Mailart & ArtByMail // open_calls & exhibitions repository

Mailart & ArtByMail // open_calls & exhibitions repository

last updated on 2023-03-21 22:29:52 / 1 days ago

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Mail Art Egg Project 2023

  • due date 2023-03-30 // 8 day(s) left for submission
  • theme egg, as a form, shape, pattern
  • submission address Éva Mosonyi | B102. 39-33. Stromfeld A. Road | 1124 Budapest | Hungary
  • curator Éva Mosonyi
  • info evamosonyi.wordpress.com/mail-art/mail-art-2023/projekt-leiras-project-description

  • Indeterminate States 5

  • ⚠ The open call is addressed to visual artists older than 18 years, preferably with an education background in visual arts.
  • due date 2023-03-31 // 9 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2023-04-10 > 2023-04-20
  • show address Drossu Art Gallery | str. Lapusneanu 7 | Iasi | Romania
  • submission address str. Vasile Lupu 97 | bl.C, sc.B, ap.20 | 700360 Iasi | Romania
  • description

    Indeterminate States is a series of exhibitions and projects aiming for gathering visual artists from different backgrounds. It initiated with an exhibition as the result of a spontaneous cyanotype workshop in Porto, Portugal, in 2020, and ever since, it’s main objective is to bring together various visual approaches starting from technique, interpreting a subject or exploring a specific aspect. Through Mail Art, being constrained by the format of the works, Indeterminate States 5 is looking for single color-based images, regardless of technique (although digital approaches are very welcome). Depending on the number of works received, the team will install the postcards altogether in a polyptych, in April 2023 (@ Drossu Art Gallery in Iasi).

    We are currently working on funding for the project, we hope to be able to edit a catalog with all the participants. However, if not printed, all the participants will receive an electronic version of the catalog.

    As a starting point for this 5th chapter, I invite artists to reflect upon the concepts of humanity, identity, and the importance of nature. Every interstice and nuance of the mentioned themes are open for representation.

  • extra

    Artwork will be included in an international archive and proposed for other exhibitions. In the event of a new exhibition, the participant artists will be notified.

    Please send the postcards to the address above mentioned. Please consider writing your e-mail address on the back of the postcards (in order to receive the digital catalog)

    Send only works based on a single color. It may include shades or tones, but we aim for monochromatic.

  • curator Andrei Alecsandru Pantea
  • info andreialecsandru0@gmail.com
  • info instagram.com/a.r.s_pace
  • kid friendly
  • maximum submissions 5
  • required dimensions 150 x 100 mm | 5.9 x 3.9 in

  • Leaving a Mark - IV International Mail Art Call

  • due date 2023-03-31 // 9 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2023-06-01 > 2023-07-19
  • show address Villa de Móstoles Cultural Centre | Móstoles | Madrid, Spain
  • submission address CENTRO CULTURAL VILLA DE MÓSTOLES | (IV Convocatoria Internacional de Arte Postal DEJANDO HUELLA · LEAVING A MARK) | Plaza de la Cultura s/n | 28934 Móstoles | Madrid, Spain
  • required file Leaving a Mark - IV International Mail Art Call // JPG
  • description

    Fingerprints identify us, distinguish us, reveal us while describing our trail, our path, our wanderings... It seems vital and necessary to pass through this world leaving a positive residue, an essence of our own, an emotional perfume, a particular way of being. Go through this world LEAVING A MARK. Fingerprints, handprints, footprints, heart prints, soul prints... The poet Antonio Machado speaks to us about the unmarked footprints and paths, about the open and shared footprints of our lives, in his remarkable poem: “Walker, they are your footprints / the path and nothing else; / walker, there is no path, the path is made by walking". Let's follow in his footsteps, from ours.

  • extra

    The works received will be part of the assembled, experimental, and rare magazine PERIFERIA IMAGINARIA no. 6, both in its physical edition, limited to 30 non-sale copies, and, mainly, in its online edition: periferiaimaginaria.blogspot.com

  • curator AYUNTAMIENTO DE MÓSTOLES, Concejalía de Cultura
  • info periferiaimaginaria@mostoles.es
  • info periferiaimaginaria.blogspot.com/2022/10/bases-de-la-convocatoria-espanol.html
  • medium Free intervention, using as a pattern the image of a fingerprint attached to these RULES of the Call DEJANDO HUELLA · LEAVING A MARK, and can also be used as a simple reference or inspiration.
  • maximum submissions 1
  • required dimensions 210 x 215 mm | 8.3 x 8.5 in

  • Mail Poetry Project

  • due date 2023-03-31 // 9 day(s) left for submission
  • theme send us your poem as an art postcard
  • show 2023-04-15 > 2023-04-22
  • show address Italy
  • submission address Mail Poetry Project | C/o Graziella Di Grezia | corso Vittorino Emanuele 312 | 83100 Avellino Italy
  • curator Graziella Di Grezia
  • info mailpoetryproject@gmail.com
  • kid friendly
  • required dimensions 100 x 150 mm | 3.9 x 5.9 in

  • „Word and movement“

  • due date 2023-04-01 // 10 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address Dorina Harangus Güngör, COLECTOR | Lenauweg 4 | 72379 Hechingen | Germany

  • Orange, mon Ange d'Orage

  • due date 2023-04-15 // 24 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address Orange, mon Ange d'Orage NL44 | Nieuwland 44 | 9000 Gent | Belgium
  • curator Mariël van den Eerenbeemt & Tania Desmet
  • required dimensions 150 x 100 mm | 5.9 x 3.9 in

  • M.A.A.V. Nº5

  • due date 2023-04-22 // 31 day(s) left for submission
  • theme Art = Revolution, Images of the Future
  • submission address Kevin Geronimo Brandtner | Füchselhofgasse 4, 5-5a | 1120 Vienna | Austria
  • extra

    A magazine will be printed and will be available for purchase in a small limited edition of 100 pieces.

  • info maav@gmx.at
  • info instagram.com/papiergedanken_collage_art
  • maximum submissions 2

  • Tempus Fugit

  • due date 2023-04-25 // 34 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address Progetto Metropolis | Franco Ballabeni | Via Palerma 17 | 23823 Colico | Lecco, Italia
  • curator Franco Ballabeni

  • DADA 3, MAIL ART

  • due date 2023-05-01 // 40 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2023-07-01 > 2023-07-31
  • show address Polustrovo Art Gallery | St. Petersburg | Russia
  • submission address Gik Juri | 141206 Moscow region | Pushkino-6 | PO Box 14 | Russia
  • curator Gik Juri
  • kid friendly
  • medium artistamp sheets
  • maximum submissions 1
  • required dimensions 210 x 297 mm | 8.3 x 11.7 in

  • LEONIART PROJECT MMLVII - "Jump to the future"

  • due date 2023-05-07 // 46 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2057-05-07 > 2057-05-07
  • show address Abbazia di S.Bernardino | Genova | Italy
  • submission address corra.leoni@gmail.com
  • required file LEONIART PROJECT MMLVII - "Jump to the future" // PDF
  • description

    The artists have to represent a landscape of their city, country, or any place of the world such as they imagine it will be in 2057. It can be something dystopic, fantastic, a wonderful peaceful landscape full of colors, or simply the same as seen today. It could be prophetic or not.

  • extra

    check the form

  • info corra.leoni@gmail.com
  • info leoniartproject.org/leoniartproject.htm
  • medium minimum size of 2000 x 2600 pixels rectangular and horizontal (landscape) proportions will be preferred
  • maximum submissions 2

  • Miss Maximas's Goth Emporium

  • due date 2023-05-13 // 52 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address MAXIMA STRANGE | 1800 US ROUTE E | BRADNER, OH 43406 | USA
  • description

    Create a tribute page to a gothy favorite: a character, an author, a movie, a poem, a song, etc

  • medium send 13 copies or individual works
  • required dimensions 101 x 152 mm | 4 x 6 in

  • Paper + Post

  • due date 2023-05-13 // 52 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2023-05-10 > 2023-05-28
  • show address Boise State University Student Union Building Fine Arts Gallery | United States
  • submission address Paper + Post Exhibit | C/o Exhibit D | 1912 N 25th St | Boise, ID 83702 | United States
  • required file Paper + Post // JPG
  • description

    World Collage Day

  • info paperpostboise@gmail.com
  • medium collage
  • maximum dimensions 215 x 279 mm | 8.5 x 11 in

  • Library Of The Future / Future of Libraries?

  • due date 2023-05-30 // 69 day(s) left for submission
  • show address Local Library | 73312 Geislingen | Germany
  • submission address MAIL ART | Schillerstrasse 2 | 73312 Geislingen | Germany
  • description

    What does a library of the future look like? What does it offer?

    Will there be libraries in the future?

    Or something new, that takes up the tradition of libraries that has existed for thousands of years?

    What library of the future would you like to see? What is the next step?

    Feel free to interpret the topic as you like. Digital submissions will not be accepted.

  • curator Peter Schubert
  • info peter@auvikogue.org
  • info gxggxxg.wordpress.com

  • Act for a Sustainable Humanity

  • due date 2023-05-31 // 70 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address CLAE elementaire Les Verges | Inis, impasse des Verges | 31100 Toulouse | France
  • curator Loisirs Education & Citoyenneté

  • Act for a Sustainable Humanity

  • due date 2023-05-31 // 70 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address CLAE elementaire Les Vergers | Ibis, impasse des vergers | 31100 Toulouse | France
  • required file Act for a Sustainable Humanity // JPG

  • Arnolfini Mini[e]MailArt No62. Macskák / Cats

  • due date 2023-05-31 // 70 day(s) left for submission
  • show address arnolfini-mma.blogspot.com
  • submission address mma@arnolfini.hu
  • required file Arnolfini Mini[e]MailArt No62. Macskák / Cats // JPG
  • description

    1. Save the mma file into your computer.

    2. Open it using a graphics program.

    3. Create artwork.

    4. Save changes.

    5. Send your work by email.

  • curator Ervin Zsubori
  • info mma@arnolfini.hu
  • info arnolfini-mma.blogspot.com
  • medium digital art 600*600px 300dpi
  • maximum submissions 1

  • MAIL ART TO RESIST Nº 3 THE COLLECTIVE TO BUILD NEW IMAGINARIES

  • due date 2023-05-31 // 70 day(s) left for submission
  • show address Namur | Belgium
  • submission address AFICo asbl | rue Saint-Nicolas 84 | 5000 Namur | Belgium
  • info anne.gilis@afico.be
  • info afico.be
  • maximum dimensions 100 x 150 mm | 3.9 x 5.9 in

  • The Women– symbol of Life

  • ⚠ Works that are ethnically, politically, religiously, or sexually offensive may not be accepted.
  • due date 2023-07-21 // 121 day(s) left for submission
  • theme Our new Mail-Art project aims to highlight the role of women in the society of the 21st century and to pay attention to the need for the full affirmation of women in contemporary communities. Civil society must take a stand against any violations of women
  • show 2023-08-11 > 2023-08-11
  • submission address Ştefan Balog | 515200 - Aiud, C.P. 40 | Judeţul Alba, Romania
  • required file The Women– symbol of Life // ZIP
  • curator Ştefan Balog
  • info info@inter-art.ro
  • info inter-art.ro/mailart/?page=33
  • kid friendly
  • maximum dimensions 297 x 210 mm | 11.7 x 8.3 in

  • _Homage to P. Picasso

  • due date 2023-07-31 // 131 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2023-10-01 > 2023-10-31
  • show address Mareschstr. 16, 12055 Berlin | Germany
  • submission address _Homage to P. Picasso | Lutz Anders | Mareschstr. 16, 12055 Berlin | Germany
  • curator Lutz Anders
  • maximum submissions 2

  • My Home

  • due date 2023-07-31 // 131 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address Pálma Puskás | Györzámoly Pf.9. | 9172 Hungary
  • info mailasmile.org

  • Rainforest Preservation

  • due date 2023-08-01 // 132 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address RAINFOREST ISSUE | Adam Roussopoulos | 249 Cherita Dr. | Chaska MN 55318 | United States
  • extra

    if you like your sheets perforated please include a note in the package with instructions as how you would like them to be perforated

    all participants will receive a copy of the zine

  • medium signed and numbered artistamps sheets
  • required submissions 25
  • required dimensions 216 x 279 mm | 8.5 x 11 in

  • Ray Johnson's B-day

  • due date 2023-08-01 // 132 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address RAY JOHNSON ISSUE | Adam Roussopoulos | 249 Cherita Dr. | Chaska MN 55318 | United States
  • extra

    if you like your sheets perforated please include a note in the package with instructions as how you would like them to be perforated

    all participants will receive a copy of the zine

  • medium signed and numbered artistamps sheets
  • required submissions 25
  • required dimensions 216 x 279 mm | 8.5 x 11 in

  • ARTHEKA 32 APS

  • ⚠ The proceeds from the works sold will be donated to the "OBSERVO APS Association", as a contribution for the construction of a school in Bukoba, northern Tanzania.
  • due date 2023-08-31 // 162 day(s) left for submission
  • theme THE WAR - what changed in the world and what changed in you ¿
  • show 2023-09-02 > 2023-09-02
  • show address ARTHEKA 32 | Associazione Culturale di Arti Visive | 00122 Lido di Ostia | Roma – ITALY
  • submission address Sergio Guerrini | Per ARTHEKA 32 | Via della Cacciuta, 64-S | 00124 Roma – Italia
  • description

    A postcard for understand what war is and what it means to us. A world gone mad, one tired and old Europe where well-being has made us blind, mean and indifferent to the evils that afflict the poorest and most distant peoples What do you think should be done to ease the pain of others more unfortunate than you?

  • info artheka32@gmail.com
  • will be sold
  • medium size must be 100 mm x 150 mm or 130 mm x 180 mm
  • maximum submissions 2

  • Peace on Earth

  • due date 2023-08-31 // 162 day(s) left for submission
  • theme Peace is the main characteristic of a civilized society
  • show 2023-09-29 > 2023-10-31
  • show address Galeria EDROS | Brasil
  • submission address Marco Antonio Scarelli | Rua São Silvestre, 51 – Vila Santa Rosa | Jundiaí - S.P. - 13 201-680 | Brasil
  • info marcoascarelli@gmail.com
  • info facebook.com/edrosmarcoscarelli

  • III MAIL ART CALL. tribute to IBIRICO

  • due date 2023-09-01 // 163 day(s) left for submission
  • theme free
  • submission address III CONVOCATORIA ARTE POSTAL | MAIL ART | MIDECIANT. Museo Internacional de Electrografía | Edificio Antonio Saura, Campus UCLM | C/ Santa Teresa Jornet, s/n | 16071 Cuenca, SPAIN
  • description

    MIDECIANT invites creatives from all over the world and those who want to join the initiative, to participate in the “III MAIL ART CALL. tribute to IBIRICO”. All works received will be part of the Mail Art collection of the International Museum of Electrography, MIDECIANT.

  • info mide@uclm.es
  • info mide.uclm.es/iii-mail-art-call-tribute-to-ibirico
  • maximum dimensions 297 x 210 mm | 11.7 x 8.3 in

  • Polyhedral polyhedra

  • due date 2023-09-30 // 192 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address Via E. Ferrari, 31 | 30037 Scorzè (VE) | Italy
  • curator Lara Favaro
  • info mathart@mathart.it
  • info mathart.it/blogMathart
  • kid friendly

  • Draw me a Skull

  • due date 2023-11-02 // 225 day(s) left for submission
  • theme Day of the Deads
  • submission address BroTTas Mailart | Rua Engº Mário Costa 22 2ºEsq | 2330-153 Entroncamento | Portugal
  • description

    The idea is to send something with a skull.

    You can draw it, create, copy, paste, make, cut, paint print, stamp it...

    You can use all materials...

  • curator Paulo Teles
  • info brottas@gmail.com

  • 40 years celebration of the TAM Rubberstamp Archive

  • due date 2023-12-31 // 284 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address TRSA - P.O. Box 1055 | 4801 BB Breda | Netherlands
  • description

    The TAM Rubberstamp Archive will be 40 years old in 2023. Time to create a new rubberstamp to celebrate that. Designs and/or actual prints of special designs are welcome. A special small piece of paper will be printed and distributed for this project. Since a lot goes digital these days, all digital designs are welcome. Documentation will be done in a digital way. The final results that actually make it to a real rubberstamp will be used on the outgoing mail-art. If you are the designer, you can make your own rubberstamp as well and support this celebration.

  • info r.janssen@iuoma.org

  • Pay homage to your favorite mail artist

  • due date 2023-12-31 // 284 day(s) left for submission
  • show address bluetempera.blogspot.gr
  • submission address DIMITRA PAPATHEODOROU | P.O. Box 3019 | 23 Zaimi street | 26110 Patra | GREECE
  • required file Pay homage to your favorite mail artist // JPG
  • info facebook.com/demipapatheodorou

  • What Art Are You?

  • due date 2023-12-31 // 284 day(s) left for submission
  • theme Dadaism? Futurism? Expressionism? Surrealism?
  • show address Silvano Pertone
  • submission address PSYCHE OUT FANZINE | c/o Silvano Pertone | Via nuova cantalupo 42a/1 | 17019 varazze, Sv, italy

  • What makes you happy?!

  • due date 2024-02-02 // 317 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address Kunst&Coaching | Barbara Ihme | Rathausplatz 1 | 77791 Berghaupten | Germany
  • required file What makes you happy?! // JPG
  • curator Barbara Ihme
  • info ihme-art.com
  • required dimensions 100 x 150 mm | 3.9 x 5.9 in

  • [e]mailart

  • due date 2028-02-25 // 1801 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2030-01-01 > 2035-12-31
  • show address e.mailart.pt
  • submission address emailart@mailart.pt
  • description

    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.

  • extra

    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.

  • curator MAILART.pt
  • info e.mailart.pt
  • medium static or dynamic digital artwork that "live" in the environment native to e-mail