You are invited be part of the historic 100th anniversary celebrations by creating a piece of airmail mail art and sending it to the Modesto Art Museum for the international exhibition in January and February 2011. Just follow the directions below.
Mail Art Theme: airmail, the beginning of airmail, future airmail, some aspect of airmail, faux historic airmail, zeppelins, space airmail, fantasy airmail, etc.
Format: Envelopes (letter, legal, DL, or C6 envelopes, maximum size 4.5×9.5 inches, 115×245 mm) post cards (same size limits), and stamps. We will frame and display only the side with postage and address. The postage and address should be part of the art work unless it is a stamp.
Deadline for all entries: Monday, 15 November 2010
Exhibition: Modesto, California, watch for details. Also online exhibit. Viewers and artists will be able to comment online about the art.
Documentation of Participation: on museum web site and to all adult artists
Return: mail art will not be returned, it will become part of the museum’s collection
Send Entries to:
Airmail 100
Modesto Art Museum
404 Patrick Lane
Modesto, CA 95350 USADetails: modestoartmuseum.org
I did a piece with a similar theme in 2005, “colorflymail” [FM2005.13 finds the source images and JEB-ATC2005.01.03.jpg finds an ATC card]. This was when my images were hosted on my home linux server: i never found the time to resurrect the album software on one of the Macs.