candy Brains
"any help mailarting can be in that I'm MORE than happy to be a part! Perhaps unfortunately including whimsical non-standard English."
In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. In November 2008 this NING platform for IUOMA became the home for members
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An envelope full of wonders from Sil
Posted by Leslie Levenson on November 4, 2025 at 12:59am 0 Comments 1 Like
I received a stack of wonderful art from Sil today!
Thank you Outsiders
Posted by Deb on November 3, 2025 at 6:25pm 8 Comments 4 Likes
This is a quick note after a hectic and full on 4 days (includes set up).
I am so grateful to everyone who contributed their work to the first Mail Art exhibition that County Fermanagh has ever seen (so we were told). It was wonderful and exciting to speak with people who have never heard of Mail Art, about it. And to show and speak about your work. I loved doing that (maybe I have a new calling). It made it feel like you were all there
Everyone attending was enthusiastic and…
ContinueAllison Anne your post landed
Posted by borderlinegrafix on November 2, 2025 at 9:57pm 0 Comments 3 Likes
Received from Anne O'Donnell (Illinois, USA)
Posted by awyn on November 2, 2025 at 9:56pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Kind of strange that the post office stamped this beautifully painted art card on both sides. Anne does such wonderful original watercolors, I just love her work.
Thank you, Anne!
Cascadia Artpost 251031
Posted by Mikel Untzilla on November 2, 2025 at 7:34pm 0 Comments 3 Likes
Received from Richard Baudet,grazie Richard
Posted by giorgio termignone on November 1, 2025 at 9:49pm 0 Comments 3 Likes
The end of fictionreality2026
Posted by MH//ANTIPODE on November 1, 2025 at 8:15pm 8 Comments 0 Likes
The project fictionreality2026 has come to an end.
This decision was not made lightly, but with care and with respect for the integrity of the Mail Art community that has come to mean so much to me.
For legal reasons I can’t go into detail - I had to bring my own creation to an end before it could even breathe to keep it from becoming something it was never meant to be.
My heartfelt thanks go to everyone who showed interest, support, or already sent work for the…
ContinueIncoming: David Stafford, Kiki, and Isabelle Vachon
Posted by William M on November 1, 2025 at 6:06pm 4 Comments 4 Likes
wonderful redacted work from David as usual.
Some really outstanding work from Kiki especially like the perspective on the people walking into the city and that nifty telephone.…
Ruggero Maggi "In memoriam"
Posted by Mikel Untzilla on November 1, 2025 at 2:43pm 2 Comments 9 Likes
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. 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.
Events
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MURMURATION Mail-Art Project
January 24, 2025 at 6pm to January 24, 2026 at 7pm – France
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Bus Pass
April 30, 2025 at 6pm to December 31, 2025 at 7pm – Redmond WA
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Convocatoria e invitación de Mail art A(rt)viso una Poesía (arte aviso una poesía)
May 26, 2025 to March 26, 2026 – Lo barnechea. Región Metropolitana. Código postal. 7690000.Chile
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CALL FOR MAIL ART: "SHE SPEAKS: Women’s Voices and Visions"
May 26, 2025 to February 2, 2026 – Lake Worth Beach, FLorida USA
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The world, this world of ours, is SATANIC.
June 1, 2025 at 6pm to December 31, 2025 at 7pm – Sinnai, Sardinia, IT
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An envelope full of wonders from Sil
I received a stack of wonderful art from Sil today!See More
candy Brains
"@Zorica
I think my English is okay, as I graduated from a community college from Southern California, but there are times that I find my English is still poor, oh dear... but what can I do ? I am a Japanese native, so I need to learn to live with…"
"very cool presentation... thank you for all your work"
candy Brains
"no, i don't know english. In my building, where I am at the moment, there are a lot of foreign nationals, and of course we all communicate in "English", which reminds me even more that I really don't know English.😂😂😂❗"
"A postcard presenting views from the Piła Province, from several towns in the region, which existed administratively between 1975 and 1999. It is a forested region located north of Poznań. Postcard from 1989."
"Thank you for all the hard work, Deborah. I feel quite lucky - all I had to do was send you my art. You did the heavy lifting. :)"
"It's really great that you organized this.
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Good topic and good execution.
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As R.C. said, the network needs to expand.
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We need new players.
Because mail art is gradually losing its meaning, due to the phenomenon of "artists with a…"
'The sewer peas' translated from the original Francee! by Fike
"good idea,
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that's what henry miller did in literature. He described the most beautiful creatures and the most noble creatures as something that would end up in the sewers, and he looked for oneiric atoms in ugly and disgusting phenomena.
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"thank you Pascal, for the notification and nice photos.😊🖐️❗"
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🖐️❗ 3 Replies
if anyone happens to think that this is not visual poetry ~ we are not of the same mind.but we remain friends...😊❗Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on Friday.
Literature about mail, post, postman, etc. 27 Replies
This book came to me, with the content written on stamps (Shaun Tan: Tales from Outer Suburbia).Do you know (illustrated) (children) books about: mailpostpostmanstampsetc.?No matter what the language is.Thank you!…Continue
Started by Szabó Zelmira in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Szabó Zelmira Oct 21.
An Eastern European Story of Censorship and Mail Art 2 Replies
Greetings to Vladimir. An Eastern European Story of Censorship and Mail Art[Hommage à Franz Kafka]https://viragfold.net/post/796038304120324096/greetings-to-vladimirContinue
Started by Peter Abajkovics in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Szabó Zelmira Oct 20.
Carla Bertola Anthology Exhibition: "Interferences and Interweavings Between Words and Images"
Press release BONGIANI ART MUSEUM COLLECTION Carla Bertola Retrospective Exhibition "Interferences and Interweavings…Continue
Tags: Museum, di, Salerno, Italy, Art
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Oct 16.
M.A.D. 16 ottobre 2025 - Giornata Internazionale dell'Arte Postale
Tags: Montecarotto, (AN), Mail, and, Art
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Oct 16.
New Mailart Call
Astronomy for Developmentdescription- How can astronomy drive community development?- What inspiring initiatives already exist (such as astro-tourism, citizen science, or education)?- How can we build a more equitable world through knowledge of the…Continue
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Started by Ogata Tetsuo in Mail-Art Projects Oct 15.
***HELP FROM FRIENDS *** 14 Replies
Does anyone know for sure what the term "library manuscript" means? maybe a photo of it?,*** believe it or not, I can't find it on the Internet. (And my encyclopedias are not in the same place that I am.)can inbox so we don't get bored.. .I need it…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Oct 1.
Sensations of Tone by Hermann von Helmholtz 3 Replies
Has anyone read The Sensations of Tone by Hermann von Helmholtz?? I got a copy of the Dover edition for my birthday; I haven't read it yet, but I am thinking about making some art about it.Continue
Started by Asterion in Other. Last reply by Matthew Conroy Sep 12.
Mailing photos to IUOMA for posting 1 Reply
Hello all, I have been trying to mail photos to the address given for this network, but I'm not understanding how they will arrive. Will they go to my inbox? Will they automagically post in my photos? Will they show up somewhere else?LorreContinue
Started by Lorre Smith in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Nick Tauro Jr Sep 3.
Problem receiving email notifications 3 Replies
Hello,I subscribe to all email notifications, but I'm not receiving most of them. I just get notifications once in a while for group invites. Yesterday I received a friend request, and the notification didn't arrive in may email inbox. They are not…Continue
Started by Eduardo Cardoso in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Bradford Aug 20.
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