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Mail Art Projects from 2011

These are some of the mail art projects that I prepared entries for in 2011. The online exhibitions are still up and the entries are on display.

(All listings checked April 25, 2012)


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

Amuleto / Amulet (deadline: August 2011)
Amulets can attract or repel….

The book of Ann (deadline: December 31, 2011)
Who exactly is Ann? Add a page of your own to her book.

Cabana mail art project (deadline: September 21, 2011)
Globalization brings everything and everyone together.

Collecting (deadline: January 31, 2011)
Send one or two postcards depicting your special collections for a show at the library of the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Family (deadline: December 24, 2011)
Send artwork about your family.

Foresta magica montagna / Forest magic mountain (deadline: October 1, 2011)
For an exhibition hosted at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome.

Four senses (deadline: March 1, 2011)
For an exhibition in Togliatti, Russia, to benefit a nonprofit organization working for the benefit of persons with disabilities.

Friedensboten gesucht / Tree of peace (deadline: April 20, 2011)
Send a message of peace, for an event and an exhibition in Minden, Germany.

Gagarin, 1961 (deadline: March 31, 2011)
Yuri Gagarin was the first man to travel in space, launching into orbit on April 12, 1961. This mail art call has been opened to honor the 50th anniversary of this event.

In friendship (deadline: May 31, 2011)
For a group show at the ARTECO space in Italy.

Industrie et culture / Industry and culture (deadline: May 20, 2011)
For an exhibition in Charleroi, Belgium.

A journey to the east (deadline: July 2011)
Give peace a chance!

The landscape / El mundo del paisaje (deadline: February 28, 2011)
Send a landscape of your preference: urban, marine, aerial, poetic, photographic, imaginary, abstract, surrealistic …

Mail Attack project: 121.48° E (deadline: June 1, 2011)
For a mail art event in Shanghai, China: Set #1 | Set #2

Message in a bottle (deadline: February 18, 2011)
"Bottle your thoughts, visions, messages, images, dreams … let that inspiration [flow] freely into an ocean of ideas."
Advisory: this site has background music.

My everyday object (deadline: March 31, 2011)
500 postcards of 500 objects.

Narrenschiff-reloaded / Ship of fools reloaded (deadline: November 11, 2011)
More than 500 years ago, Sebastian Brant wrote the book Ship of fools. Create a postcard documenting a modern ship of fools.

Postmarked 2011 (deadline: May 31, 2011)
A mail art exhibition and sale to raise funds for The Claremont Forum's Prison Library Project, a book and literacy program that sends thousands of books, study aids, and educational and spiritual resources to inmates throughout the United States.

Project 55 (deadline: July 8, 2011)
From the mail art call: "Born in 1955 and now I'm 55 years old. Surprise me with anything related to the number 55."

Tea time (deadline: January 31, 2011)
From tea garden to tea cup, to be displayed at Carytown Teas in Richmond, Virginia.

Textile mail art (deadline: August 31, 2011)
Make something based upon the theme of textiles.

Unity in diversity (deadline: postmarked by March 24, 2011)
Send a post card or A4-size piece for an exhibition at a school in Greece.

Works on paper (deadline: December 31, 2011)
Submit an A4-sized piece (21 by 29.7 cm / 8.25 by 11.7 inches).

Yellow train (deadline: August 2011)
Enjoy the ride!