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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 mail art calls, the entries are posted on the web. Here's a selected list of websites and blogs that feature current online mail art exhibitions.


Parental Advisory: some of this mail art features adult-oriented content. I recommend that you preview each gallery before allowing your children to visit.

Apricot blossom (ongoing)
A colorful quarterly zine devoted to avant garde art, including mail art.

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.

Arte correo de mis amigos (ongoing)
Mail art from the friends of Samuel Montalvetti. In some cases, he'll send along something for you to decorate and return, which is fun to do as well as to look at!

Arte correo para el mundo (ongoing)
Mail art for the world, including artist books, trading cards, audio, video, and more.

Arte povera (ongoing)
Submit a collage made from recycled materials.

Artist playing cards / APC collaborations (ongoing)
Artistically altered playing cards.

El cielo, el mar y la ciudad (deadline: February 28, 2012)
A call for postcards depicting "the sky, the sea and the city."

El circulo / The circle (ongoing)
Send two works on paper or cardboard. Draw a circle (radius: 7 cm) and put anything inside: a collage, a drawing, a mandala, etc.

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.

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.

Dearly departed memorial mail art project (ongoing)
A celebration of lives, sharing memories through mail art.

Dominoes (ongoing)
Size and medium are free, so let's enjoy a game!

eN mi ViDa las FloReS / Flowers in my life (ongoing)
(No actual flowers, just the mail art kind!)

Las formas de las letras (ongoing)
Visual poetry.

Heebee JeebeeLand (ongoing, and the theme changes every few months)
Mail art in the fourth dimension! This is an active site, and it's worth visiting regularly because the commentary about each artwork is entertaining and informative.

El horizonte / The horizon (ongoing)
The organizers of this e-mail art call have provided a digital photograph for the participating artists to download and alter as desired.

Land art on mail art (ongoing)
Make a land art project.

Life Puzzle (deadline: February 29, 2012)
Create a colorful artwork about your life that fits on an 8-centimeter by 8-centimeter square. The pieces will be combined at the exhibition to create a huge picture.

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

Rebel Rebel (deadline: December 31, 2012)
FRIOUR Project 13. "Friour" means "Peace" in Icelandic.

Resolution 2012, Exotic Visuals for the Beginning of the End! (deadline: mail to arrive by April 30, 2012)
For an exhibition at The Underground Gallery in Whitesburg, Kentucky.

Save the USPS (deadline: June 1, 2012)
A call to action to benefit the United States Post Office.

Traces (deadline: June 15, 2012)
For an exhibition at Atelier 5B in Schondorf am Ammersee, Germany.

Uno1 / One1 (deadline: March 31, 2012)
A call for postcards relating to the Number One.

Weird existing animals (ongoing)
Which animal do you think is odd or strange?

The world is a town (deadline: August 31, 2011, although the curator is still accepting submissions as of January 1, 2012)
Submit a small piece inspired by the Novgorod Codex.

Year of the Golden Rabbit (deadline: January 31, 2012)
One of my mail art friends is celebrating a special birthday during the Chinese Year of the Golden Rabbit, so she would like to receive rabbit-themed mail art.

Mail art projects from 2010
Mail art projects from 2011