Two art calls that allow for wide-ranging interpretations have reached us from Italy. About Childhood The scuola dell’Infanzia (preschool) “Gli Aquiloni” is looking for mail art that answers to the questions: Preschool teachers from Rosà, a small town in the province of Vicenza, want to raise awareness in the school community about mail art asContinue reading “Two international Art Calls”
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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to find out how contemporary artists see the genius from Prague – who wanted his friend Max Brod to destroy all of his unpublished works.
Cards to Belgium and Greece
Jean-Philippe Giniot (Gilliot) is a mail artist from Belgium who creates collages, stamps and trashbooks …
Surprises from Brazil
Jessica Dachs and her husband, Diego Dourado, are an active Brazilian couple who incorporate a variety of artistic techniques into their mail art, including collage, painting, poetry, and art prints. Their envelope containing numerous works took some time to cross the Atlantic, but the wait was undoubtedly worth it. The Top of the Page …Continue reading “Surprises from Brazil”
Collecting Plants
The fascination of the historical herbarium is the theme of a mail art call from Italy …
Quinceañera de una Revista
Desde hace 15 años se publica Procedimentum , una revista dedicada a la
música electrónica experimental. Durante muchos años, el fanzine
constaba de una parte impresa y otra difundida en la web …
Art from Finland and the US
In response to our submission for the ‘Nothing’ mail art call, we received an envelope full of prints and stamps from an artist with the pseudonym “nonlocal variable” who lives in Oregon, USA.
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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.
Send me an Angel
Angels abound in myths and religions. They are popular metaphors in poetry (not necessarily the best), and they are an integral part of art history. They are also the subject of a mail art call by Fabrizio Bandini. He calls them “enigmatic creatures, messengers, guardians, creatures that live between the visible and the invisible”. TheContinue reading “Send me an Angel”
Feedback from Brazil
Among the works that recently left mailyour.art for distant destinations were two cards. It took them quite a while to cross the Atlantic, but they finally landed safely in Brazil. Soon, Jessica Dachs left her feedback on the site of the International Union of Mail-Artists (IUOMA). “Mail Art arrived from the Austrian artist couple GeraldContinue reading “Feedback from Brazil”
Books & Mountains
Not only is World Book Night (WBN) one of the best-organized mail art events, it also sets challenging themes for participants . This year’s theme is books and mountains …
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”
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