DATED MAILART CALLS
last updated June 29, 2009

Selection for inclusion on this page is based upon a number of criteria. I have instituted a general review of the calls on this page purely as a means to aid those new initiates who have little or no experience with mailart. Some of the considerations that I use are if the call is targeted at visual art, whether the work will be exhibited, if there will be documentation, and if there is a known history of coordinating. If you like to explore, submit to any call purely for the sake of play and with no expectations.

one perf   - unknown or insufficient information given
two perfs  - may lack some of the qualities of a complete call
three perfs - good call
four perfs - known coordinator, or with artistamp history
five perfs - exceptional

If you have a call that you wish to have considered for listing here and it includes: a deadline to be received, an exhibition in a public space and mailed documentation for participants, please send it to me at the following address and include “mail art call” in the subject line. Listing is not automatic.

                                                                        


 

METRICS CONVERTOR- for easy size/dimension conversion
 

06 ***** JUNE 2009

Corto Maltese  (four perfs)
Theme:
Illustrate the Corto Maltese’s extraordinary world through his adventures, voyages and meetings.
Format: free
Technique: free
Documentation and response to all participants.
Artwork will also be archived on my blog: http://mailartpostal.canalblog.com
Please include your name, mailing address, e-mail on the back of the work and website if one exists.
Info: servanemorel@scarlet.be
Deadline to be received: June 30, 2009

Servane Morel
Avenue Wellington, 4
1180 Bruxelles
Belgium

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Darwin's (R)evolution  (three perfs)
Theme: Darwin was a scientist and thinker who deeply marked the natural sciences and our perspective on the history of mankind.  As part of the celebrations of the 200 anniversary of his birth and the 150 anniversary of the publication of his most important work - "The origin of  species", the Museum of Science of the University of Coimbra, challenges all Mail-Art artists, to send us works inspired on the figure of Darwin or the theory of the origin and evolution of species.
Terms of participation: - Open to all artists, national and foreign; Individual or collective participation; Maximum of 3 works per participant;
Size:  Maximum size of the work - A4;
Technique: Free
All work must be identified with title and name of the participant on the artwork.
In addition it is mandatory that the following info be included:
Name:
Address:
City:
Country:
E-mail:
Number of works and titles:
I declare that I have read and accept the rules of participation.
Date:
Signature:
Exhibition:  Online at the Museum's website at http://www.museudaciencia.pt beginning January 1, 2009, updated according to the reception of works.  A selection will also be presented in the Museum during 2009.
No jury, no returns
Artwork will remain in the organizer’ s ownership and may be used to promote the initiative without payment of royalties. If so, the organizer
is obliged to inform the author and to mention the name / title of the work.
For more details see regulations
http://www.museudaciencia.pt/gfx/bd/081218122150_REGULATIONS_MAIL_ART_English.pdf
http://www.museudaciencia.pt/gfx//bd/081218122219_REGLAMENTO_MAIL_ART_Espanol.pdf
http://www.museudaciencia.pt/gfx/bd/081218122137_REGULAMENTO_MAIL_ART_Portugues.pdf
Info:  joana.bvm@gmail.com
Deadline to be received: June 30, 2009

Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra
Laboratorio Chimico
Largo Marquês de Pombal,
3000- 272 Coimbra
Portugal

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BZZZOING!  (five perfs)
Theme:
Future Sounds & Music By Mail. 2009 marks 100 years since the first Manifesto of Futurism. In 2009 the 100th issue of Arte Postale! will be published.  Arte Postale! is a mail art magazine that I started thirty years ago, in October 1979. What puts the two events in relation is sound: Futurist Luigi Russolo’s "Manifesto The Art of Noise" is a milestone in the history of the experimental and weird sounds that I have been promoting since the early Seventies. My journalistic work has appeared in a long string of publications (Rockerilla, Velvet, Vinile, Urlo, Sonora, Underground, Rumore, etc.). Music was also the theme of the first three issues of Arte Postale!, so I return to the subject in this open invitation to contribute to the hundredth issue.

To participate in Arte Postale! 100 you must:
Send a mail art work that produces futuristic sounds or music (works that do not produce actual sounds will not be accepted).

and / or

Create an experimental musical instrument and record an original sound piece, then send the recording (on cd-r) with a photo of the instrument and/or send the instrument itself: in the summer 2009 it will be played live by the BAU Artkestra in a public performance in Viareggio, documented in the magazine.

and / or

Send 100 copies in the size of a cd booklet (12 x 12 cm) of an original mail art work on the theme “Future Sounds & Music”.
The materials submitted will not be returned.
Documentation: A copy of Arte Postale! 100 will be mailed free to all participants.
Info: vittorebaroni@alice.it
Deadline to be received: June 30, 2009.

Vittore Baroni
Via C. Battisti 339
55049 Viareggio
Italy

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what is mail art?  (two perfs)
Media/technique: For this project please send mail art of all sort.
Size: Postcards only
Exhibition: All art will be use to teach in a high school fine art class. If project works well, students will be ask to send you something back.
Info: vincentetemilie@hotmail.com
Deadline to be received: June 30, 2009
      
Emilie Richard
3633 Principale
Dunham, QC
J0E 1M0  Canada

07 ***** JULY 2009

LIBERTY  (three perfs)
ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION
Theme:
In August 2009, the town of Aiud in Transylvania- Romania, will organize the Fourteenth International INTER-ART Artcamp. We have invited artists from 24 countries to participate. Through celebration of art we want to encourage people to join together and produce work that shows respect for life, culture and the traditions of communities. In conjunction with this occasion we are also organizing the Eleventh International Mail Art Exhibition Aiud-2009.  We are inviting artists from all over the world to participate with artwork based on the theme: “LIBERTY”
Technique and format: Free
Exhibition:  Selected entries will be shown during the international artcamp.
Documentation: Every participant will receive material about the exhibition after the show.
We’d like to take into consideration all your work and by mutual agreement, make them part of the INTER-ART Contemporary Art Museum.
Info: info@inter-art.ro
http://www.inter-art.ro
DEADLINE TO BE RECEIVED: July 1, 2009.

INTER-ART FOUNDATION
STEFAN BALOG
515200-AIUD
C.P. 40
JUD. ALBA
ROMANIA

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Open Call For Mail Art   (four perfs)
Send us your Mailart, Fluxus, Sound Work, Visual Poetry, Images, Books, Objects, Etc..
We are hosting a Mail art exhibition in conjunction with the Open Studio Tours of Fluxus/St. Louis, sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
All works will be shown. No limits.
Exhibition will take place July 25/26, 2009 with additional venues to follow. 
All work will be permanently archived at Fluxus/St.Louis.
Documentation to all participants.
Info: keith9963@sbcglobal.net
Deadline to be received: July 1, 2009.

Fluxus St. Louis
c/o Keith A. Buchholz
4615 Oregon Ave.
St. Louis, MO  63111
U.S.A.

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Canada   (three perfs)
Theme:
What is Canada? Canadian landscapes, people, animals, stereotypes of the country, whatever you can think of, somehow relating to Canada. This call is open to everyone, regardless of age or country of residence, not just Canadians.
Media/Technique: free
Size: 10 x 15 cm / 4 x 6 in (postcard sized-only, please).
Exhibition: Art will be on display at the Canada pavilion of Carabram: Brampton's Multicultural Festival, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada (a suburb of Toronto) on July 10, 11, 12. It will later move on to WAG: World Art Gallery, VAB's permanent postcard-sized art display space in Shoppers World, a mall in Brampton.
Documentation: We'll post scans of all entries on http://twitter.com/wagpost
Info: visualartsbrampton@gmail.com
Deadline to be received: July 7, 2009

1 Bartley Bull Parkway
Suite 10
Brampton ON
L6W 1R8
Canada

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Freaks, geeks and strange encounters   (one perf)
Theme:
Please send any images or writing on the theme.
Media/Technique: Free
Documentation: Images will be used in a zine. 1 copy sent to all participants.
Info: bendigobooks@hotmail.com
Deadline to be received: July 10, 2009
  
Bendigo
23a, Portland Street
Newark, Notts
NG24 4XF,  UK

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TWO MAIL ART CALLS   (four perfs)
FIRST CALL: HOW DOES ONE SHOW THAT WHICH ONE CANNOT SHOW?
SECOND CALL : WINE.
Technique, size and media: free.
No jury, no returns.
Exhibition: Works will be exhibited during the 2009 edition of "Les Rencontres de l'Art Postal" ("Mail Art Encounters"), in Castelnau-Montratier, August 5-12, 2009.
Documentation: They will also be exhibited on the "Mail Art Encounters" blog:
http://montratier.canalblog.com/
Info: pissier.philippe@paganguild.org
Mail Art activists, help us to create the first French village totally contaminated by Mail Art!
Deadline to be received: July 15, 2009

RGBD, c/o Philippe Pissier
5 rue Clemenceau
46170 CASTELNAU-MONTRATIER
FRANCE

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The Bicycle  (five perfs)
Theme:
After the Voyage, the Birds, the Tree, the Water, the Butterflies and the Hand the theme of the 2009 Larzac 8th International Exhibition of Mail Art is: The Bicycle.  Renewable energy? Muscular energy!
The aim of "Larzac, village d'Europe", is to bring together all the people of many nationalities who live on the Plateau du Larzac and to establish contacts with other associations and people in Europe, who wish to take part in cultural exchanges. In general we wish to participate, on our level, in the construction of a united Europe while respecting the diversity of its cultures, a Europe open to all and not inward looking.  We hope you will participate.
Media/Technique/Format:  send mail illustrated in any way you please (drawing, painting, photograph, collage, object, sculpture, etc.), on the media of your choice and in the format that suits you best.
The only requirement is the stamp, canceled, with the address of the recipient and your return address be contained within the illustrated portion of your mail art. You may, if you wish, send several creations.
The works contributed will not be subject to any commercial exploitation, and will not be involved in any contest.
Exhibition: We invite you to come and discover the works we receive from you, which will be presented from the July 30 - August 10, on the village square, in Le Caylar. The exhibition will then travel to several villages and cities of our region.
Documentation: We will subsequently prepare a souvenir document listing the name and address of all participants. This will be sent to all involved.
Info:  eurolarzac@wanadoo.fr
Deadline to be received: July 15, 2009.

Larzac Village d'Europe
86, Route de Saint Pierre
34520 - Le CAYLAR
France

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Ask Me to Marry You  (four perfs)
Theme:
To inspire the person I love.  In September 2010, the Raymond Lasnier Exhibition Center in Trois-Rivières (Quebec), will present: "Until death do us a part." For the occasion, I will exhibit a nuptial costume.  This outfit will be created from all the responses I get to my mail art call. Your letters and envelopes must specify your wedding proposal to me. Don’t be afraid, it’s just a game to have fun with your imagination and creativity.
Documentation: will be sent to all participants.
Color restrictions:  Black and Priority white
Deadline to be received: June 16, 2009

Steven Renald
155 Chauvin
Chicoutimi, Québec
Canada, G7J 1Z6

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Ship It II   (four perfs)
Theme:
Second annual Ship It mail art call.  What can be sent in the mail? Who really sees those things en route? Think about the monotonous days that you could brighten for some bored postal employee. Last year we got an oar, $100 in pennies, a life preserver, dinnerware, and a special note from Portland to Seattle on an old frozen pizza box.
Mail your artwork so it will arrive at our gallery between July 4 and July 18, 2009. Everything sent will be displayed. Nothing will be opened. The package is the artwork. Remember, if it has the right postage, the postal service will deliver.
Format/Media/Technique: Free. 
Exhibition:  Opening Reception (Party): Saturday, July 18, 2009 – 7:00 PM (must be at least 21 to enter the party).  Show will close on September 3, 2009. Gallery hours are Sunday, 12-5 pm, First Thursday art walk and by appointment.
Documentation: online.  Please include your email addy for update.
Info: shipit2009@ouchmyeye.com
http://www.ouchmyeye.com/2009/shipit
Deadline to be received: Submissions Accepted starting July 4 and ending July 18, 2009.

Ouch My Eye Studio
1022 1st Ave South
Seattle WA 98134
USA

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Fear of Radiology  (four perfs)
The Library of the CC Faculty of Education at the University of Coruña, in collaboration with the Central Library of the Campus of Pontevedra, is producing a mail art exhibition and invites all artists to participate in this call.
Size/Format: 20 x 10 cm - Postcard - Two dimensions - paper or other media.
Send by postal mail.
Maximum of two works per artist.
Info:  mdoval@udc.es
http://www.educacion.udc.es/biblioteca
Exhibition:  Two shows during 2009-10.
Documentation: http://mailartbedu.pbwiki.com
Deadline to be received: July 30, 2009

Biblioteca, Facultade de Cc da Educación
Universidade da Coruña
Campus Elviña s/n
15071 A Coruña
Galicia, Spain

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POST-IT & MAIL-IT  (four perfs)
Theme: make collages with found post-it notes, shopping lists, messages etc...
Documentation: catalogue to all particpants
http://www.redfoxpress.com/post-it.html
Deadline to be received: July 31, 2009

Francis Fan Mail
Dugort, Achill Island
County Mayo
Ireland

*****

Natural Fibers in our Lives and our Time (one perf)
Theme:
INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT for the UN International Year of Natural Fibers 2009.
Media: Photographs, collages, prints, texts, drawings, all works with natural fibres  - plaited, twisted, adhered, colored ……
Size:  Postcard  to A 4 size
Documentation: Your works will be displayed on my blog
http://NaturalFibresMailart.blogspot.com
Exhibition: possible display in some organization of the United Nations 
No fee , No jury , no return
Info: christiane chaponniere - chapochris@gmail.com
Deadline to be received:   July 31, 2009

Chaponnière Christiane
11 rue aux Ours
Paris 75003
France

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A Celebration of Judith A. Hoffberg's Life
For those who have either met or communicated with Judith A. Hoffberg at some point in her 30+ years of publishing and networking, you know that she will be missed. A memorial is planned in the near future.  As part of the tribute, an artist's book will be created in her memory and deposited with her papers at the University of California, Santa Barbara. You may send an 8-1/2" x 11" page to the memorial to add to the book "A Celebration of Judith A. Hoffberg's Life".
Must be received by: July 31, 2009

Umbrella
PO Box 3640
Santa Monica, CA 90408-3640
USA

http://www.umbrellaeditions.com/issue.php?page=125&issue=12
If you would like to make a donation in support of Judith's Umbrelliana Collection at University of California, San Diego, please send a check
to the Umbrella Collection; include a note stating that this is for the Mandeville Special Collections Library in Memory of Judith A Hoffberg and make the check out to UCSD Foundation, then mail to:

UCSD Foundation
9500 Gilman Drive 
La Jolla, Ca 92093-0175
USA

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Milheirós Biennial Mail Art Call   (four perfs)
The Milheirós Second Biennial of Art will host an exhibition of Mail Art/Visual Poetry in September, 2009. Please send us your work.
TECHNIQUE: free
SIZE/FORMAT: Max. A4 (2D)
no return; no jury; no fee
EXHIBITION: all works will be exhibited during September 2009, at the Junta de Freguesia de Milheirós, Maia
DOCUMENTATION: documentation to all participants and online.
Please include your email address.
DEADLINE TO BE RECEIVED: July 31, 2009

II Biennale de Arte de Milheirós-MAIA
Anabela G. & Bruno C.
R. João Pedro Ribeiro, 623-2
4000-307 Porto
PORTUGAL

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Dear Diary Mail Art Call   (four perfs)
Theme:
Send a personal diary page--can be literal or interpretive, I will send you a diary page back.  I would love for this to be a swap/dialogue with as many mail artists as possible.
Medium/Size: free
Documentation provided to all participants. 
Exhibition: Submissions will be presented at the Elgin Art Showcase.
Info: friendlyfeline@sbcglobal.net
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/friendlyfeline
Deadline to be received: July 1, 2009

DEAR DIARY
407 S. Liberty Street 
Elgin, IL  60120
USA

08 ***** AUGUST 2009

Chromatophore
Mail Art Call! 2nd Annual Mail Art show!  (four perfs)
Theme:
Think of an octopus or a chameleon... a chromatophore is a cell that can change colors or reflect light. I'm all about color and light... octopi for that matter! Feel free to stray from said topic as your  heart moves you.
Documentation: Keep up to date with submissions and show opening at:
http://www.jenniferzoe.blogspot.com
On the blog is an octopus drawing with mail art call details--feel free to download it or print it or send it to your friends!
Exhibition: will be at the Globe Coffee Lounge in downtown St. Petersburg, FL, USA. (Sometime next fall).
No returns.
Info:  jenniferzoe@juno.com or weeklyhoot@gmail.com
Deadline to be received: August 1, 2009

Jennifer Zoellner
Chromatophore
665 Jasmine Way South
St. Petersburg, FL 33705
USA

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FEED ME  (two perfs)
Theme: on consumerism, consumption, feeding frenzy, food fight, mad cow, biofuels, food hoarding, fast food, soup kitchens, food banks, growing food, organic food, comfort food or the dinner table.  ALL THAT IS GOOD AND BAD ABOUT THE WAY WE FEED OUR NEEDS
Size/media:  POSTCARDS ONLY PLEASE
Exhibition: venue to be announced
Documentation: posted on blog
http://paperandpostage.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post_31.html
Info:  tocadoloboartepostal@hotmail.com
DEADLINE: AUGUST 1, 2009

Lorraine Kwan
#202, 3580 West 41st Ave
Vancouver, BC
CANADA V6N 3E6

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Sea and Festival   (three perfs)
Theme: Two mail art shows based upon the themes "Sea" and "Festival"
Exhibition: Wilma Duguay and the Centre d'Artistes de Rawdon (CAR) will present a double exhibition of mail art in Quebec during August 2009. The first will take place at Port Daniel on August 7, 2009 and the topic will be The Sea. The second will take place in Rawdon at the time of the Intercultural Festival of Rawdon, August 14-16 and the topic will obviously be "Festival". The "Festival" mail art exhibit will travel towards "Mer" and then "Mer" exhibit will travel towards "Festival".
Deadline to be received: August 1, 2009

La Mer
Wilma Duguay
11-102 Beaumont
Bonaventure (QC)
Canada G0C 1E0

Le Festival
CAR
5114 Dolores
Rawdon (QC)
Canada J0K 1S0

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ROAD TO LIFE   (five perfs)
Theme:
Mail art project dedicated to Yvan Kyrlya, talented poet and first Mari film star. Yvan Kyrlya acted in the first Soviet sound film "Road to Life" (Putyovka v zhizn, 1931) directed by Nikolay Ekk. The actor revealed in the character of waif Mustafa, typical features of a person arising from the poor. In 1937 Yvan Kyrlya was arrested as an "enemy of the nation" and "nationalist". Не died in a Siberian camp in 1943.
Additional information:Yvan Kyrlya
http://mincult12.ru/node/210 (photos of Yvan Kyrlya)
http://mincult12.ru/node/211 (scenes from "Road To Life")
http://mincult12.ru/node/212 (Yvan Kyrlya's short biography)
Size: max A4.
Technique/media: free.
All works must be sent by postal service.
No return, no jury, no fee.
Exhibition: October 2009. IV International Mail Art Show in Yoshkar-Ola Museum of Fine Arts, Mari El Republic, Russia.
Documentation: full color booklet to every participant. Poster and catalogue will be issued, if the project is supported by local organizations.
All contributions will also be posted at http://www.kyrlya.blogspot.com/
Info: inkpen@mail.ru
Deadline to be received: August 15, 2009.

Ivan Zemtsov
P.O. Box 28, Yoshkar-Ola
Mari El Republic
424037 RUSSIA

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Surrealism   (four perfs)
Theme:
We are very pleased to invite you to a great encounter of Art and surrealist thought which will be held during November and December this year at the Museum de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende in Santiago, Museum of Santiago, at the University of Chile and in the exhibit hall of Diario La Nación.
This encounter is a continuation of the effort to disseminate surrealism and to generate meeting points for all those who are involved in this task. We are summoning all of you to a great show in Santiago de Chile, with expressions such as sculpture, mail art, theater, performance, cinema, video, documentary films and other resources which will generate spaces that will allow us to display our thoughts and our imaginary .
Exhibition: The show at the museum in November and December will also include the presentations, talks and activities which will take place in Santiago and possibly in other cities of our country. One of the important purposes of this encounter is to promote our relationship with our friends all over the world.
TECHNIQUE: Free, but must be sent by mail.
SIZE: without limits
Documentation: To all participants.  Some work will be included in the official catalog. Just send the work, it is accepted on this bases for each participant
No fees, No returns.
Info: umbralsecreto@gmail.com
http://www.umbralsecreto.cl
Deadline to be received: August 15, 2009

Enrique de Santiago
El Umbral secreto
Las Malvas 721
Las Condes, Santiago
Chile

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Hermione Hippo Thundering Above: Impressions on Apartment Living   (four perfs)
Theme:
Please send me your views about apartment life - your pet peeves, loves, and opinions in general.
Media/Size:  handmade postcards
No jury, no returns
Documentation to all participants.
Submissions will also be posted online at:
http://kath-coloredpencils.blogspot.com
Exhibition: in one of Toronto's hotels or local galleries in early 2010 (Jan/Feb)- location to be announced.
http://kath-coloredpencils.blogspot.com
Info: chattykathy@rogers.com
Deadline to be received: August 31, 2009.

Hermione Hippo
3270 Bathurst Street #409
Toronto, ON
M6A 3A8  Canada
 

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Stars in the sky   (four perfs)
Theme:
the stars in the sky
Size: Maximum size A4 (21 x29.7 cm).
Technique: Free, but no photocopies. The addressee’s name and address and the stamps should be on the same side as the mail-artwork.
No jury, no selection, no fee, no returns.
Exhibition: Mail art will be exhibited in the Libraries of Gravelines and Grand-Fort-Philippe, France, and then sent to the Museum of Fáskrúðsfjörður, in Iceland, a sister-city.
Organizers reserve the right to turn down all objects that do not fit in with the theme: "Stars in the sky".
Documentation: A catalogue (paper/digital) will be published at the end of the project.
Deadline to be received: August 31, 2009

Médiathèque Municipale
15 rue de Calais BP 39
59820 GRAVELINES
FRANCE

09 ***** SEPTEMBER 2009

Your Favorite Writer   (three perfs)
THEME:   Please, write or stick legibly, the author's name and an extract from his work, in your own language (literary, comic, contemporary or not ).
SIZE AND TECHNIQUE :  free
DOCUMENTATION  to all PARTICIPANTS.
Deadline to be received:    September 1, 2009

PAGE BLANCHE
12, Place Mugnier
F-71590  GERGY
France

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Zero Nuclear Weapons, Zero WMD: Create a Culture of Peace Now!   (four perfs)
Theme:
The Ribbon International, and Women’s Caucus for Art invite artists, mail artists, students, children, activists and concerned individuals, classrooms and organizations to create postcards for this year’s United Nations NGO Conference, “For Peace and Development: Disarm Now!”.

Why? How? When?”.  What does a culture of peace look like? How would you resolve conflict in peaceful ways? What does it mean to feel safe and secure? Why must we oppose the creation of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction? How can we remove these weapons? What can happen if we remain silent? What can change look like?
Media/Technique: please send only postcards that deal with any technique.
Size: 4”x6” (10x15 cm) postcards.
Please include your name and State/Country on the back of the postcard so we can acknowledge your submission on the blogsite.
Exhibition:  Online and displayed together with The Ribbon International at the United Nations Conference in Mexico City in September, 2009. Afterwards, this exhibition will travel to venues in the United States for further display and dialog.
Documentation: http://wcaartwavesinternational.blogspot.com
Info: mrpotani@yahoo.com
http://www.kik-kultur.dk
http://www.theribboninternational.org
http://www.nationalwca.org
Deadline to be received: September 1, 2009
  
Create a Culture of Peace Now!”
263 Laidley Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
USA

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LEARN TO SWIM!   (four perfs)
THEME:
Learn to swim! The project of the Bolderaja group – an answer to those planners of Riga and politicians of Latvia who think that they can fool the floods with laws. While politicians are trying to invent and implement schemes on how to bypass the Flood directive and create laws and regulations that would benefit the Big Port Business, people who live near the water and know how helpless they are when faced with floods, can only be given the following advice: “Learn to swim!”
SIZE/TECHNIQUE/MEDIA: Free - (video, sound work, postcard, poetry, 3-D, etc)
NO RETURNS, NO SALES, NO JURY
EXHIBITION – within the framework of the Latvian Contemporary Arts Center's project titled “the survival kit,” during September 2009 on the main streets of Riga, in one of the shops that closed its doors due to the economic crisis.
DOCUMENTATION to all participants
DEADLINE to be received: SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Bolderaja Group
a/k 42
Riga, LV - 1016
Latvia

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ARTIST TRADING CARDS   (four perfs)
OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES : RICHMOND ART GALLERY 4th ANNUAL ARTIST TRADING CARD EXHIBITION
The RAG's 4th Annual Artist Trading Card Exhibition is a display of Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) from local, national, and international participants.  Everyone is invited to participate, and all techniques and media are welcome.
To Enter:  Please go to our website to read the additional details and then print the PDF entry form to attach to your submission:
http://www.richmondartgallery.org/ATC-exhibit-2009.php
http://www.richmondartgallery.org/atcs/pdfs/atc-call-for-entries-2009.pdf
Size: Send in 9 Artist Trading Cards in a standard 9-sleeve plastic sheet (9 cards per sheet). Cards must each measure 2 ½" x 3 ½" in order to qualify. All works received that follow this criteria will be exhibited.   
Exhibition: September 18 - October 30, 2009 at the Richmond Art Gallery, BC Canada
Documentation: All contributors who follow the show's criteria will receive a copy of the full-color exhibition poster featuring one of their works.
Trading: Please see the entry form details.
Info: contact us before sending if you have any questions  ktycholis@richmond.ca
Deadline to be received: September 4, 2009

Richmond Art Gallery
ATTN: ATC Exhibition
7700 Minoru Gate
Richmond, BC
V6Y 1R9  Canada

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Fire   (four perfs)
Exhibition: Letras & Cia Livraria e Café -2009
Please include your address and email.
No jury
Media/technique: free
Documentation to all participants
Info: nadia@ufrgs.br
Deadline to be received: September 9, 2009
      
Nadia Poltosi
Av Jeronino de Ornelas, 188 ap.1004
Porto Alegre 90040340
Brazil

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R E S I S T A N C E S  (two perfs)
Theme: resistances
  - In history
  - In envirornment
  - In all day life
A mail art call of the theatre "Attrito del Bajazzo" in Imperia, Italy.
Media and technique free: collage, handmade postcard, original or drawing postcard, drawing
No returns
Artworks received will be keep in the archive of "Baiazzo" .
Exhibition: Saturday, October 10th 2009 at Teatro Bajazzo in Via Giosuè Carducci, 36 in Imperia, Italy
Info: gdonaudi@yahoo.it
Deadline to be received September 15, 2009

GIANNI DONAUDI
Via Doria, 5
8100 IMPERIA 
ITALY

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THE DOOR   (four perfs)
Theme:
We are students of 3° B of Polimodal.  This is our first mail art call experience. Our theme for this project is "The Door".
Technique: free
Size/Format: 10 X 15 CM - postcard
Exhibition: At the end of the school year, we will stage an exhibition with the received art works.  Afterwards, the received works will be archived in the school library.
Documentation: Please include your email address since we will send documentation by that means.  Also include some brief data about yourself.
Deadline to be received: September 15, 2009

The Door
3° B - ESCUELA DE BELLAS ARTES U.N.T.
ALBERDI 150
C.P.4000- SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMÁN
TUCUMÁN
ARGENTINA

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No to Violence –Yes to Create – The Limits   (four perfs)
Theme:
NO to violence, yes to Art, Love, Life! INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART 2009, from the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece (SKETBE)
Size: 10x15 cm (postcard size)
Techniques: painting, collage, prints (not in electronic form, but only by mail). Draft sculpture or construction also accepted.
Behind the work, please include Title, material and Name, Surname, Address, E-mail, Telephone, Fax. In the letter to us with art work there can be biographical data on CD, if possible.
You can send 1-3 art works.
Exhibition:  Event Dates 1-11 December 2009.  . The Mail Art Exhibit 2009 will be in collaboration with the School of Education of Aristotle University at Aristotle University Tower, Thessaloniki, and a mail-art scientific conference will join the events held there.
Documentation: Artwork will be posted on http://sketbe.blogspot.com/
DEADLINE to be received: Septermber 15, 2009

SKETBE
Gorgous 11
54634 Thessaloniki
GREECE

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BASEBALL ARTISTAMPS - MAIL ART INSPIRED BY PHILATELY   (four perfs)
Theme:
Baseball and philately (postage stamps).  Mailart call for artworks within the theme of baseball, incorporating or using elements from philately like postage stamps, envelopes, letters, postal service, mail boxes, etc.  The Museum of Philately in Oaxaca –MUFI– and the Baseball Academy in Oaxaca, invite you to participate in “BASEBALL PHILATELY" mail art, the art inspired by philately”, an exhibition that brings baseball and philately into art, launched on the occasion of the opening of the new Baseball Academy in Oaxaca.
Size/Technique: free
Works should include the following data: Artist’s name, full postal address, telephone number and email address.
All shipping expenses, customs and any other expense that may be caused must be covered by the Artist.
Works will be selected by a jury composed of people with recognized outstanding artistic and intellectual capacity, selected by the Museum of Philately in Oaxaca, and by the Baseball Academy in Oaxaca, whose names will be announced in due time.
Once the Jury completes the selection, winners will receive:
1st. place, US$5,000.00 (five thousand US dollars).
2nd. place, US$3,000.00 (three thousand US dollars).
3rd. place, US$1,000.00 (one thousand US dollars).
The jury verdict will be issued on October 16, 2009, announced to the media, and the winners will be notified immediately.
The prizes will be given at the exhibition opening on October 23, 2009, in the city of Oaxaca.
All the selected works will be exhibited temporarily at the Baseball Academy in Oaxaca, and then at the Museum of Philately in Oaxaca –MUFI–.
No returns
Documentation: All participants will receive a copy of the exhibition’s catalog.
Sponsor: Alfredo Harp Helú Oaxaca Foundation
http://www.mufi.org.mx/
Info: difusion@mufi.org.mx
Deadline to be received: September 18, 2009.

MUSEO DE FILATELIA DE OAXACA
REFORMA 504
CENTRO HISTÓRICO
68000 OAXACA, OAX.
MÉXICO

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THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL   (four perfs)
Theme:
The Dark Night of the Soul and its Transformative Gifts.  The purpose of the show is to "Shine Light" on the often maligned, but transformative and very human "Dark Night" experience.
SIZE:  Post card size (approx. 4” X 6”)
MEDIA/TECHNIQUE: original work - any medium. • 1-3 submissions per artist. • Submissions are anonymous. (If you would like to be identified as the artist - please put your name on the front of the postcard.)
Exhibition: ART SHOW PRESENTED by MAda SHELL GALLERY AND BETSY LEWIS ART EVENT PRODUCTIONS. SHOW DATES:  SEPTEMBER 24 – OCTOBER 25, 2009. SHOW LOCATION:  MADA SHELL GALLERY, ON THE PLAZA IN ASHLAND, OREGON
DOCUMENTATION: Images will be displayed online at http://www.arteventproductions.com
RETURNS: Submissions may be picked up after the show, but will not be returned by mail. • For confirmation of receipt – put email address on back of postcard.
INFO:  Amy Godard  madashellgallery@yahoo.com or Betsy Lewis betsy@arteventproductions.com
DEADLINE TO BE RECEIVED: SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Artwork can be dropped off at:
MAda Shell Gallery
27 ½ #7, E. Main
Ashland, OR (above American Trails)

Or mail to:
Betsy Lewis Art Event Productions
P.O. Box 4394
Medford OR 97501
USA

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Longing / Belonging  (four perfs)
Theme:
Artists are invited to submit mail art on the theme of "belonging". The Belonging Project supports initiatives in Red Deer that foster inclusion. Using the arts, our goal is to assist community efforts that encourage people to feel welcomed and included.
Guidelines:
Size:  The art itself must be no larger than 6" X 6".
Age Appropriateness: The Gallery is open to children and children will be invited to participate. Please keep this in mind when creating your piece.
Only art submitted by regular post will be accepted. No electronic submissions please.
Please indicate your first name and the city in Canada or the country in which you live.
Exhibition:  at the Harris-Warke Gallery in Red Deer, Alberta in December of 2009. There may be satellite spaces beyond the Harris-Warke Gallery, and all work that fits our guidelines will be shown in one of these exhibit sites.
Documentation: If you wish to receive information about the exhibit (which will be sent in November/December of 2009), please include your email address with your submission.  Artists who submit pieces and provide their email addresses will receive documentation for the show (including the web site address where they can view images). Please note that we will likely send an attachment as part of this email.
Artists who submit their work agree that their art:
1. will become the permanent property of Arts a la Carte (the group organizing the exhibit);
2. will be used to prompt conversations during Arts a la Carte's "Belonging Project" and perhaps also photographed or scanned and displayed on the web.
Info:  Glynis Wilson Boultbee, Project Coordinator, Arts a la Carte artsalacarte.rd@gmail.com
http://sites.google.com/site/artsalacarterd/
Deadline to be received: September 23, 2009.

Glynis Wilson Boultbee
Belonging Project Coordinator
c/o Red Deer Public Library
4818 - 49 Street
Red Deer, AB
T4N 1T9  CANADA

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Socially Integrated City   (four perfs)
Theme:
all mail art contributions corresponding to the theme will be shown at an exhibition.
Media/technique: free
No jury - no returns
Exhibition: held in Stuttgart, Germany, October 2009
Documentation: published and updated weekly on our website
http://www.zweitleser.de/fasanenhof/mailart ( coming soon ! )
We also have a printed catalogue in our mind - but the budget is low!
Please include your email address
Info: buechershop@zweitleser.de or mailart@zweitleser.de
Deadline to be received:   September 30, 2009
      
büchershop zweitleser fasanenhof
Europaplatz 20/2
70565 Stuttgart
Germany

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Dangerous Art  (four perfs)
Theme:
Some art and craft materials contain toxic or harmful chemicals, yet artists often use these materials without adequate information about their composition and potential risks. Artists usually lack training in safety procedures, even though they are using chemicals. To help increase awareness on this theme, we invite to participate in the mail art call “dangerous art”.
Technique: free – collage, photography, drawing, painting, artist's stamps, sculpture, assemblage, etc.
Size: free
Documentation: Will be posted online at http://dangerousart.blogspot.com/
Exhibition:  At the end of the call, a collective exhibition will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the atelier/cultural space “Unidad Multiple”. Other exhibitions and future publication of material is possible depending upon opportunities and the response to this call.
No jury, no fee, no returns.
Please include your name and address.
info:  silvietta_bocca@yahoo.com.ar
Deadline to be received: September 30, 2009.

Silvia Bocca
Marcelo Fitte 1755 piso 15 D
(1428) Capital Federal
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Argentina

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The Sea  (three perfs)
Theme:
I have been invited to hang a show in 2010 at the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge in Kodiak, Alaska and would like to incorporate mail art from around the world as part of the exhibit. Even though Kodiak is an island, and isolated from the rest of the world in many ways, I believe that we are all connected by the vast oceans that seem to divide us. Please send your thoughts, visions, dreams, poetry, imaginings, and interpretations of the sea.
I will launch a blog to document all mail art received for this event as it arrives in Alaska. Please include your email address.
I have also launched a journal on http://www.1001journals.com for this event if anyone would like to sign up to receive the journal, log in and search for journal #3397
Exhibition: to be announced.
Deadline to be received: September 30, 2009

Elizabeth O'Donnell
P.O. Box 3075
Kodiak Island, AK 99615
USA

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The Smile  (four perfs)
Theme:
A Smile is one of the most evident signs of Happiness. Send us your creation, your visual poem about Happiness or Smile. It will be our homage to everyone who gave their lives up for justice and freedom in the world, and our answer to those fears recently raised by the global capitalist crisis. This call is coordinated by GONG for the defense of People and Human Rights.
Size: maximum DIN A4 (postcard preferred).
Médium: free (paper, cardboard, photography…)
Technique: free  (visual poetry preferred)
Exhibition:  Submissions will be exhibited to the public at “Somriure per la Pau” at Pineda de Mar (October-November). ”Somriure per la Pau” is a festival organized by people convinced that commitment, rebelliousness and happiness are not excluded from each other, and that it is necessary to keep fighting because another world is possible.
Info: hermesal@hotmail.com
http://www.firamagica.com
Deadline to be received: September 30, 2009

C/ J.Maragall
5-11, 3º - 5ª
08397, Pineda de Mar
Catalunya  Spain

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Cafes around the World Art Project   (three perfs)
Theme:
My mail art call is to invite people around the world to send me a postcard from their favourite cafe or tea house, preferably with a photograph or drawing of the cafe/tea house and a short paragraph to tell me about why you go there, what it's like, where it is, and any other thoughts about this moment in your daily life. 
Media/Technique: Free
Size: Postcard only
No Returns
No Sales
Documentation: I am creating a bookwork and an art project based on the results of this mail art call. I will send you in return a postcard from my favourite cafe in Holloway, north London, UK.
Exhibition: online at http://www.zyarts.com/artworks
Info: gandhakey@yahoo.com
Deadline to be received: September 30, 2009

Gandha Key
Cafes around the world art project
6 Grenville Road, Islington
London N19 4EH
United Kingdom

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A Day with the Beatles   (four perfs)
Theme:
On October 17, 2009, a gallery in Provence (France), will stage the second annual "A Day with the Beatles".
This day is devoted to the universe of the beatles, and will include:  An exposition of Beatles recordings and memorabilia, conferences centered around the work of the beatles, a great concert performed by eight orchestras including 3 from Norway, Spain and  Hungary, and a  the mail art section devoted to submissions from all the mail artists who are interested in our theme.
Media/ Technique: free.  collages, drawings, paintings. .photos... envelopes, postcards and others... We leave it to your imagination… or with your memory… testify! Send to us your creations… Our only wish: please put your postage stamps and addresses on the illustrated side of your creation.
No jury, no fees, no sales, no returns
Exhibition: October 17, 2009, at l’Espace Charles Trenet, avenue Aristide Briand - Salon de Provence
Documentation: http://beatles.e-monsite.com
Info: micheline.serra@orange.fr
Deadline to be received: September 30, 2009

Une journée avec les BEATLES
Chemin du puits de l’olivier
13680 Lançon de Provence
FRANCE

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CIRCUS IN YOUR MAILBOX - 'Er zit circus in je bus' (two perfs)
Theme: In August, the first Belgian circus stamps will be issued. 'Er zit circus in je bus' is Dutch for 'Circus in your mailbox'.
Size/Media:  please send me all postal objects that deal with any technique.
Exhibition: November at the circus festival of ARTBOEM in Leuven, Belgium.
Info:  info@artboem.be
Deadline to be received: September 30, 2009
  
ARTBOEM
Valkerijgang 12
3000 Leuven
Belgium 

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20 Years Since the Fall of the Wall  (four perfs)
Theme:
It has been 20 years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Mail Art was underground - but what about today?
Exhibition:  Prenzlauer Berg-Museum in Berlin, from November 20, 2009 to February 7, 2010.
Documentation: Docs to all participants.
Media/Technique: Free
Deadline to be received: September 30, 2009
  
Lutz Wohlrab
Langhansstr. 64 a
13086 Berlin
Germany 

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EL DORADO  three perfs
Theme:
EL DORADO - IN SEARCH OF UTOPIA
Theme: " El Dorado", Spanish for "the golden one", is a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water. read more from WIKIPEDIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Dorado
TECHNIQUE: Free - collage, photographs, drawing, painting, artist stamps, objects, etc.
SIZE: DIN-4 max
EXHIBITION:  The artwork will comprise an the exhibition that will be held in OCTOBER in the space MAE - EL DORADO.
No fees, No sales.
INFO: eldorado.valencia@gmail.c
http://eldorado.bitacoras.com
Deadline to be received: September 30, 2009

EL DORADO
Calle Alzira, nº 25
Valencia- 46007
Spain

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Lists  (four perfs)
Theme:
Help us celebrate the USA 2009 National Day of Writing. Send us your lists.
Media/Technique: free
Exhibition: The lists will be used in an installation on November 20, 2009 to bring attention to the writing we all do every day but take for granted.
Please include your email address for documentation.
Info: rebecca.trawick@chaffey.edu
Deadline to be received: September 30, 2009

Wignall Museum, attn: Rebecca Trawick
5885 Haven Ave
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91737
USA

10 ***** OCTOBER 2009

Beatles or not Beatles?  (four perfs)
Theme:
Use a song or an image of the Beatles, to question the current state of our world.
I am coordinating a mail art call as part of a new Artotem project in conjunction with AMA'TALENTS. 
Technique and format: free
Exhibition: Artwork will be exhibited in November during a festival in Ouistreham that will include efforts by other associations.
Artotem Blog: http://artotem.canalblog.com
Info: http://www.beatlesweekend.fr
Deadline to be received: October 1, 2009
Coordinated by Pascal Minart
 
ARTOTEM
43, rue Saint Exupéry
14150 OUISTREHAM
FRANCE

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PEACE ? YOU NAME IT!   (FIVE PERFS)
Theme:
for FRIOUR zine 10 a new project called: PEACE ? YOU NAME IT! You decide what "peace" means for you. It's also a tribute to Lavona Sherarts whose first mail art project was MAIL ART? YOU NAME IT!
Free medium.
Poetry appreciated.
Max size A4.
Documentation to all participants. I am currently in the process of sending FRIOUR zine number 9, containing the documentation of the project "smiling and laughing for peace".  Friour 9 has been a slow process. It is a 48 page zine A4 but with many reproductions in color. I glue them on the B/W xerox prints. So this will take some time before everybody is reached. Please be patient.
Deadline to be received: October 15, 2009

FRIOUR 10 c/o Guido Vermeulen
Thomas Vincottestreet 81
B-1030 Brussels
BELGIUM

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Mail Art Olympix   (five perfs)
Artistamps, Self-Portraits and Manifestos.
Size: 21.5 x 28 cm maximum
Documentation: Catalog to all participants.
Deadline to be received: October 15, 2009

Big Dada
4426 Island Hwy S.
Courtenay, BC
V9N 9T1  Canada

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TO THE EDGE  (four perfs)
Theme:
Portrait of a single face.  5SAR09 is celebrating the 25th year of the fifth week of art in Rosario, Argentina on October 31, 2009. As part of the festivities, a worldwide call to mail artists is issued with the Theme: "To the Edge".
Technique: free
Media: two-dimensional media.
Size: 13 x 18 (centimeters).
Exhibition:  mail art shows will follow the 5SAR09 circuit starting October 23 and will include a show sponsored by the Fundación Centro Rosario starting November 23, 2009.
Documentation: All artworks that adhere to the theme of a single face will form a part of a book that will be contained by a CD case (or several books if necessary). The book will be donated to the library of the Museo J.B. Castgnino. In addition, artworks will be documented on a blog and a catalog will be sent by email.
Artwork must be sent by standard postal services and must be stamped and postmarked.
Please include the artist's name, title and postal address on the reverse. Also an email address, since this is the way the catalog will be sent.
Info: cesquivel@arnet.com.ar produccion@castagninomacro.org or Info@fundacioncentro.org
Deadline to be Received: October 17, 2009

Fundación Centro Rosario
Arte-Correo
Mendoza 1527
CP. 2000 – Ciudad de Rosario
ARGENTINA

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What is for dinner?  (two perfs)
Theme: What is for dinner? Where is our food coming from? What is your favorite food? How does the food we eat reflect in who we are?
Size/technique:  Please send me only postcards that deal with any technique.
Documentation: sent to all participants.
Info: rich@yourmainecaterer.com
Deadline to be received: October 20, 2009

Richard O’Brien
39 Washington Ave
Gardiner ME 04345
USA

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FREEDOM  (four perfs)
THEME:
INVITATION TO A PHOTO MAIL ART PROJECT BASED UPON YOUR CONCEPT OF "FREEDOM"
TECHNIQUE: FROM PHOTOGRAPH ONLY
MEDIUM: PAPER OR SIMILAR
SIZE 2-D: FROM 10 X 15 CM TO 21 X 29.7 CM MAX. – THICKNESS MAX 5 MM
NO RETURNS
NO FEE, NO SELECTION, NO JURY
EXHIBITION – IN ITALY DURING DECEMBER 2009
DOCUMENTATION ONLINE: http://www.gieffesse.it
ALL WORKS MUST BE SENT BY POST WITH POSTAGE STAMPS
DEADLINE TO BE RECEIVED: OCTOBER 30, 2009
 
FREEDOM
c/o Gruppo Fotoamatori Sestesi
Casella Postale 160
20099 SESTO SAN GIOVANNI (MI)
ITALY

11 ***** NOVEMBER 2009

the LOVE mail art project  (four perfs)
Theme:
LOVE
Format: anything that will fit in a mail box
Technique: no limitations, just feel free to express yourself
No returns.
Documentation to all after exhibition. Please insert full address!
Exhibition at the end of 2009
Works will also be displayed at this address: http://floraraducan.blogspot.com/
Info:  reflora@yahoo.com
Deadline to be received: November 1, 2009

Flora Raducan
the LOVE mail art project
Splaiul Corneliu Coposu Nr. 6 Ap. 4
305500 Lugoj
ROMANIA

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Garden(s)  (four perfs)
Theme:
The Françoise Giroud Library of Castries in France, is organizing a mail art show on the teme of "Gardens".
Media/technique: free, but the The postman must be able to see your art, so put it on the outside of your sending.
Exhibition: In the library from December 8, 2009 to January 9, 2010
Documentation: All works will also be displayed on the Library’s website at the following address :
http://www.montpellier-agglo.com/mediatheques
in the ’’Action culturelle et pédagogique – Art postal’’ section.
Info: erquiel@yahoo.com
Deadline to be received: November 1, 2009

Art postal – Garden(s)
Médiathèque Françoise Giroud
15 avenue de la Cave coopérative
34160 CASTRIES
FRANCE

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Free Drawing   (one perf)
Theme: Forget about perfection. Our objective is to have mail artists create beautiful free flowing drawings
Size:  A4  max
No jury, no returns
Works will be displayed on blog space and a venue to be named in the future.
http://convocatorioprojetotracolivre.blogspot.com/
Please include your email address.
Deadline to be received: November 3, 2009

Rua: Nossa Senhora Aparecida
novo Nº 69 (antigo 28) Apto 21
Vila Fátima - Guarulhos - São Paulo
Cep: 07191-191 Brasil

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GEOGRAPHY  (two perfs)
Theme:
This project aims to analyze three teams in the geography, economy, politics and much of the social life of human beings.
North / South, East / West and Central / Periphery are a reference point in much of the life of the planet. But what do they mean for us?
TOPICS: North / South  -   East / West -    Center / Periphery
TECHNIQUE: Free
SIZE:  13 x 18 cm.
No returns.
The works will be exhibited on the web http://www.articarts.blogspot.com
Documentation to all participants.
Please include your e-mail and mailing address.
Deadline to be received: November 20, 2009

CARLES GOMIS
C/ OM, 13
08001 BARCELONA
SPAIN

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Mail Art: A Communication Utopia   (four perfs)
Theme:
How the mail art network is utopian in nature.  To celebrate Maldonado City's 5th annual Display of Mail Art, we are calling for Mail Art related to topic of “Mail Art, a Communication Utopia”.
No sales. No returns. 
Size/Format/Technique: Free
Exhibition: Ediciones del Cementrerio will organize and exhibit that will take place December 2009 and May 2010 at Maldonado, Punta del Este and Montevideo; Uruguay. All the received works will be shown.
Documentation: to all participants.
Documentation of our prior call “Tribute to Ray Johnson” will be sent when to the exhibition ends in June of the 2009. For online documentation “Homage Ray Johnson” when the show ends and “Mail Art, a Communication Utopia”, please visit:
http://edicionesdelcementerioutopia.blogspot.com/
Coordinated by Juan Angel Italiano under the auspices of Unión Latina Uruguay, Dirección General De Cultura/Municipio de Maldonado, Correo Uruguayo Maldonado
Deadline to be received: November 30, 2009
 
Juan Angel Italiano
Cno. Lussich esq.
Golondrinas “Afilados”
Maldonado
Uruguay

12 ***** DECEMBER 2009

Rayuela  (four perfs)
Theme:
Rayuela is a game that is played simularly in most parts of the world. Its origin is not known with certainty, but it is related to the well-known linear games in the days of the Aegean, Greek and Roman civilizations. According to one of the known versions, rayuela was invented by a Spanish monk, who wanted to symbolize the beginning of life, the current life with all its difficulties and alternatives, death, purgatory in the waiting room of hell and the final goal... heaven  This makes some think that rayuela could have had a concrete astrological sense.
Rayuela is called different names in various countries... calderón, cox cox, futi, traquenele, telazarranea, reigns blackberry, lame leg, infernáculo, pitajuela, mariola, hopscotch etc. In Chile the flame fights or huche; in Colombia golosa or float; in Portugal game of the devil or game of the dead man; in Italy the flame world; in Venezuela the game of the Old man; in Mexico Disk. All have variations, but all have major similarities as well.
TECHNIQUE: free... collage, photographs, drawing, painting, stamps of artist, objects, etc.
SIZE: DIN-4 maximum
EXHIBITION: The works will comprise an exhibition that will be shown in DECEMBER in the exhibition halls of the Circle of Beautiful Arts of Valencia.
Documentation: The edition of the catalogue of works will be tried, following “the satisfactory” management of the projects.
No fees. No returns.
Info:  samborivalencia@gmail.com
URL:   http://samborivalencia.blogspot.com
DATE LIMIT:  December 1, 2009

CÍRCULO DE BBAA VALENCIA
SAMBORIVALENCIA (a/a EDDIE (J. BERMÚDEZ))
C/CADIRES, Nº5
46001 VALENCIA
SPAIN

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Citizen of Cardboard (four perfs)
TECHNIQUE: FREE (collage, photography, poetry, drawing, printing, stamps, photocopy, assemblage).
SIZE: A5 (half an A4).
No Returns.
Exhibition of work in the blog: http://www.2veis1.blogspot.com
Catalog of work at the end of the call to all participants.
Info: saulodias@terra.com.br
DEADLINE TO BE RECEIVED: 05 December 2009

Saulo Dias
Rua Libra, 199
Alvorada 29117-240
Vila Velha |ES|
BRAZIL

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YOUR THEORY  (three perfs)
Media/Format:  Please send articles, researches, reviews and critical thoughts concerning all spheres of modern art, mail art, book art, visual poetry, etc.
Documentation: I will create a new Zine "Your Theory". Each participant will receive one copy.
Info: mailposht@gmail.com
Deadline to be received: December 30, 2009

Your theory
A/C 9875
Sadivnycha 19/1
79038, Lviv
Ukraine

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Authentic Living   (four perfs)
Medium:  free
Size: post card sized preferred.
Exhibition:  Office space and online at http://spaces.msn.com/members/luiza
Info:  luizasartcafe@hotmail.com
Documentation sent to all participants.
Please include your email and mailing address.
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009

Luiza Brown
39 Washington Avenue
Gardiner ME 04345
USA

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CAMERAderie - Mailartist Photoportraits Gallery  (five perfs)
MAILARTISTS! - Send your 'head and shoulders' photo for our Web Gallery. We will include one photo of as many mailartists as possible.
Full details at http://www.keithbates.co.uk
Theme: Send your best portrait, this is for posterity. We would like a good, clear, 'head and shoulders' photoportrait, taken recently or at your most creative time of life. Choose a picture of you at your best - your happiest, your most hardworking, your most serious, your friendliest, your most enigmatic, one with a twinkle in your eye, one that shows your true character. Whether it's a photo taken by yourself or someone else, we want the single shot that best sums you up. A photo that captures you for posterity, for future generations to see.
We would also like to receive the best photograph of each mailartist who has passed away, chosen by a close friend or relative. If we receive several photos of a mailartist we will try to choose the best one.
Mailartist Photoportraits will be documented as an online gallery, pictures added as we receive them, to form a lasting internet archive at http://www.keithbates.co.uk/cameraderie.html
For accessibility, photos will be grouped in albums according to country of residence. Photos will be added as they are received and will be freely downloadable. Contact details will NOT be included on the website, only the name of the pictured mailartist will accompany each photo.
Send Printed images of good size, but no larger than A4.
No returns.
The project invitation is also available as an A4 size PDF – CameraderieCall.pdf
http://www.keithbates.co.uk
http://www.k-type.com
http://www.leandaryan.com
info: keith@k-type.com
leanda@leandaryan.com
deadline to be received: December 31, 2009

Keith Bates and Leanda Ryan 
2 Ferngate Drive
Manchester, M20 4AH 
UK

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Tat Your Tongue!   (one perf)
Theme: Please send any size art that can be mailed of a picture with a designed tongue, i.e. a tongue (tattoo, picture, drawing, etc.) with a design in it, on it, around it, whjatever. Make it creative, make it insane , make it you, JUST MAKE IT!  There is no limit on the number of pieces to send. 
No jury, no fees, no returns
Documentation for all participants at http://www.indelibleink.bravehost.com
(please include your email address for notification of documentation)
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009

S. Barnes
P.O. Box 962198
Riverdale, GA 30296
USA

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Mail-Art calls (two perfs)
Themes: There are two themes... pick one or both.
1 The color ORANGE.  Do you like this color? Let your imagination run wild for this theme!
2- Tea. The favorite drink of millions of people throughout the world. What does it inspire you? A taste, a perfume, a country, a visit?
Size/format/technique: free
No jury – No returns
All artwork will be published on the blog of our association.
http://asso-recreatives.blogspot.com
Exhibition:  in our studio and may be displayed be added in others places.
Don't forget to include your email and your blog link if you want to be added on our blog!
Info: recreatives@gmail.com
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009

Les (ré)créatives
mairie BP 72 cours Taulignan
84110 Vaison-la-Romaine
FRANCE

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Silence  (one perf)
Size/media:  Postcard project. No envelope – please send a card
Technique: Front side is reserved for artwork.  You may use any media on the front side - photo, collage, picture, painting but no addresses/texts/names/words/letters/figures/characters at all. The address side may receive as many messages/news/characters/numbers as you like. It must carry your address and mine (see below), as well as postage.
Documentation: Only those who follow the above instructions will have their "silent" sides answered, documented and published on this blog.  Artists name and addresses of authors will be included, as well as any short messages, links or anything else they would like to have published online along with it. If this case do specify that on the “text” side of the postcard.
Documentation: Each participant in this project will receive one similar mail art card – wished theme welcome if answer possible without text.  A printable full documentation with picture sides and addresses will be available by e-mail after deadline.
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009

JNP
36 rue de Québec
62100 CALAIS
FRANCE

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self-portrait  (four perfs)
Theme:
Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Yaroslavl Art Museum, please send a postcard with your self portrait to the museum.
Size/media: free, but postcard only... no envelope.
Technique: free (a drawing, a photo, a collage, etc.)
Cards should be sent using postage stamps.
No jury, no returns.
Exhibition: The self-portrait mailart received by the Yaroslavl Art Museum during 2009, will be exhibited in a show.
Documentation: http://artmuseum.yar.ru
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009

The Yaroslavl Art Museum
The Volga Embankment, 23
Yaroslavl
150000
Russia

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Ecology and Restoration
Theme:
Since 2000, the Saint Jean du Falga Library (09) has been promoting communication between people through mail art calls. This year our theme is "Ecology and Restoration".
Format and technique: free - collage, postcards, envelopes and sculpture.
Please include your name, address and email
Exhibition: all year with the library and catalogues at the beginning of 2010 with all the participants. The library reserves the right to lend your mail art, for traveling exhibitions, by always quoting the artists. These exposures are voluntarily lent to requesting associations in order to promote postal art.
No returns.
Documentation: All artwork published on our blog
http://mailartalabiblio2009ecologie.blogspot.com
Information: bibliojean1@orange.fr
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009

Biliothèque municipal
15 rue de la république
09100 Saint Jean du Falga
France

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2nd International small format mail art call   (four perfs)
Theme:
Mail artists Annijames Rivero and Luis Valera Escarre invite all interested artists around the world to participate in their international mail-art postcard project.
No jury. No returns.
Technique: Free.
Size: Maximum Postcard size (10 x 15 cm.)
Exhibition:  all postcards will be shown.
Documentation: Catalogue to all participants.
http://www.bienalvenezuelados.blogspot.com
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009.

II Bienal Internacional del Pequeño Formato,
Apartado 54, Zona P. 2101A.
Maracay
VENEZUELA

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Stamps sheets call   (four perfs)
Theme:
At birth, stamps live all together in a sheet and they come away from it when they become adults... Create one or more stamp sheets for this project.
Any theme, any medium.
Documentation: The "Taller de Zenon" will send you some of his own recent sheets.
Exhibition:  All the received stamps sheets will be exhibited in our web-gallery
http://www.eltallerdezenon.com
Size: A4 or A5.
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009.

Miguel Jimenez
El Taller de Zenón
C/ Santa Maria de Guia 1 - 4C
ES-41008 Sevilla
Spain

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FLUXKIT  (four perfs)
Theme:
Fluxkit is now on it's 5th issue and I am hoping for a few more pieces to finish it out. I'm planning on another 4 issues this year, and if your work hasn't shown up in one yet, it's coming.
Size/Format: If you're interested, send small objects / multiples / images in an edition of 50 - I'd really like to see a wide variety - maybe even sound or video work on cd .
Please insure that the work contains your name, signature or stamp so that we know who it's from,  - It could be a fun project, and a way for us all to connect a little more.
Documentation: As your work is included, you get a full copy as well.  A complete kit will be sent to everyone who contributes, along with a list of participating artists.
Archives: We have people who will archive the editions.... I had a great meeting this week with the curator at the Contemporary Museum in Chicago , they have put a copy of every issue in their permanent collection, and are continuing to archive as we publish new kits - also the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Petersen Archive in Copenhagen, and 17 others worldwide !!! lets keep this going !!!!
Info: Keith Buchholz keith9963@sbcglobal.net
http://www.museum-of-temporary-art.com
http://fluxlist.blogspot.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fluxlist
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009

FLUXKIT
c/o Fluxus/St. Louis
4615 Oregon Avenue
St. Louis, MO  63111
U.S.A.

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The Role of the Postal Service in Mailart for Artistamps   (four perfs)
Media: Artistamps
Documentation: docs with your submitted stamp to participants
Exhibition: Online http://mailartmartha.org.uk/
Info: s@nottwo.org.uk
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009

STG
United Queendom of Retailia
PO Box 108
Beckenham, BR3 1GY
United Kingdom

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MUCHA  (four perfs)
Theme:
a mail art call to honor the painter Alfons MUCHA. He was born on July 24, 1860 in Ivančice (Czech Republic) and died just 70 years ago in Prague (on July 14, 1939). Please create to some extent, an homage to Mucha in the Art nouveau style.
Size: Maximum format A4
Technique/ Format: free
Please include your name, first name, addresses, site and/or blog.
Documentation to participants and works will be visible on the blog dedicated to this call.
http://projetmucha.canalblog.com/
Info:  http://www.canalblog.com/cf/contactAuthor.cfm?mid=361912&bid=420334
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009

Sylvie GALAS
7 rue de Normandie
93600 Aulnay sous Bois
FRANCE

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Your vision my home town "Eel River Crossing" in Acadie, Canada  (three perfs)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel_River_Bar
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Eel+River+Crossing&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
Size: 14 x 22 cm
Postcards only
Please include your email address
Exhibition:  Mail art submissions will be shown at La Galerie Restigouche de Campbelton
Info: furlotte@vif.com
http://www.furlotte.net
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009
 
Raymond FURLOTTE
6768, rue DeNormanville
Montréal, Québec H2S 2C1
Canada

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I AM...  (two perfs)
Documentation to all participants.
The works will also be posted in the blog: http://arte-postal.blogspot.com
Deadline to be received: December 31, 2009
 
William A.
Rua Córrego do Justino, 13
Andaraí, Bahia
CEP 46830-000
Brazil

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01 ***** JANUARY 2010

YAROSLAVL  (5 perfs)
Theme:
"Yaroslavl is a glorious city! You won't leave it without a pity!"... No visitor leaves the city behind without a feeling of sadness and longing to return. Yaroslavl is the most beautiful city of the Volga region of Russia. Its unique image has been preserved since ancient times. Amazing architectural masterpieces make Yaroslavl a real Russian treasure and turn the city into a living history. This mail art project is coordinated by professional artist Tatyana Makarova and is devoted to the millennium of history that the people of Yaroslavl will celebrate in 2010.
Size: Maximum A4 (post cards, envelopes, etc.).
Technique/media: No restrictions. But all works must be sent by post with postage stamps.
No fees, no jury, no returns.
Exhibition: Modern Art Center (ARS-Forum), Yaroslavl. Autumn 2010.
Curator of the show is Ekaterina Zmejeva, Yaroslavl. Consultant of the project is Ivan Zemtsov, Yoshkar-Ola.
Documentation: Every participant will receive printed documentation (info, photos, etc.) during 2011.
Deadline to be received: January 25, 2010

Tatyana Makarova
P.O. Box 30
Central Post Office
Yaroslavl
150000 Russia

02 ***** FEBRUARY 2010

FLUXUS NOW!    (four perfs)
Mail art and Fluxus have been closely connected for over 40 years. as a celebration and exploration of the continuing vitality of both practices we are planning a mail art exhibit entitled FLUXUS NOW!.
Size/Medium/Technique: Free. Please send visual poems, soundworks, fluxus boxes, event scores, objects, images, books, booklets, TLPs, broadsides, manifestos, videos, and any other fluxus materials you find and/or create. critiques of this proposal are also welcome and will be included in the exhibit.
No jury. No fees. No returns.
Exhibition: the exhibit will be presented as a part of the 2010 Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, February 11 - 16, 2010.
Documentation: Please include your email address for notification of documentation. Artwork will be documented on Flickr, as a pdf of the blog zine, and on the blog:
http://jimleftwichtextimagepoem.blogspot.com/
All work will become part of the textimagepoem archive of mail art and visual poetry.
Deadline to be received: February 1, 2010.

Jim Leftwich
525 10th Street SW
Roanoke, VA  24016
USA

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BED CALL   (two perfs)
Theme: pictures, drawings, photos of your BED
No emails/jpegs. Only old school postal mail art.
Documentation to all participants.
Deadline to be received: Feb 8, 2010

Donna Han
24 S. Crestline St. #4
Spokane, WA 99202
USA

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Self-portrait  (two perfs)
Size: Small format postcard (10 x 15 cms)
Technique: free
No returns
Documentation: to all participants as well as online at http://osile.blogspot.com
and: http://elautorretrato.blogspot.com
Info: osile221152@gmail.com
Deadline to be received: February 28, 2010

Eliso Ignacio Silva
Apartado 67011
Caracas 1061
Venezuela

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Fish   (four perfs)
Theme:
The symbol of the fish has been tied to a series of old Lunar deities, astrology, Christianity, the basis of some Pythagorean geometry and many other relationships to humans.
Technique: Free, but art work must be 2-dimensional.
Size:  11 X 11 CM
On the back of each work, please include brief data of the author: name, title, mailing dress and email since that is the means the documentation will be sent.
Works will also be posted on a blog.
The received artworks will be made into a book that will be contained in a CD case. (if it is necessary, several books will be created).
Info:  muny2601@yahoo.com.ar
Deadline to be received: February 28, 2010

MÓNICA VALLEJO
25 DE MAYO 569 9° A.
C.P. 4000 - SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMÁN
TUCUMÁN
ARGENTINA

03 ***** MARCH 2010

ARTIST'S BOOKS (two perfs)
Format and technique:  Free 
No returns
Documentation: Catalog to all participants
Exhibition: All artworks will be shown at the library of CARENTAN Square Hervé in MANGON.  Artwork will travel to other locations in the future.
Deadline to be received: March 15, 2010

ARSOR
7 rue des mares
50660 ORVAL
FRANCE

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Heebee Jeebeeland in the 4th Dimension   (four perfs)
Theme:
When I was a kid, there was an old cartoon I saw many times on TV. While a child was sleeping, the unusual wallpaper all over his room came to life and began to dance back and forth, up and down in a rather fanciful symmetry accompanied by a sort of goofy graveyard mischief music. All manner of mayhem went on until the sun shone again at dawn and the dancing pranksters rushed back to their original spots and the wallpaper became still again. It is in the vicinity of that realm that Heebee Jeebeeland exists.  Please send Mail Art that needs to live in Heebee Jeebeeland .
Snail mail only please.
No returns
Exhibition: Public showing to be announced early 2010.
Documentation to all participants who include an address and online at:
http://heebeejeebeeland.blogspot.com
Info: testtower@aol.com
Deadline to be received: March 30, 2010
  
Test Tower
1201 W. Main St.
Centralia, WA 98531
USA

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THEY LIVE NEAR US  (four perfs)
Theme:
(domestic + wild animals/birds, fish, reptiles, insects, etc.)
Format: painting, drawing, print, collage (only originals)
Technique: free
Please sign your work and include your mailing and email address.
Catalogue and Exhibition.
Deadline to be received: March 31, 2010

Aleksandr ZHMAILO
Tereshkovoy 15. Skalistoe
Bahchisaraisky R-N
98440 CRIMEA
Ukraine

04 ***** APRIL 2010

BACON!   (three perfs)
Theme:
All art must feature bacon. 
Size/Technique/Media: Free - (video, sound work, postcard, poetry, 3-D, etc.). Anything goes - surprise me, shock me, make me sizzle, raise my cholesterol.
All art shown on blog: http://www.baconmovie.blogspot.com
Exhibition(s) to follow. Additionally, a short film about bacon will include much of the received art. 
Info: scottrayrandall@gmail.com
Deadline to be received: April 1, 2010

BACON!
Scott Ray Randall
21294 Leslie Drive
Grass Valley, CA 95945
USA

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Blue in all its states   (four perfs)
Theme:
Blue... peace, music and free men. Its history, its symbols, its poetry 'O bleu' … blue Mondays, Klein blue. blue of the South Seas waters…
Technique and format: free
Exhibition:  at the Media Library of PLEGUIEN 22290 during June 2010
Documentation: on the blog at
http://desvigne.blogspot.com/search/label/Galerie%20%22Le%20Bleu..%22
Deadline to be received: April 15, 2010

J
ean Pierre DESVIGNE
1 Kerly PLEGUIEN
22290 FRANCE

05 ***** MAY 2010

PEACE  (one perf)
Theme:
Your idea helps my idea, our ideas help other ideas
Size: 10x15 cm
no returns
all works must be sent by post
documentation: on line at http://www.officinadelleimmagini.net
info: cmaristella@tiscali.it
deadline to be received: May 25, 2010

Officina delle Immagini
Casella Postale 6133
00195 Rome
ITALY

06 ***** JUNE 2010

07 ***** JULY 2010

08 ***** AUGUST 2010

THE OWL  (one perf)owl
Theme:
The Owl
size: free
no returns
documentation online at:
http://www.guzzardi.it/arte/pagine/theowl.html
all works must be sent by post
please include a photo of yourself, some lines of biography, postal and e-mail address
deadline to be received  August 25, 2010

The Owl
Claudio Grandinetti
Via Popilia Palazzo Manna 1
87100 Cosenza
ITALY

09 ***** SEPTEMBER 2010

Mailmania 4  (four perfs)
4th Biennial: An open call for submissions for an upcoming 4th Biennial exhibition of all forms of mailart. Dale - Mailman
Media/Technique/Size: Post Cards, ATCs, Artist stamps, envelopes, or whatever will make it through the postal system.
Exhibition:  Studio J, Victoria, BC, September 16-30, 2010 and Slide Room Gallery, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC, CANADA,  October 8th - November 8th, 2010 - 2549 Quadra Street, Victoria, BC, CANADA
Documentation: Online at http://mailmania4.blogspot.com/
Info: kenndal@gmail.com
Please include name, address and email
Deadline to be received: September 4, 2010

Dale Roberts
Studio J
1324 Broad Street
Victoria, BC
V8W 2A9  CANADA

10 ***** OCTOBER 2010

11 ***** NOVEMBER 2010

12 ***** DECEMBER 2010