Mailart & ArtByMail // open_calls & exhibitions repository
last updated on 2025-06-10 15:43:43 / 6 days ago28 open_calls
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Gyrate
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kreiseln ■
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Change ■
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Coffee
Everything about coffee and its culture.
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LET IT BE A SPRING OF PEACE…LET IT BE A YEAR OF PEACE… LET IT BE A FUTURE OF PEACE… MAKE LOVE NOT WAR ■
The works must be sent exclusively by ordinary mail, without commercial value, or as a booklet. Shipping costs are the responsibility of the artist.
Poetry or Visual Poetry or Short Texts (can be printed and displayed).
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Message in a bottle ■
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Veni, Vidi, Vici ■
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Stop Sex Colonialism in Ukraine ■
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The Wind ■
The wind blows on its own, visible only through its effects; it goes wherever it wants.
It carries messages, dries clothes, and points the way.
We invite you to share your impressions on this topic. Feel free to use any artistic techniques you like—collage, acrylics, watercolour, chalk, drawn poetry, and more.
We are a girls' group aged 10 to 13 years old. We attend a painting course, have learned about mail art, and are curious to hear your artistic opinion about the wind.
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BANANAS, PINEAPPLES, MANGOES, AND PAPAYA = TROPICAL FRUITS ■
The Intercultural project “BRAVE”, which brings a bit of BRAazil to VEnice, aims to celebrate Brazilian culture with Brazil enthusiasts in a tribute to our heritage. To decorate these events, I propose a TROPICAL FRUITS mail art call for the creation of a large decorative panel simulating a tiled wall.
The exhibition will take place during events with dates to be determined.
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Bread in the World ■
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Clay and its role in the world
As well as having a strong presence in the context of aesthetics and health, clay also offers a verbal means of self-expression, an excellent way of stimulating creativity and developing concentration.
The aim of participating in this call is to assemble a collection of Postcard Art on the theme of “Clay and its role in the world” for the purposes deemed appropriate as exhibitions and as contributions to studies, theses and articles without any economic rights on the part of the artists invited to participate.
Poetry Multilingual + Crossing Borders + Universal Values + Personal Feelings
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Open Call for Kindness ■
The curator team will select their favorite works to include in a book. If your work is selected in the book, you will be notified. Proceeds of the book will be donated to Gualala Arts Center.
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Space Byi
We accept Mail Art submissions that explore the relationship between mathematics and artistic experimentation, including but not limited to:
Geometric Abstraction – Postcards featuring mathematical symmetry, tessellations, and fractal-inspired designs.
Algorithmic & Computational Art – Artworks created using mathematical functions, cellular automata, AI, or algorithm-generated patterns.
Number Theory & Cryptographic Elements – Visual representations incorporating prime numbers, Fibonacci sequences, or encryption-based designs.
Experimental and Hybrid Forms – Mixed-media or unconventional mathematical interpretations in Mail Art.
If you are sending your work from a country outside the EU, write on the envelope “no commercial value”. In case of customs duties, I will not accept the envelope. No fee, no refund, no insults. All postcards and mailed artworks that include an explicit and clearly visible mathematical or geometrical element will be accepted. No return and no participation via email. Subtle references will not be accepted—mathematical or geometrical elements must be a dominant and evident part of the composition. All accepted works will be featured online, as part of The Wrong Biennale digital exhibition. After the exhibition, all online content will be archived: ISBN: 978-80-570-6588-3, EAN: 9788057065883
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MY HOME _ LIFE FLOWS ■
The Healthcare Residence not only a place of care but also a place of life.
Living is an expression of adulthood, empowerment, and inclusion.
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Pythagoras: all is number ■
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Holistic Mail Art Call “Blumen” ■
Blumen in German means flowers. A tribute to spring, to colours, to floral expansion.
Blumen as a metaphor for inner blossoming, free self-expression, connection with the world around you.
A homage also to the German language and to Germany, the country where I was born.
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Outsiders ■
Visual interpretations and ideas on the concept of 'Outsiders' (whatever form that takes - culturally, socially, personally) in a world not designed for those who think, feel or present differently. For creators working towards inclusion and non-mainstream ideals.
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Drumming: Identity and resistance
We are a music and arts school in Porto Alegre, Brazil and we are celebrating our 30th anniversary this year! As part of the anniversary celebrations, we are launching this call for proposals with the theme “TAMBOR, identity and resistance”. The drum is not just a musical instrument, but a tool for resistance and social transformation. It strengthens identities, promotes inclusion and awakens consciousness. Its rhythm continues to echo as a call to collectivity and change.
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Fairytales ■
“The short story offers a model for life, a life-giving and encouraging model that remains in the unconscious containing all the positive possibilities of life.”
- Marie-Louise von Franz
Fairy tales were and are part of the childhood of many of us and are still found today in oral traditions as well as in literary works. I'm an art therapist and I'm passionate about these narratives! For years, I've been using fairy tales as an important and powerful tool in my work as an art therapist.
Creating Art Mail with the theme of Fairy Tales will be a return to the memories of the past and an opportunity to reread a familiar story with a new narrative, after all, stories vary according to the historical and geographical context.
I invite anyone and everyone interested to take part in this call, collaborating in putting together a collection of Fairy Tale-themed mail art for use in studies and research.
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ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND FUTURE ■
Let’s reflect on climate change! Contribute to our sustainable library’s “artistic bookshelf” by sending an eco-style Mail Art book or a themed postcard.
Only artworks related to the theme and required formats will be displayed, so please make sure to follow the requested formats. The online exhibition follow up will be available on the Martellago Library's.
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Mut/Courage ■
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Astronomy for Development
- How can astronomy drive community development?
- What inspiring initiatives already exist (such as astro-tourism, citizen science, or education)?
- How can we build a more equitable world through knowledge of the universe?
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CLOUDS ■
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Collage: expressing emotions
Collage is an artistic expression that offers a verbal means of self-expression, an excellent way to stimulate creativity and spatial organization.
The purpose of this call for entries is to assemble a collection of Mail Art on the theme of “Collage: expressing emotions” for purposes deemed appropriate, such as exhibitions and contributions to studies, theses, and articles, without any economic rights on the part of the artists invited to participate.
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Angels ■
ENIGMATIC CREATURES, MESSENGERS, GUARDIANS. CREATURES THAT LIVE BETWEEN THE VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, CLOSE TO US?
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What a theater! ■
Why this Mail Art-call?
Quite simply because we love and appreciate theater. We encounter theater every day e.g., in everyday situations or in idioms that refer to it like “All the world’s a stage”, “to get the show on the road”, “to wait in the wings”, “to steal the show”, “What a drama!” etc. So we encounter “theater” in our everyday lives, and often it makes us smile.
The city of Schweinfurt is one of the lucky operators of a theater building. It is a guest theater and thus offers many different ensembles the opportunity to present themselves to a theater-loving audience through a wide variety of plays.
There are no limits to the joy of experimentation, which can also be borderline for individual spectators.
Schweinfurt has a long theater tradition, first documented in 1572 with the performance of “Comedy of the Last Judgment”.
The venues have changed frequently over the years.
In 1966, a new theater building opened on Roßbrunnstrasse. It was designed by the architect of Prof. Erich Schellig, with a polygonal ground plan and cubistic superstructures. A large staircase connects the theater building with the Châteaudun Park.
All in all, the building looks different in all sides.
Inside we find a piece of art of Gustl G. Kirchner with a turquoise wall in spatula technique; in the staircase Günther Zirkelbach created a relief with cut plasterboards; Prof. Karl Dahmen dedicated himself to the large 130 square meter wall with a dispersion spatula technique. He was an important representative of Tachism. His work is considered a major work of German Informel. The stage designer Trude Karrer designed the hanging light sculpture in the auditorium.
The indirect lighting in this room is also impressive. Its wal, cover with pyramid bodies shining out of themselves, some of which are gilded, creates a wonderful atmosphere. And so it could go on for a long time to describe our beautiful theater.
Since 1973 there have been puppet play day, in regularly recurring intervals. Uwe Brockmüller regularly exhibited parts of his puppet collection in glass showcases.
Thus, one could get an impression of the variety of different puppet theaters — especially in the Asian region.
Our theater will be completely renovated. For this reason, we started this Mail Art-call. We are curious how and what is perceived as theater and what individuals associate with it.
The submitted postcards will be exhibited as part of a mail art installation.
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[e]mailart
do consider what [e]mailart is and could be. consider what's the difference between merely sending a simple attachment or image as an email body or otherwise sending a real piece of art that uses all the capacity of what embodies the digital world and the ancient email technology and protocols.
can a mere attachment be considered a work of art? or should we explore something that resides in the body of the email and is changeable and unique and unable to subsist in any other medium than that?
alternatively, you may also submit some words, your point of view on the matter, or even an essay regarding the "digital world vs mailart vs [e]mailart vs art".
any questions regarding the open call should not be sent to us by email as they won't be replied to.
thanks for your contribution. all valid [e]mailart will be gathered and presented primarily on its digital form and support and eventually within a catalog.
for more open calls, please head to www.mailart.pt and check all documentation available.