Two comics mini-zines arrive in envelope from Rebekka Schmidt, Germany

Many thanks Rebekka.

Mailart on back of an advertisement card from Lorenzo Rosselli, Switzerland

Thank you Lorenzo.

Mailart received in envelope from Diana Venturi, Italy

Thank you very much, Diana.

This painted card arrives from Awyn, Canada

Many thanks Awyn. Hope to respond soon.

Mailart project in Italy: Angels

ANGELS

ENIGMATIC CREATURES, MESSENGERS, GUARDIANS.

CREATURES THAT LIVE BETWEEN THE VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, CLOSE TO US?

REGULATION: 

The participation is free. 

The theme is : Angels 

The technique is date free (drawing, painting, boxes, collage etc...NO DIGITAL) any size. The images must have on the back the author's name and surname, title, tecnique. No return will be provided. The images will not have any other type of use if not the purpose of the project itself. 

Participation in the announcement implies full acceptance of all the articles and clauses of this regulation. Works tha carry racial, pedo-pornographic or offensive contents will be not be admitted. 

An exhibition will be possible at the date and place that will be defined. The images will be published on instagram and the following blog. 

For informations contact the following blog. 

Works must be sent by mail, franked or in a sealed evelope. 

DEADLINE: 31TH MARCH 2025, at this adress: 

BANDINI FABRIZIO 

VIA VIANI, 15 

50142 FIRENZE 

ITALIA 

More on the blog: mailangels .

Mailart arrives in envelope from Gabriele Müller & Gerald Jatzek, Austria

Migrant Birds

Watercolor: Gabriele Müller

Poem: Gerald Jatzek.

Thank you Gabriele and Gerald.

Mail Art & More: mailyour.art

gabrielemueller.at

OPEN CALL: Global warming and climate crisis 2024, Turkey

OPEN CALL

Global warming and climate crisis

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS 

- The exhibition is open to all national and international art lovers. There is no participation fee. 

- Theme: “CLIMATE CRISIS - GLOBAL WARMING”. 

Each participant can participate with a maximum of two works. Work/works should be sent to; 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif TARLAKAZAN, 

Kastamonu University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, 37150 

Kuzeykent Campus / KASTAMONU, via postal mail. 

* However, due to the increase in timing and international postal expenses, international participants can send their works via e-mail ( basvuru@artanddesignplatform.com ). (*Only valid for participants outside Türkiye) 

- Works should not exceed A4 (21x29.7 cm) size. 

Any technique such as painting, drawing, pattern, original printing, photography, digital art, collage, etc. can be applied. 

Works must have a stamp or stamp(sic) on them. 

- The works sent must be original. 

Works that are not appropriate for the subject, copied, partially or completely similar to other works and artificial intelligence applications will not be accepted. 

Racist, fanatic, pornographic, gender discriminatory works will not be included in the exhibition. 

- Those who send works to the exhibition must add the participant's: 

Name and Surname, 

Name of the Work, 

Technique, 

Dimensions, 

Year of Production, 

Country, 

Address, 

E-mail, 

(if any; facebook, instagram, website, etc.) contact information on the back of their works. 

- The exhibition will be physically exhibited in the exhibition hall of Kastamonu University Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, digitally on “artanddesignplatform.com” and will be shared via social media and digital platforms. 

(The right to change the planning, location and date of the physical exhibition belongs to Kastamonu University Faculty of Fine Arts and Design Graphic Design Department) 

- Works participating in the exhibition will not be returned. 

After the works are exhibited, they will be included in the inventory of the Graphic Design Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design of Kastamonu University and archived. 

All rights of the submitted works, such as publication, exhibition and use in printed or digital media, will belong to the Graphic Design Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design of Kastamonu University. Those who send works to participate in the exhibition are deemed to have accepted these conditions. 

- The works to be sent will not be used as a commercial commodity. Participants are deemed to have accepted that the submitted works have no commercial value. 

- An electronic participation certificate will be issued to the participants whose works are exhibited and an e-catalog will be published. 

- No responsibility is accepted for delays, damages and losses that may occur through mail. 

Work Submission Deadline: 02 December 2024 

Exhibition Date: December 23-27, 2024 

Exhibition Link: http://artanddesignplatform.com 

Communication: basvuru@artanddesignplatform.com .

Mailart cut into three pieces received from Susan Gold / Smith, Canada

Thank you Susan.

Collaged card in plastic cover from Zorica Obradovic, Serbia: Beauty & Soul

Thank you very much Zorica.

Call for Mail Art Project: 5 Arguments 2025, Hungary

5 ARGUMENTS

Call for Mail Art Projects

In 2025, Ákos Székely, avant-garde artist, visual poet, a leading figure in Hungarian assemblage, mail art and fluxus, would have turned 80. The aim of this mail art call is to pay tribute to Ákos Székely's life's work and personality. 

We are looking for works that reflect on the following theme: 5 arguments. 

Ákos Székely considered it important to develop the debating skills and critical thinking of his students. Open debates took place in his classes on all literary and artistic questions. A fundamental rule was that participants had to support their points with 5 arguments. 

Online sources about Ákos Székely: 

Artpool https://artpool.hu/Poetry/soundimage/Szekely.html 

Leopold Bloom https://bloomsday.hu/index.php/en/projects/leopold-bloom 

● topic of the call: 

○ 5 arguments 

● deadline: 

○ 15 March 2025 

● size: 

○ A/5 (148 * 210 mm) 

● no jury / no selection / no returning / no participation fee 

● vernissage: 

○ 16 June 2025 

● digital catalogue 

● instagram: 

○ https://www.instagram.com/5arguments/ 

● address: 

○ Péter Abajkovics, 1042 Budapest, Árpád út 153. V/15, Hungary 

● further contacts: 

○ abajkovics@gmail.com 

○ www.viragfold.net .

Mailart in envelope arrives from Lorenzo Rosselli, Switzerland

#4 // Kerzenlichter // Candlelights

Photo: Anjali Rungee.

*

Lorenzo writes on the folded card: 

Some lights for the darkness of life

Thank you Lorenzo.

Mail-art surprise received from Hanna Wright, the USA

Hanna Wright sent a mail-art surprise to me adding her original art

+ magazine clippings, cartoons, comics, etc. 

How prolific she is could be viewed on instagram and pinterest.

Thank you so much Hanna.

New mailart call from Italy: Saint Dymphna, the Saint of Fools

"SAINT DYMPHNA, THE SAINT OF FOOLS"

SIZE: MAX A4 (21 CM X 30 CM)

TECHNIQUE: FREE

WORKS WITH VIOLENT, SEXIST, RACIST CONTENT ARE NOT ALLOWED

ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS ON THE DEDICATED FACEBOOK PAGE

ALL THE WORKS RECEIVED WILL BE EXHIBITED IN THE BEAUTIFUL TOWER OF THE MARCHESA (WOOD OF CALLISTRO DI BUTURO - CZ - ITALY)

SEND YOUR DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, VISUAL POETRY...

BY JULY 15, 2024 TO:

CLAUDIO PARENTELA

 VIA F.CRISPI 79 

88100 CATANZARO - ITALY

Original artworks arrive in envelope from Jiri Subrt, Czech Republic

Received ten original abstract works on A4 color paper in a huge registered envelope from Jiri Subrt in Prague, Czechia. They are numbered while scanning since the artist sent them without titles.

Thank you very much Jiri.