It's Happening All Around You!!

There are a ton of people writing about Mail Art on the web. Many sites are dedicated to postcard art in particular. I don't have a real website for my postcards, so if you look for The Postcard Project, you probably won't find me first (but I am out there somewhere).

If you're looking for information about Mail Art, here are a few places you might find useful:

Wikipedia, of course.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_art
This will give you a nice, concise run-down of the world of Mail Art. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, so it isn't always the most entertaining. This is the typical Wikipedia page:

Yeah, I know: snoozefest.
I'll save my favorite as far as "fun to read" for the end.

MailArt.org
http://www.mailart.org/
This site is great for finding mail art calls. It also has all sort of fun little facts and information about what mail art is and where you can find it.


Wilson Web
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/shared/shared_main.jhtml?_requestid=46293
These are some articles that I found about Mail Art. You can search Wilson Web for whatever you want. The best way to get there is through the Moore College Library web page http://library.moore.edu and go to the Electronic Resources link. Basically this is a way of searching for all kinds of articles. Many of them will have the full articles right there online and ones that are not available might be available in the college library or in the Free Library of Philadelphia.


Post Secret
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
OK, so this is just some other blogger's spot, but it is really cool. You may have even seen their books at Borders. It's pretty big now.

I always find this entertaining and worth a look every few days. It is basically just a place where people can tell their secrets through mail art. A great idea.

The Postcard Project

It started with a stamp and a dream...

The Postcard Project began in 2004. I was the postmaster for a small island community in Maine and let's just say I had a lot of free time. The islanders would trickle in to get their mail at about three per hour for eight hours a day. What better a place to keep up with your letter writing than in a post office? So I started writing postcards. I sent postcards every day. It started with sending to just a handful of people, but it seemed to increase daily. Now, after three years, I send to nearly 70 people across the United States, Europe and Asia. I don't send as often as in the beginning (stamps are effing expensive these days!), but I try to get postcards out every-other month or so. I also collect postcards that are sent to me and it is my intention to post them on this blog, along with information that I'd like to share pertaining to mail-art.

The Postcard Project isn't just to occupy my time. Believe it or not, I did get into it with a deeper meaning in mind as well. The Postcard Project is a Mail-Art project that I created to encourage the love of "real" mail. In this technical age it seems that many people forget about the simple pleasures and affection of receiving tangible mail. This project asks it receivers to "LOVE YOUR MAIL!" while promoting art that does not need to be purchased in a gallery and hung on your wall. Art can be fleeting! Art can be disposable! Art can be cherished! Art can be mail!