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	DATED MAILART CALLS last updated August 27, 2008 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 08 * AUGUST 2008 Your favorite literary character (four perfs) Theme: I read, you read, we read: - What is your favorite character from your bedside book? Documentation to all participants. Exhibition of the artwork on a special blog and during a coffee reading with the media library, for a reading festival in October, 2008 Project blog: http://lirenfete08.blogspot.com/ http://melimailart.blogspot.com/ Deadline to be PAGE: http://www.artifariti.org AFTER THE EXHIBITION THE WORKS WILL BE SENT TO THE UNITED NATION'S GENERAL SECRETARY AS A PART OF THE CAMPAIGN TO DEMAND THE REFERENDUM OF SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE SAHARAUI PEOPLE. DEADLINE TO BE technique: free. Documentation to all participants. http://www.mailartpostal.canalblog.com Deadline to be Biennial: An open call for submissions for an upcoming exhibition of all forms of mailart. Post Cards, ATCs, Artistamps, envelopes, or whatever will make it through the postal system. Exhibition Space; TBA Deadline to be of: "ISPAGNAC A LA PAGE" Deadline to be Exhibition: Sala de Exposición del Boletín Oficial Santiago del Estero info: yenyverval@yahoo.com.ar Deadline to be is: " Civilian Victims" . Size/Format: Two-dimensional works, A5 format; info: gile@skckg.com Deadline to be technique: free Exhibition: October/November at Maldonado, Punta del Este and Montevideo City; Uruguay. All received works will be exhibited. http://edicionesdelcementerio.blogspot.com Documentacion to all participants. No sales. Info: edicionesdelcementerio@ya Deadline to be THINK: sword-swallowing, circus, fortune tellers, palm readers, voo-doo, Coney Island, NYC, sideshows, magic, freaks of nature, siamese twins, the bearded lady. INSPIRATION: http://www.coneyisland.com Media/Size: Free. Anything that will go through the postal mail. Be creative! Be weird! Be a freak! Small, large, anything goes! No Fees, No Returns. The body of work in this show may possibly be accepted as part of a Permanent Collection of a museum. Therefore, it would NOT be returned to the artist. Multiple submissions are welcome. Exhibition: All art and imagery will appear online with a grand opening on October 31, 2008. HALLOWEEN! FREAKY! We are also working on a traveling exhibition with multiple venues. You will be notified of the exhibitions and we wish to receive your permission to possibly make a Freak-Zine (a visual catalog of the submissions) that will be distributed to all artists (online version will be sent via email) and to others who request it. The 'Freak-Zine" will be a vital part of the traveling exhibition and its visual historical documentation. Please include: Name of artist, Address of Artist, Email Address, Title of Work. NOTE: email addresses will NOT be shared! This is for communication with the Exhibition Manager. It will be kept private! Info: ginmitch@yahoo.com Deadline to be woman: facets, projections, illusions ... Size: A4 (cm 21 x 29,5) Technique: free no fees, no selection, no return Exhibition: presso Circolo Arcimontorio All works must be sent by post Blog: http://inpuntadipenna2007.blogspot.com Info: inpuntadipenna2007@libero Deadline to be free: photography, engraving, painting, drawing, written, mixed, etc. Please include personal data of the participant on the back of the mailart, including email address. No returns. All work will be exhibited without jury. Mailart must be sent solely via traditional mail. The show opening will be in November of 2008, inside the Education Area of the Zoological Sahuatoba. Info: zoologicosahuatoba@hotmail.com Participants will receive documentation. Deadline to be danger: In 1990 CODEFF initiated an action group for the protection of the Bell National Park by creating a branch in the V Region. They initially secured term limits on the mining operation within the Park. Now they are attempting to prevent a group from developing the area. http://www.codeffvregion.blogspot.com We invite all mail artists to show support for our action, and to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the Bell National Park. Please show your support for the CODEFF effort. Exhibition: The works will be exhibited in different activities organized by filial CODEFF V region. Documentation: Each participant will receive documentation. Size/Format: Send works in 2-dimensional format, with free size and technique. Please enclose your email address. Deadline to be catalogue: http://itsonlymailartconcept.blogspot.com/ Please include name, surname, country, address and email address (and website if one exists). All works must be sent by post with postage stamps. No returns. Deadline to be mail: no letters please, and no e-mails. TECHNIQUE: free EVENT: All mail art that arrives before December 10, 2008 will travel on the anniversary train on December 13 from Minden to Hille. Come yourself and be part of the show! Travel with us on the train, join our big Mail-Art and Performance-Festival "IN THE TRAIN OF TIME". 40 participants from all over the network will participate in the event from December 12-14, 2008. Minden is beautiful in winter: enjoy the locomotive steam in the clear sky! EXHIBITION: A mail art show will be held on the running train with official mail transportation. All submissions will be shown. No returns DOCUMENTATION: free to all, includes full addresses list. DEADLINE TO BE blog: http://feet-hands-face.blogspot.com/ Documentation to all participants Info: mistuppi@gmail.com Deadline to be them: railway machines, wagons, signals, routes, tickets, etc. Free Technique Size: 10cm X 15cm postcard to A4 The works will be displayed at http://trenesyvagones.blogspot.com/ Please include your name, mailing address, and e-mail on the back of the work. No returns. Response to all participants. info: correoaxon@yahoo.com.ar Deadline to be constraint: Your mailart must be created using red and black. Documentation to all participants at the end of the project. Deadline to be submissions: http://insomniesetartpostal.blogspot.com/ "E" 38 GRANDE RUE 02300 GUIVRY FRANCE *** CLOWNS - SNAILS (three perfs) Format and technique: free. Response to all participants. Documentation on the blog - SNAIL ART - MAIL ART - http://snailartmailart.blogspot.com/ Deadline to be technique: free - (collages, postcards, envelopes and objects in 3 D). Do not forget your postal and email address!!! Exhibition all year at the library. Documentation at the beginning of 2009 for all participants. No returns. All the sendings are published on this blog: http://bibliothequesouvenirdecole2008.blogspot.com/ The library reserves the right to lend your sendings for road shows. Exhibitions will credit artwork with the artists' names. These shows are voluntarily efforts of requesting associations, for the purpose of promoting mail art. Info: bibliojean1@orange.fr Deadline to be visit: http://www.insectes.org Info: brunodidier@wanadoo.fr Deadline to be theme: "The Body". We are a body. The body is our instrument, our boundary and our identity. We want to know your body. Media/technique/size: Send 6 black and white (A4) copies of any part of your body: face, hands, chest, feet, etc. We suggest that you photocopy your body directly in your photocopier. Please include your email and postal addresses. Exhibition: Argentina - Brazil - Chile. In Argentina: National University of the Northwest of the Province of Buenos Aires. Other venues possible in Europe. Works will enter the Hotel DaDa Archive. Documentation: Catalog to all participants in 2009. If you would like to help defray the costs of the catalog, please send a small amount of cash (up to 10 dollars) with your artwork. However, this is not mandatory. All submissions will be acccepted, exhibited and included in the catalog documentation. info: interferencias00@yahoo.com.ar http://www.hotel-dada.blogspot.com http://www.interferencias-action.blogspot.com Deadline to be here: http://artistamp2008.blogspot.com/ Deadline to be Note: "Litter is a waste type consisting of any tangible personal property which has been unlawfully scattered and or abandoned in a public place (usually outdoors)." Wikipedia Use the found item in a work of art. Or designate the item as ready-made. In either case, put your art in an envelope, or, if you'd like, affix it to a postcard. Alternatively: describe your merzwalk using words or pictures. After it has dried, send it to Merzwalk08. Only three submissions to Merzwalk08 per artist. But you may make as many merzwalks for yourself as you want and do it as frequently as you like. Documentation will include a catalogue that will be sent to all Merzwalk08 participants. There will be a show in January 2009. Deadline to be Out: Architecture and Interior Design Mail Art Event was made possible in part by a grant from the Modesto Culture Commission, the generosity of Jordi Camps, and the members of the Modesto Art Museum. See the museum web site for detailed information. http://www.modestoartmuseum No size limit. Documentation: to all adult participants plus listing on museum web site. Return: none, unless accompanied by a self addressed envelope with sufficient postage for return mail. International participants must include multiple postal coupons for return. Note: Include your mailing address and email address on/in your entry for acknowledgment. Questions: mam@modestoartmuseum.org Exhibition: March 2-28, 2008, Modesto, California. Deadline to be at: http://scottrayrandall.blogspot.com/ An exhibition is to be held in Sacramento, California on Earth Day 2009. 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: scottrayrandall@gmail.com http://www.scottrayrandall.com Deadline to be mail: no letters please, and no e-mails. TECHNIQUE: free No returns DOCUMENTATION: free to all, includes full addresses list. DEADLINE TO BE format: free… envelopes… maps… Rules: no jury, no registration fee, no sale, no returns Works will be shown on the site: http://www.association-philatelie-jacquemard-collections.fr/art-postal Info: maryse.martin13@orange.fr Exhibition - Opening: JUNE 11, 2009 at 6 pm, at C.O.S.E.C. de Lambesc in Provence (France), where received works will be exhibited June 11 - 13, 2009. Deadline to be format: free exhibition: http://mailartpeinture.canalblog.com **Deadline to be