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Mail Art

I've gotten more interested in mail art during the last couple of years. In some cases, I send artwork to organizations that display the received mail art in a gallery, school library, or a similar place, or I exchange pieces with individual mail artists.

For some projects, the entries are posted on the web. Here's a selected list of websites and blogs that feature online mail art exhibitions, and all of the pieces are on display if you'd like to take a look.

Any Penny (deadline: December 31, 2010)
A Russian mail art project celebrating the 170th anniversary of the first postage stamp. There are some great artistamps on display on this site!

The Arnolfini Archives' international e-mail art project (ongoing)
The curator provides a simple image to use as a base, which you can download and modify to submit for the current themed exhibition.

Beauty Is…… (deadline: April 1, 2010)
Submit beautiful postcards to be put on display at SPA310 in Richmond, Virginia.

Cafés Around the World Project (deadline: April 1, 2010)
Favorite cafés, coffee houses, tea houses, snack bars.

Childhood Memories (ongoing)
Submit a piece of mail art that depicts a childhood memory of yours.

The Circle (ongoing)
Send two works on paper or cardboard. Start by drawing a circle and then filling it with anything that you like.

The Colours of Poetry (ongoing)
Poetry and mail art inspired by paint swatches. "Pooh Bear Yellow" or "Manhattan Mist", anyone?

CorresponDANCE of artful exchanges (ongoing)
Send Dame Mailarta a message, and she'll send along her findings and perhaps a word of wisdom or two.

Cranberry Days Mail Art Exhibit (deadline: April 15, 2010)
The contributions will be exhibited at the Painted Planet Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee, and sold to benefit breast cancer research.

Dame's Portrait Gallery (ongoing)
Send a signed self portrait or whatever your artistic impression of yourself might be. The size, format, and nature of the work is up to you.

Endless Tune (ongoing)
Using a photograph provided by artist Yuka Nakatani, create a performance of your own!

Found Text (deadline: October 1, 2009)
Work featuring printed items that were cut, rearranged, and glued in place.

Franja de Gaza II / Project Gaza Strip II (deadline: June 30, 2010)
For an exhibition at the Atelier and Galería Felipe Lamadrid in Cádiz, Spain.

Green Seen Mail Art (deadline: March 21, 2010)
Create an original postcard size art work for an exhibit at the Wendell Free Library.

Heebee Jeebeeland (deadline: extended to June 2010)
Mail art in the 4th dimension … and lots of fun to visit!

Human, Colours, Music (deadline: September 10, 2010)
A project sponsored by the Hellenic Society of Haematology: "Donate a chance at life" for an exhibition to be held in Syntagma Square in Athens and online.

I like purple (deadline: December 2010)
Send a purple postcard (or lilac, lavender, mauve, violet, or …)!

Jennifer Zoellner's Mail Art (ongoing)
Take a look at the current call for entries!

Mailmania 4 (deadline: September 4, 2010)
"4th Biennial: An open call for submissions for an upcoming exhibition of all forms of mailart. Post Cards, ATCs, Artist stamps, envelopes, or whatever will make it through the postal system."

Memorable Movie Moments (deadline: May 31, 2010)
Illustrate your favorite quotation from a movie … "and always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet."

Modesto Art Museum
This was one of the first places where I submitted mail art, and this museum is continuing to make space available for mail artists to show their work.
» 150th anniversary of the Pony Express mail art call (Deadline: March 5, 2010)

MOMCA: Mobile Online Museum of Contemporary Art (ongoing)
An online museum for digital artworks to show on hand held devices, including mobile phones.

My Red Number (deadline: May 2010)
My red number: about a special moment in your life, "whether it is sad or good."

No Commercial Potential (deadline: December 10, 2010)
"The production of an art that fits exclusively one's own creative needs without stooping to compromises to make it a consumer good"….

No Oil in Abruzzo! (deadline: March 31, 2010)
Visit Maura di Giulio's blog to see photos of the exhibition on April 14-18, 2010, and view all of the mail art entries.

Note to Self (deadline: December 2010)
Send a note and receive a response!

Notre Histoire en Art Postal (deadline: June 10, 2010)
Illustrate a period from the history of your country or region.

Poetry and stamp art gallery (deadline: October 20, 2008)
Original poetry in your native language combined with stamp art.

Postmarked 2010 (deadline: postmarked by March 1, 2010)
Original mail art for display and sale to raise funds for The Claremont Forum's Prison Library Project.

Running on Love (deadline: February 12, 2010)
A mail call for Valentines!

Send a postal
IV Edition, Theme: Path, a road made by walking, a direction in life (deadline: July 15, 2010).

Send me a post (deadline: September 14, 2010)
Technique: free! For an exhibition in Segovia, Spain.

Spectacular Sights (deadline: May 15, 2010)
"Postcards from places yet to be seen" — send in an altered postcard of a famous tourist site.

Universal language (deadline: July 31, 2010)
"What is a universal language for you? In which manner you communicate your dreams, energy and wishes to other people? What is the easiest way of communication and what does communication mean for you?"

The Wonders of the World in Mail Art / Les Merveilles du Monde en Mail-Art (deadline: December 31, 2010)
Illustrate one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World or any other wonders of the medieval or modern world.

You Are What You Eat (deadline: July 29, 2010)
Mail art and recipes too!

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