Mailart & ArtByMail // open_calls & exhibitions repository
last updated on 2023-09-27 23:16:27 / 3 days ago26 open_calls
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METAMORPHOSIS
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Our goal is to create a community show where everyone can participate, regardless of their art experience. All ages, creative abilities and cultural experiences are not just welcome but celebrated! Directions for Participation:
Please apply postage directly to artwork. We will begin hanging mail art as it arrives on a rolling basis, and the exhibition will grow! Please do not include a return address if you don’t want your mailing address publicly displayed. All artworks should be original, no photocopies. No racism or violence. Any artwork that undermines the safe and inclusive nature of our community and this exhibit will not be included. No size or medium limitations. *Please note: All works received will become part of the Mail Art collection of Waterfall Arts and will not be returned to the artists.
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Letters from the 100th Year
We are delighted to invite you to our special artistic event, “Letters from the 100th Year,” which we will commemorate with great significance on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey.
This unique event aims to portray a historical narrative that stretches from Turkey's struggle for independence to the declaration of the Republic, highlighting fundamental rights and freedoms, all through an artistic perspective. We eagerly anticipate every art enthusiast's contribution to creating letters and artworks that reflect the achievements, values, women's rights, and equality of the Republic of Turkey.
As our central theme, we have chosen “Freedom” and intend to integrate this theme with the essence of the Turkish nation's quest for freedom, the fundamental principles of the Republic, and the National Struggle led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Your artistic expressions will profoundly reflect and carry forward the heroic epic that laid the foundations of our Republic and the meaning of freedom to future generations.
You can contribute to our event by sending your artistic letters to the provided contact address. The works you send will be exhibited in a dedicated exhibition space for the event and published on our website.
By participating in this meaningful event, we look forward to illuminating the 100th year of the Republic of Turkey with an artistic light. We are eagerly awaiting your participation.
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Agatha CHRISTIE, what's your favourite novel?
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Mídia Press Mail Art ZINE
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Dystopian Narratives: Ukrainian Resilience and Heroism Amidst the Russian Invasion
The Dystopian Narratives: Ukrainian Resilience and Heroism Amidst the Russian Invasion is art exhibition that pays tribute to the indomitable Ukrainian spirit during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Through various artistic mediums, this exhibition seeks to portray the themes of suffering and heroism that emerged from the Ukrainian people's struggle for freedom and survival.
The artworks featured in this exhibition reflect the experiences, emotions, and stories of ordinary Ukrainians who faced the horrors and challenges brought about by the invasion. Each piece captures a unique facet of the Ukrainian journey, evoking empathy and inspiring admiration for their unwavering spirit.
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Embrace the Beauty of Nature
Celebrate nature by mailing your art (drawings, poetry, photographs, etc. – really anything!) to our space in Singapore where it will be exhibited. After the exhibition, participants will get a chance to connect with international artists as all art will be exchanged; meaning you will get your own mystery art piece to keep. All ages, skill levels and nationalities welcome.
Exhibition dates to be defined.
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Fantapia M Art Museum Republic of Korea ■
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Draw me a Skull
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...
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The Copernicus World Mail Art Show 2023 / 2nd EXHIBITION ■
The idea of the project : is the popularization of Nicolaus Copernicus's works. It's aimed that each participant of the project is to reflect on the multi-layered background of his work, and how it has been and is being read by the world of science, philosophy, and art. The project's authors believe that 2023 has been a very surprising year that we also celebrate the 550th anniversary of Nicolaus Copernicus's birthday.
every artist gets a catalog and a certificate
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Cultural exchange between BRAZIL and ITALY
What do you think cultural exchange is? How can you visually represent the influences between Italy and Brazil? What exchanges are evident in each culture? What dialogues have been created between the two countries? How do you perceive the influences of Italian immigration in Brazil and the massification of Brazilian culture around the world? The manifestations of art, children's games and play, words, expressions and memories are cultural tools that influence us as individuals. How can this knowledge affect your personal, professional or love life, or your curiosity to travel?
The curator of this call is Italian-Brazilian, with studies and practices that represent a fragmented society. With past experience in the artistic languages of mosaic and photography, Cris is interested in the role of art as an impact on communities and as a tool for cultural exchange. Her practices include public programs for communities and artistic mediation. Cris proposes this call with the aim of exemplifying the general perceptions of people in her independent Intercultural Education research.
These works can be used to contribute to studies and exhibitions about relations between the two countries, as well as to illustrate theses and articles.
please send a photo of your work before posting it by e-mail
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Arnolfini Mini[e]MailArt No64. Kövek / Stones
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.
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CLIMATE CHANGE A GAME CHANGER?
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When the river flows
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Nature and Me ■
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40 years celebration of the TAM Rubberstamp Archive ■
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.
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A Tribute to Henri Rousseau
Henri Rousseau is a French painter who lived between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He was highly appreciated by his contemporary colleagues and often mistreated by the critics of his time. This is a VERY FREE TECHNIQUE.
I invite you to interact with this great modern author, still loved above all by artists, who deserves to be re-evaluated by all art lovers.
Look for one of his works, the one you like best, or that inspires you the most and CREATE your own tribute to the author. You can reinterpret it, cross it, overturn it, play with it, do whatever you want with it. It will be your tribute to Henri Rousseau.
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Pay homage to your favorite mail artist
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Vasyl Krychevsky ■
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What Art Are You?
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Emergency of Beauty, a tribute to True Love ■
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let's examine, honour and celebrate: INSPIRATION
What inspires you?
How does inspiration “work”?
What happens in the short moment before we realize that we have been inspired?
How does it feel to be inspired? What makes it stop?
What happens to us right after the spark of inspiration?
What else comes to your mind…?
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What makes you happy?!
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CARNATIONS FOR FREEDOM (50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE PORTUGUESE DICTATORSHIP)
Digital catalogue for all participants.
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SMILE! SORRIDI! ■
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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.