You can also answer "calls" - people organize mail art exhibitions on a specific theme. Answering a call can sometimes be a way to "meet" other mail artists you can correspond with individually.
You can find calls here: http://www.artistampnews.com/dated_calls/html/calls.html http://books.dreambook.com/dfd1313/dfd1313.html http://denis.charmot.free.fr/projets%20of%20the%20day.htm (deadline) http://denis.charmot.free.fr/projets%20on.htm (no deadline) Sometimes we post calls here on this list. Welcome to mail art! --- In ma-network@yahoogroups.com, "catlady2112" <answers.k...@...> wrote: > > Hi! I have tried to approach doing mail art twice, but I could never quite > "get it" in terms of who to send mail to and how to receive it. > > I just read the book "good Mail Day" and learned there that you can casually > mail your art to another mail artist and there is an assumption that they > will probably you back one of theirs. Is this true? > > I'm pretty laid back sort of person and don't really want to add extensive > documentation to my life. I just want to create fun things to send out and > ideally receive mail art to hang on my wall. > > Where do I begin at sending mail art to? Who do I send it to and how do I > find their mailing addresses? Is is possible to see their mail art style? > > I am a greeting card designer by trade, so mail art sounds like a more > self-expressive playful process than what I normally do. I have a > professional greeting card designer blog I was thinking of featuring mail > artists on too http://kateharperblog.blogspot.com/ > > Thanks for all your help ahead of time!-Kate >