Mailart & ArtByMail // open_calls & exhibitions repository

Mailart & ArtByMail // open_calls & exhibitions repository

last updated on 2023-09-27 23:16:27 / 3 days ago

26 open_calls


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METAMORPHOSIS

  • due date 2023-10-06 // 6 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2023-10-07 > 2023-10-08
  • show address Backyard Butterflies | 1507 US Hwy 70A E | Hillsborough, NC 27278 | USA
  • submission address Backyard Butterflies | 1507 US Hwy 70A E | Hillsborough, NC 27278 | USA
  • curator Katherine Ruiz
  • info katherinebatesruiz@gmail.com
  • maximum submissions 3
  • maximum dimensions 127 x 178 mm | 5 x 7 in

  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered

  • due date 2023-10-15 // 15 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2023-10-20 > 2024-03-31
  • show address 256 High Street | Belfast | Maine 04915 | USA
  • submission address 256 High Street | Belfast | Maine 04915 | USA
  • description

    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.

  • curator Amy Tingle
  • info amy@waterfallarts.org
  • info waterfallarts.org/experience-art/exhibitions
  • kid friendly

  • Letters from the 100th Year

  • due date 2023-10-21 // 21 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2023-10-29 > 2023-11-29
  • submission address Gazi Üniversitesi Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi | Resim-İş Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı Binası | Emniyet Mahallesi Bandırma Caddesi No: 6/7A | Yenimahalle / Ankara / Türkiye
  • description

    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.

  • curator Markaj Güncel Sanat İnisiyatifi
  • info markajart@gmail.com
  • info sanategitimi.gazi.edu.tr
  • maximum submissions 2
  • maximum dimensions 297 x 210 mm | 11.7 x 8.3 in

  • Agatha CHRISTIE, what's your favourite novel?

  • due date 2023-10-27 // 27 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address LATRILLE Martine 97 | Avenue Jean-Charles | BORDA 40150 SOORTS-HOSSEGOR | FRANCE

  • Mídia Press Mail Art ZINE

  • due date 2023-10-27 // 27 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address José Nogueira | Cx.Postal -22 | CEP:01031-970 | São Paulo SP | Brasil

  • Dystopian Narratives: Ukrainian Resilience and Heroism Amidst the Russian Invasion

  • ⚠ Artworks will be sold by Beam Collective and all profits will be donated to Ukrainian Humanitarian Charities
  • due date 2023-10-30 // 30 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2023-11-30 >
  • show address Beam Collective Pop Up space | Jaffa | Israel
  • submission address Igor Zeiger | Yehuda Margoza 27, Apartment 9 | Tel Aviv, 6813623 | Israel
  • description

    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.

  • curator Igor Zeiger
  • info igor@beamcollective.net
  • info beamcollective.net
  • will be sold

  • Embrace the Beauty of Nature

  • due date 2023-11-01 // 32 day(s) left for submission
  • show address 183 Jalan Pelikat | #B1-81 Promenade @The Pelikat | Singapore 537643
  • submission address 183 Jalan Pelikat | #B1-81 Promenade @The Pelikat | Singapore 537643
  • description

    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.

  • extra

    Exhibition dates to be defined.

  • curator Lynn
  • info lynn@nutsaboutarts.com
  • info nutsaboutarts.com/mail-art-exhibition
  • maximum submissions 1
  • maximum dimensions 102 x 152 mm | 4 x 6 in

  • Fantapia M Art Museum Republic of Korea

  • due date 2023-11-01 // 32 day(s) left for submission
  • theme self portrait
  • submission address Ed Hanssen | Hoogstraat 29 | 6083 AX Nunhem | Netherlands
  • curator Ed Hanssen
  • medium charcoal, pastel, ink, pencil, or combination
  • maximum submissions 3
  • required dimensions 210 x 297 mm | 8.3 x 11.7 in

  • Draw me a Skull

  • due date 2023-11-02 // 33 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

  • The Copernicus World Mail Art Show 2023 / 2nd EXHIBITION

  • due date 2023-11-04 // 35 day(s) left for submission
  • show address Torun | Poland
  • submission address VIZANT Visual arts Center - [KOPERNIKUS#550] | Zlatko Krstevski | D. Narednik 58 | 7500 Prilep | Macedonia
  • description

    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.

  • extra

    every artist gets a catalog and a certificate

  • curator Zlatko Krstevski
  • maximum dimensions 210 x 297 mm | 8.3 x 11.7 in

  • Cultural exchange between BRAZIL and ITALY

  • due date 2023-11-15 // 46 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address Cris Piloto Via Passo Campalto, 61 | CAP 30173 | Venezia | Italia
  • description

    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.

  • extra

    please send a photo of your work before posting it by e-mail

  • curator Cris Piloto
  • info crispiloto@gmail.com
  • info crispiloto.art
  • kid friendly
  • required dimensions 100 x 150 mm | 3.9 x 5.9 in

  • Arnolfini Mini[e]MailArt No64. Kövek / Stones

  • due date 2023-11-30 // 61 day(s) left for submission
  • show address arnolfini-mma.blogspot.com
  • submission address mma@arnolfini.hu
  • required file Arnolfini Mini[e]MailArt No64. Kövek / Stones // 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

  • CLIMATE CHANGE A GAME CHANGER?

  • due date 2023-11-30 // 61 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2023-12-15 > 2023-12-31
  • submission address suburban-tracker@use.startmail.com
  • info suburban-tracker@use.startmail.com
  • info suburban-tracker.com/2023/08/09/invitation-climate-change-a-game-changer

  • When the river flows

  • due date 2023-12-08 // 69 day(s) left for submission
  • theme What land we imagine to live on?
  • show 2024-02-15 > 2024-02-15
  • show address San José Bridge | Río Ceballos | Córdoba | Argentina
  • submission address María Castillo | “Cuando el río suena…” | Eladio Fessia 41 | Río Ceballos - Córdoba - Argentina | C.P. 5111
  • curator Manages María Castillo & Formas Expresión
  • info convocatoriacuandoelriosuena@gmail.com
  • info formasexpresion.com
  • kid friendly
  • required dimensions 100 x 150 mm | 3.9 x 5.9 in

  • Nature and Me

  • due date 2023-12-15 // 76 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2024-02-01 > 2024-02-29
  • show address Gellery Lutgart | Beringen | Belgium
  • submission address NATURE AND ME | Sil Dubois | Pelsveld 18 | 3583 PAAL (Beringen) | Belgium
  • maximum submissions 1

  • 40 years celebration of the TAM Rubberstamp Archive

  • due date 2023-12-31 // 92 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

  • A Tribute to Henri Rousseau

  • due date 2023-12-31 // 92 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2024-01-01 > 2024-04-30
  • show address Conference ad Workshop space | Farm Api Libere | via E. Cavicchioni 11 | 42123 Codemondo (RE) | Italy
  • submission address Daniela (Nila) Shabnam Bonetti | via Cola 1/a | 42020 Vetto (RE) | Italy
  • description

    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.

  • curator Daniela (Nila) Shabnam Bonetti
  • info nilasbonetti@gmail.com
  • info instagram.com/nilashabnambonetti
  • kid friendly
  • required dimensions 150 x 100 mm | 5.9 x 3.9 in

  • Pay homage to your favorite mail artist

  • due date 2023-12-31 // 92 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

  • Vasyl Krychevsky

  • due date 2023-12-31 // 92 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2024-01-01 > 2024-01-31
  • show address KosTurGallery | Sumy | Ukraine
  • submission address KosTurGallery | Voskresenska str.6 | Sumy | 40000 Ukraine
  • required dimensions 120 x 180 mm | 4.7 x 7.1 in

  • What Art Are You?

  • due date 2023-12-31 // 92 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

  • Emergency of Beauty, a tribute to True Love

  • due date 2024-01-30 // 122 day(s) left for submission
  • show 2024-02-14 > 2024-03-14
  • show address Via dei Vacciuoli 18r 17100 | Savona | Italy
  • submission address MAIL ART | TrueLove | Via dei Vacciuoli 18r 17100 | Savona | Italy
  • info electrikmail@gmail.com
  • info iyewebzine.com/call-emergency-of-beauty
  • maximum dimensions 210 x 297 mm | 8.3 x 11.7 in

  • let's examine, honour and celebrate: INSPIRATION

  • due date 2024-01-31 // 123 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address Rebekka Schmidt "Inspiration" | Postfach 11 13 | 22870 Wedel | Germany
  • description

    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…?


  • What makes you happy?!

  • due date 2024-02-02 // 125 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

  • CARNATIONS FOR FREEDOM (50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE PORTUGUESE DICTATORSHIP)

  • due date 2024-04-01 // 184 day(s) left for submission
  • theme THE CARNATION REVOLUTION ON THE 25th APRIL 1974
  • show 2024-04-25 > 2024-04-25
  • submission address JOSÉ L. CAMPAL | C/ MIGUEL BENZO, 18, 1B | 14004 CÓRDOBA | ESPANHA
  • extra

    Digital catalogue for all participants.

  • curator José Luis Campal
  • info joseluiscampal@hotmail.com
  • maximum dimensions 210 x 149 mm | 8.3 x 5.9 in

  • SMILE! SORRIDI!

  • due date 2024-05-31 // 244 day(s) left for submission
  • submission address Smile | Scuola Primaria, Piazza Nitti | 75100 – Matera | ITALIA
  • info concettafesta@gmail.com
  • info materamailart.blogspot.com
  • kid friendly
  • medium 100 X 150 mm or 130 x 180 mm
  • required dimensions 100 x 150 mm | 3.9 x 5.9 in

  • [e]mailart

  • due date 2028-02-25 // 1609 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

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