Mail Art and Artistamps Visual Arts

Mail art is also often called correspondence art. Mail art is, basically, art sent through the mail, including faux postage, postcards, ATC's (Artist Trading Cards), copy art, handmade books, etc. Not all mail art is rubber stamped, though rubber stamps are used on mail art quite often and there is a strong overlap among stamp artists and mail artists. Much mail art is dadaesque, but another common school of mail art is a lush, collaged style similar to the work of Nick Bantock in the Griffin & Sabine books. An artistamp is something on a piece of paper or card that looks suspiciously like a stamp of some form. It is usually attached to another piece of paper or card and many regard it as much more attractive and interesting than the "real" postage stamps. Also called Faux Postage.

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• El Taller de Zenon - Mail art site in Sevilla-Spain, with galleries of received works, plastic arts and communication about postal art.
  
• Collaborative MailArt - The Mail Art Project is a collaborative project between national and international artists, using the postal service to relay the artworks.
  
• The Sound and Vision Show - Mail Art call and received works for "Sound and Vision."
  
• Jeremy Adolphson's Collection - A fine collection of galleries displaying artwork created on 4X6 cards by international artists.
  
• Denis Charmot Art - Mailart, collage and resources in French and English.
  
• Polarbird's Mailart Pages - Galleries, links and mail art calls and documentation including "Flying Penguins."
  
• Sewers of the World, Unite - An open photo-video-mail-art collaborative collection of images of manhole and other access covers. Includes a gallery of submissions.
  
• Fan Mail - Extensive galleries, information on artists, and worldwide mail art calls.
  
• Jenny de Groot's Femailart - Online exhibition, information and links on mailart with the devil's picturebook playing cards, and poetry.
  
• Planet Susannia - Mail art and stamp art galleries, links and projects.
  
• Vortice Argentina - General activities of the project, exhibitions at the Barraca Vorticista, information, artist addresses, international mail art projects and calls, links, and visual poetry.
  
• Shopping Trolley Gallery-West - Mailart, posts of received mailart, listings of mailart calls.
  
• Shouting At The Postman - The website of a small cultural zine featuring general articles, mail art, and reviews by Ken Miller.
  
• Honoria Starbuck's Mail Art Blog - Examples of mail art sent and received, portraits of mail artists, haiku reflections on teaching art and being a mail artist.
  
• PostSecret - A gallery of postcard-sized images posted anonymously to unveil a secret. Shared confessions in art form.
  
• Graceful Envelope Contest - The National Postal Museum's Graceful Envelope Contest, sponsored by the Washington Calligraphers Guild.
  
• International Mail Art Artists Group - Mail artists group (I-MAG) of Kuala Lumpur.
  
• Art Mail at Kiyotei's Den - Galleries, interviews, mail art calls and essential art links. Graphics, art, collaborations and mail art.
  
• Fiona Thorning Design - The art of Fiona Thorning and documentation for several mail art calls.
  
• Wikipedia Mailart Resource - Online encyclopedia with a mailart description, links and profiles of mailartists.
  
• Traficoartecorreo - Web site in Argentina with mail art, ATCs and altered books
  
• Footeprints Mailart - Examples of work by the mail artist Gary Foote with links postal art information and art calls.
  
• Book - Collaborative exhibition of a sketchbook shared by four artists from both sides of the Atlantic.
  
• The Poetry Postcard Project - Documentation and images of an unsolicited poetry postcard project.
  
• ICIS: International Council of Independent States - The United Nation of fictitious states. Imaginary countries that issue postage stamps, currency and publications.
  
• Sztuka Fabryka Gallery - An archive about arts in the international mail art network. The online version of the Sztuka Fabryka Archive.
  
• Nottwo - A site for artists, poets and mail artists with descriptions, active calls and resources for artisans.
  
• Red Castle Inc. - Products and information for rubber stamping and crafting needs. Software programs to help design mini-books, artistamps, envelopes, shipping tags, and calendars.
  
• The Miniature Book Library - Catalogue and images from a library of teeny books made by several different mail artists.
  
• PostCards Anonymous - An on-going global art project. Individuals reveal intimate secrets, pose ethical dilemmas, express their dreams or comment on the human condition via postcards.
  
• Mail Art - tribe.net - A place to meet and link up with artists interested in sending art through the mail.
  
• Project: Camera Release - A website detailing the ongoing mail art and photography experiment. A camera travels through the world with each participant snapping photos and each installment is then made into a zine.
  
• MailArt project with Coffee theme - MailArt project site with the theme "Coffee - How does it make you feel?" to be exhibited March 2007 at the Days Espresso and Coffee House in Louisville, Kentucky USA.
  
• The Moscow International Forum of Art Initiatives - An open invitation for artistamp creators with the theme of Motherland/Fatherland. The City of Moscow's Committee on Culture and The International Museum Exhibition Centre 'Olympus' is sponsoring The Moscow International Forum of Art Initiatives - 2002.
  
• Postmark Arts - Fat Red Ant's Mail Art & Artistamp Site - A collection of traditional and digital mail art, artistamps, mail art calls and exchanges with mail artists throughout the world.
  
• Anonymous Postcard - Claims submitted by the public are turned into vague and largely indecipherable postcards and mailed toward the intended recipients.
  
• Pippoburro's Mail Art Site - A large mail art archive with examples of artwork sent from around the globe which includes web site and contact information.
  
• The Compost Mail Art Gallery - A German mail artists group with several postal art exhibits.
  
• Mailart in El Taller de Zenón - Mailart site in Sevilla, Spain with galleries of received works, plastic arts and communication about postal art.
  
• Poet Post - Mail art, artistamps and art trading cards from the 25 Cent Poet.
  
• Mail Art WebRing - A group of sites with content relating to mail art.
  
• Arte y Correo - Mail art, collage and poetry by Irene Ronchetti
  
• Mail-Art - A German mail art site with history, techniques and exhibits about the art form. It includes a message board for active projects.
  
• Guy Bleus - Art and writings from Belgian mail artist Guy Bleus.
  
• Artistamps of Azubia - This is a collection of faux postage from the postal authority of Azubia created by Karen Winters.
  
  

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