our Lives
The Portuguese Atelier Ghostbirds invites artists, makers, and creative souls everywhere to participate in a mail art exhibition under the motto “Fragments of what makes us alive.”
Dreh dich, Kreisel!
Ausstellung aktuell: Der Kreisel hat eine lange Tradition. Er wurde er bereits in Troja gedreht, er wird bei Homer sowie bei Schiller (“Der Taucher”) erwähnt. Und die Beliebtheit hält bis heute an, wie zahlreiche regionale Synonyme wie Dradiwaberl (Ostösterreich), Tänzer (Rhein-Pfalz) oder Driller (Westpfalz) belegen …
Kindness in the USA
“Kindness” is the theme of an exhibition curated by Donnalynn Chase at the Dolphin Gallery in Gualala, California. Around 700 mail art objects are on display. Selected works have also been published in book form.
Edgardo Antonio Vigo and Artists’ Periodicals
Edgardo Antonio Vigo (1928-1997) was an Argentine artist and well known figure of Latin American artistic resistance. This chamber exhibition at Artpool aims to highlight Vigo’s special relationship with artists’ periodicals and to show how he embraced this medium.
Die Post in der Flasche in der Post
Realistisch gesehen hat eine einzelne Flaschenpost wenig Chancen ihre Empfänger zu erreichen, und es dürfte wohl mehr Geschichten darüber als erfolgreiche Zustellungen geben. Erfolgreicher ist die Geschichte der Flaschenpost im wissenschaftlichen Bereich, wo sie gleich massenhaft verschickt wurde. So versuchte der Meeresforscher Georg Neumayer (1826–1909 damit Strömungen der Weltmeere zu erkunden. Tausende Flaschen wurden inContinue reading “Die Post in der Flasche in der Post”
Tree Art in Ireland
Successful Exhibition comes to Limerick The exhibition of mail art connected to the book The Overstory will be shown at the Church Gallery in Limerick in October. The collection consists of works by artists that responded to a call of the British Reading Agency for the Word Book Night. The prerequisite was a connection toContinue reading “Tree Art in Ireland”
Druckgrafik sells
Noch hatte der Redner nicht viel Erfolg gewünscht, da klebte bereits der erste rote Punkt auf einem Bild. Die am 7. September von Andreas Rother, dem Vizebürgermeister der Stadt Passau, eröffnete Ausstellung “Wasser II” ist aber nicht nur der verkauften Bilder wegen ein großer Erfolg.
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