Mail Art Links

Mail Art Links
(updated January 10, 2004)

Artistamp Inc. - http://www.artistamp-inc.com/
Documents and illustrates artistamps from around the world. Galleria, the history, and an artists database.

Baron's Mail Art Exhibit - http://www.cpl.org/ExhibitHall.asp?FormMode=Exhibit&ID=23
A large assemblage of mail art documenting the community that produced it from 1975 to 1985.

Blackspecs Mail Art - http://www.blackspecs.de/mailart.html
The mail art work of Dutch artist Jeroen Teunen.

Blah Mail Art Magazine - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/5921/
Online version of mail art magazine by Joe Decie and Jack Dada with reviews, galleries and essays.

Boek 861: Mail Art y Poesía Visual - http://www.boek861.com/
Visual poetry and mail art workshop from Spain (in English and Spanish)

Claudio Parentela - http://www.lamoira.com/galeria/parentela/
Mail artist, illustrator and cartoonist from Italy.
Cloverleaf's Mailart - http://www.intner.net/mailart
Cloverleaf's mail art, art resources and mail art calls.

Collaborative MailArt - http://www.valweb.org/mailart/mailart.htm
A collaborative adventure between national and international artists, using the postal service to relay the artworks.

Communication from Far - http://www.eavigo.com.ar
The Argentina artist Edgardo A.Vigo: artistamps, rubberstamps, postcards, envelopes, visual poetry, objects, actions, writings and essays.

Correspondence Art of Ray Johnson - http://www.artpool.hu/Ray/RJ_title.html
Art and biography of an influential mail artist.

Cryptic Web - http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~cjatkins/cryptic/artistamps.html
Carla Cryptic's artistamps and mail art gallery.

Dia de los Muertos Exchange for the AML - http://www.berlovia.com/AML/dod/
Details and gallery of artistamps from the Day of the Dead swap for the Artistamp Mailing List.

Dragonfly Dream - http://www.dragonflydream.com/
Mail art calls and samples, artistamps, links, rants and raves, poetry.

Dry Drayton Post - http://www.drydraytonpost.co.uk
A new stamp issuing authority in the UK producing artistamps, mail art, cancellations and material on UK perforators.

Fan Mail - http://www.phi.lu/mailart.html
Extensive galleries, information on artists, and worldwide mail art calls.

Fiona Thorning Design - http://mysillyfetish.tripod.com/
The mail art of Fiona Thorning.

Fugitive Nation - http://www.geocities.com/fugitive_nation
The Bandit Post Mail Art and Artistamp Network.

Georges Felix Cohen Mailart - http://mailart.free.fr/
Become an email artist with the photos of Georges Felix Cohen.

Getting the Picture - http://artarchives.si.edu/exhibits/illusltr/illusltr.htm
Smithsonian, Archives of American Art. Illustrated letters.

Granny Artemis Mail Art Index - http://www.drizzle.com/~rhondaj/mailart/mailindex.html
A selection of mail art collage postcards.

Historic Postmarkart of Route 66 and Two Lane America - http://www.postmarkart.com
Postmarkart of Route 66, state regions and two lane highways of America. Artist Ken Turmel hand carries his art to each Post Office and postmarks are placed directly onto the original Postmarkarts.

Imaginero - eMail/Mail Art - http://www.geocities.com/imaginero/mailart/index.html
Includes eMail art, tactile mail art, collaborations on book art projects, and visual and sound poetry section with photographs suitable for mail art prints.

International Directory of Artistamp Creators - http://jas.faximum.com/library/jas_idac.htm
Definitions, artistamp images, artist and exhibition listings.

JCM Artistamp Gallery - http://jas.faximum.com/jas.d/jcm_asg.htm
A introduction to a unique exhibition of artistamps from around the world, exhibited in four rooms.

Jenny de Groot's Femailart - http://www.esthan.demon.nl/index.html
Online exhibition, information and links on mailart with the devil's picturebook playing cards, and poetry.

Joey Know Pages - http://members.aol.com/joeyknow/jk1.html
Mail artist Joey Know's web site of postcards, graphics and PostUrban art.

Keith Bates - http://www.keithbates.co.uk
Samples of mail art from the artist and friends, abstract realist mail art show and free fonts.

Kiyotei's Mail Art - http://www.art.net/~kiyotei/mailart.html
Online documentation of mailart calls and exhibits. A big list of active mail art calls, updated weekly, and a great resource of mailart links, clubs, mailing lists and message boards.

Luc Fierens and Annina Van Sebroeck's Mailart Postfluxpost - http://www.vansebroeck.be
Mail art site with information about Annina Van Sebroeck and one of the most active mail artists and networkers in Belgium, Luc Fierens. Information includes activities, artworks, ideas, archive and upcoming projects.

Lynn Dewart's Art Trading Cards - http://www.lynndewart.com/galleries.html
A nice selection of ATCs with themes of the Tarot, calligraphy and spirits made with a variety of materials.

Mail Art 1955 to 1995 - http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/palace/62/
"Democratic art as social sculpture" -- thesis by Michael Lumb. Long, but fascinating background on the mail art movement.

Mail Art by Glen Smith - http://www.geocities.com/nodnelg2001/mailart_home.html
Mail art and other bits and pieces compiled by Australian artist Glen Smith.

Mail Art Consortium - http://www.endustry.com/mailart/
Includes mail art galleries, contact information, and member profiles.

Mail Art Forums - http://mailartforums.crosses.net
Messageboards about ongoing projects, shows and exchanging ideas and the art itself.

Mail Art From The 1984 Franklin Furnace Exhibition - http://www.franklinfurnace.org/flow/mailart/mailart.html
An article about the exhibition for Franklin Furnace called "Mail Art Then and Now" which was curated by Ronny Cohen. Included are articles about mail art by E.F. Higgins III, Valery Oisteanu and Carlo Pittore.

Mail Art Show Reeperbahn - http://www.crosses.net/elbmail/index.html
Online documentation of mail art project "Mail Art Show Reeperbahn" from the networkers Merlin and Hans Braumüller with the participation of 127 mail artists from 24 countries around the globe.

Mail-Art - http://www.mail-art.de/
A German mail art site with history, techniques and exhibits about the art form. It includes a message board for active projects.

Mailart Carrer Archives - http://www.mailart-carrercollection.net
2860 works sent by mail from famous masters of modern art. Picasso, Dalì, Wharol, Mirò, Fontana, and Manzoni.

Mailart Grantink - http://www.netspace.net.au/~grantinks/
Mail art galleries, exhibition space and links to great resources.

Mailartist.Com - http://www.mailartist.com
Provides information, education, and collaboration opportunities for artisans interested in the mail art process. Site includes writings, publications, exhibits, and contact information.

Mark Phillips Mailart Archives - http://www.lepercolony.net/
Online archive of mailartist Mark Phillips with useful information on mailart resources, message board, projects and links.

Meeting Ray Johnson - http://phoenix.liunet.edu/~jharriso/rayjohnson.html
An interesting story with photographs of the encounters and correspondences between Ray Johnson and Joan Harrison.

Monster Behind the Door: A Postal Art Story - http://boxofcards.tripod.com/
A giant ugly Postcard Art project, with 1,000s of cards and you are welcome to read the story of how it all began and select or trade for a piece of this piece.

Nervous Industries - http://www.nervousness.org
An ongoing collaborative mail art project. Users may post objects to be sent out to participants and returned to the address of origin.

One World Mail Art BBS - http://www.plexus.org/cgi-bin/chalk/oneworld.pl
Semi-active message board for mail art artists and enthusiasts(not really a website). Calls for new mail art and discussions usually are the norm here.

P22 Mail Art - http://www.p22.com/projects/mail.html
Correspondence between Daniel Farrell and Richard Kegler, the site documents some of the hundreds of pieces from this 6 year project.

Panscan - http://www.echonyc.com/~panman/
Mailart web site containing history, interviews and a large exhibit entitled, "The One World Postal Art Show."

Paper Penguins - http://www.khern.freeserve.co.uk/
A record of the journeys of Dennis penguin and his family around the world.

Paulette's Mailart Page - http://hometown.aol.com/stmpalulu/index.html
Samples of mailart that have been mailed all over the world.

Planet Susannia - http://www.susannia.de/defaultn.htm
Mail art and stamp art galleries, links and projects.

Poet Post - http://www.geocities.com/poetpost/index.html
Mail art, artistamps and art trading cards from the 25 Cent Poet.

Polarbird's Mailart Pages - http://www.geocities.com/polarpost
A collection of galleries, links and mail art calls and documentation including "Flying Penguins."

PostcardX.net - http://postcardx.net/
PostcardX is about exposing a part of yourself to a random person somewhere out there in the ether. Mail a postcard, your latest poem, life instance, dried flower, a secret or any gift you choose.

Pushing the Envelope - http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-06-15/gray.html
Article from HoustonPress.com about Beth Jacobs, mail artist.

Re-inventing the Post Stamp - http://www.geocities.com/niceprogram/Post_stamp/post_stamp.htm
An exhibit of artists who have re-invented the postage stamp. New stamps designs include the 3D stamp, stamps for the blind and the pocket envelope stamp.

Red Castle Inc. - http://www.red-castle.com/
Products and information for rubber stamping and crafting needs. Software programs to help design mini-books, artistamps, envelopes, shipping tags, and calendars.

Scientist Sam - http://www.scisam.com
Spokane artist Sam Moore's digital portfolio with digital art, mail art and collaborative projects.

Sensewerks Mail Art Exhibits - http://www.geocities.com/sensewerks/sensewerksmailart.html
Sensewerks features "Censorship" and "End of the World" - ongoing mail art exhibits. New submissions and comments welcome.

Sewers of the World, Unite - http://sewers.artinfo.ru
An open photo-video-mail-art collaborative collection of images of manhole and other access covers. Includes a gallery of submissions.

Spare Room: M@ilart - http://www.spareroom.org/mailart/mailart.html
Commentary, mail art history, and information on the Dead White Mail project.

Stamps We'd Love to Lick - http://members.aol.com/eroticdraftsman/index.htm
Humorous and erotic faux postage by Pier Gustafson.

Suite 101: Artistamps - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/artistamps
Artistamps are postage stamps, only better. Find out all you ever wanted to know about faux postage creation. Archive of articles and discussions.

Sztuka Fabryka Gallery - http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/
An archive about arts in the international mail art network. The online version of the Sztuka Fabryka Archive.

The Art Is In The Mailing - http://www.newobservations.org/issues/126/126.html
Mail art edition published for issue #126 of the New Observations Online. Includes several articles by and about mailartists and the network.

The Electronic Museum of Mail Art (EMMA) - http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/emma/
The envelope is the museum. FAQ, gallery, library, and links.

The Graceful Envelope - http://www.si.edu/postal/graceful2000/exhibit.html
An online exhibit from the National Postal Museum in conjunction with the Graceful Envelope contest.

The Karmic Fish - http://members.tripod.com/greygarage/kf.html
An ATC mail art call hosted by L.S. King

The Mail Art Pinhole Camera Site - http://mysite.freeserve.com/mailart_homepage
Participative photography project gallery.

The Mailed Art of Ray Johnson - http://thegalleriesatmoore.org/publications/johnson.shtml
Catalog for the exhibition Ray Johnson held at the Galleries at Moore, November 1December 15, 1991. Provides a history of Johnson's career, as well as examples of his work. Part of the Galleries at Moore exhibition.

The Millennium Project - http://www.raggededgepress.com/pages/results.htm
Introduction and documentation and for Sticker Dude's Limping and Soaring to the Millennium mail art call with gallery pages displaying 150 submissions.

The Miniature Book Library - http://home.earthlink.net/~teenybooks/
Catalogue and images from a library of teeny books made by several different mail artists.

The Moscow International Forum of Art Initiatives - http://artistamp.artinfo.ru
An open invitation for artistamp creators with the theme of Motherland/Fatherland. The City of Moscow's Committee on Culture and The International Museum Exhibition Centre 'Olympus' is sponsoring The Moscow International Forum of Art Initiatives - 2002. MAC (the Moscow Artistamp Collection) has been invited to participate.

The Poca Post - http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~benm/stamps/pocapost.html
Artistamps by Ben Mahmoud commemorating the people and events on the Poca River.

The TAM Rubber Stamp Archive - http://www.iuoma.org/rub_arch.html
An overview of the TAM-Rubber Stamp Archive which began in 1980. Information about rubber stamp prints by mail artists worldwide.

Vortice Argentina - http://www.vorticeargentina.com.ar/
General activities of the project, exhibitions at the Barraca Vorticista, information, artist addresses, international mail art projects and calls, links, and visual poetry.

Vortice Argentina Project Documentation - http://www.artecorreo.com.ar
This site contains the documentation for art projects organized by Vortice Argentina and by other Argentinean artists including international mail art and visual poetry projects.

WebRing: Mail Art - http://c.webring.com/hub?ring=mailart
A group of sites with content relating to mail art.

ZenaZero MailArt Projects - http://home.planet.nl/~tineds/
ZenaZero has been involved in Mail Art since January 1999. On this site Zena posts Mail Art calls, gives info about present and upcoming projects and also has an online gallery.

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