Mail Me Art 2 is now CLOSED for submissions.
How to submit your mail art
Mail Me Art 2 will run until 31st March 2010 31st January 2010. For more information about the project, please click here. If you’re after some inspiration, you can see examples of work from the first Mail Me Art project here.
So what’s in it for you?
At the end of each month there will be a signed copy of the book, Mail Me Art: Going Postal with the World’s Best Illustrators and Designers, plus an art-related prize given away to the artist of our favourite submission for that month. We are also hoping that there will be a follow up book and if there are enough submissions we will run another exhibition. As before, artists will receive 70% from the sale of their mail art, less any gallery commission incurred. Money from the book and/or sponsorship will be used to cover the cost of organizing and hiring the gallery; artists will not be asked to contribute to the cost of the exhibition.
Before starting on your submission(s), please take time to read the important points below:
- As before, there is no limit on the size, shape or media that may be used.
- Please put your name and email address clearly on the outside of the artwork.
- Write ‘empty’ or ‘open me’ on the mail art so that we know whether we need to look inside.
- No offensive or obscene images or text may be used. If you’re not sure whether something is offensive, then it probably is!
- The exterior of the envelope, postcard, box or package is the artwork, please do not place it inside an additional envelope.
- One piece of mail art per artist may be sent each month. If more than one piece is sent each month, the first piece received by us will be the one considered for the monthly prize.
- By posting your work to the project, you are giving us your consent to use your mail art in any potential promotional or published material relating to Mail Me Art and/or the project.
- If you are sending work from outside the UK or Europe, please make sure that the customs declaration shows the value of the piece as $0, as we are unable to pay the high import taxes that are often charged on items entering the UK.
- Artists will not be required to contribute to the cost of any of the follow: the exhibition, the promotion of the event, or the publication and printing of a Mail Me Art book.
- Unsold artwork cannot be returned to artists.
The address to send your work to is:
Mail Me Art
37 Thames Court
Victoria Avenue
West Molesey
Surrey
KT8 1TP
United Kingdom
We look forward to receiving your work!
hi , i am Paul of Peru
how can i sendyou mi final artwork? , i would like know if i can printed in digital .
greetings
Paul
Yes, you can send in digitally printed work to the project.
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Hi, I have a couple of (possibly silly) questions….
I just got all excited and made a lovely drawing on a piece of card board, is it OK to send like this? Or does the surface have to be a postage item in the traditional sense, eg. an actual postcard or envelope or package? Or is a bit of cardboard OK?
And…what happens to the work afterwards? Can we have them sent back if they don’t sell?
Thank you thank you
Emily
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Hello Darren,
I don´t find my submission september in flick and facebook, the yellow doberman.
Did you received it?
Thank you very much,
Fernando Viscasillas
Wow. I have only just come across this project and I am…wowed.
I am currently doing an art project on post. I have chosen a theme that may seem limited but can also be seem and endless.
I was searching for ideas and artists I can link to and then I found this. I found the hundreds of artists who submit their art for this project. The mail art has inspired me and I hope to discover a bit more about it.
Darren, this really is amazing. What was your inspiration? How did all this start?
I would like to know if you have any more ideas for art that revolves around or uses post as a medium?
I sent mine out in the beginning of October.
I wish it arrived safe.
Hi. Yes it arrived safely thanks.
@ Emily… As long as the card has the address and correct postage on it, we’re happy with that! We’ve been sent some very irregular shaped pieces in the past and even bits of wood as-is!
@ RP… Lots of question!.. and all answered in the book.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1600611036
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Hi Darren,
I am planning to submit my mail art quite art soon but want to make sure that it doesn’t get damaged, is there a preferred method of doing this? If I was to place the mail art inside some card for example would that be fine?
Thanks,
Stuart
Hi Stuart
Please don’t package the mail art as the purpose of it is for the work to have travelled through the postal system as it is, and any marks it picks up along the way are a part of that process. Please be reasurred that it is actually very rare for any of the mail art we receive to have been damaged in the post. It’s probably a good idea to put a piece of stiff card inside the envelope if you are at all worried.
Cheers
Darren
1 piece of mail art is en route!
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Hi Darren
I don´t understand this point “If you are sending work from outside the UK or Europe, please make sure that the customs declaration shows the value of the piece as $0, as we are unable to pay the high import taxes that are often charged on items entering the UK. ” it´s because i´m from El Salvador in Central America and i´m planning to mail my artwork as soon as possible.
Greetings.
Benjamín
Hi Darren,
I’m Chris from Indonesia, i wanna ask about one rule, its written :
“The exterior of the envelope, postcard, box or package is the artwork, please do not place it inside an additional envelope.”
Is it means that i cant place the artwork inside an envelope? The problem is, i’m gonna use an Express Mail Service. Usually they put the envelope inside an additional envelope to avoid any damage. Is it okay? Since i dont want a regular mail service, i cant track the status of my mail unless using Express Mail Service (besides, its only take 4 days to be delivered using this service). Actually i dont really worried about any damage, but i just want to make sure my mail arrived there fastly (since with Express Mail Service i can track my mail).
Thanks
Hi Darren,
I sent my artwork way back in September but I don’t see it anywhere on here. It was a black and pink octopus. Please let me know.
Thanks,
wotto
Hi Darren ,
I sent my artwork in first days in December , is a multicolor picture similar to precolombine art , please let me know if it arrived good .
Thanks
Paul Yanque
Peru
Hi I’m interessed in your initiative
I’ve some nice postcards to send you
Have a nice day
Hi Darren,
I sent my submission for this month a few days ago, and just wondered if it had arrived safe. If you could let me know I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Stuart
I’m sending my ArtWorks.
Blessed Be¡
Hello Darren,
are we allowed to post the artwork we sent you online or do you prefer it not be shown other than on this Website if it gets picked?
Thank you
Zoé
I love this project i send you somethings ^^
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I’ve just discovered this! I so want to take part. I’ve started today – as soon as I found this page – and am crossing my fingers I can get it there in time.
Hi Darren,
Did you receive “Put ‘em up” from Florida, U.S.?
Thanks, Kerry
Do you email the sender to confirm you’ve recieved the work?
We have an awful lot of mail art sent each month, so cannot not email everyone when we receive it. We put photos of all the mail art in the gallery and on Facebook and Flickr each month, so you can check for your artwork there. If you can’t see it, you can email us to check. Please make sure you include a picture or very clear description of your piece if you are emailing to ask about it tho
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hey,
will you accept pieces as long as they are mailed by the 31st or do they have to be recieved by the 31st?
thanks.
They just need to be mailed by the 31st.
Hi! I really want to send in my mail art but I only found out about this concept a couple of days ago. I’ve worked on my artwork all day but am not at all finished and I have to work all day tomorrow. I wont be able to put it in the mailbox until sunday the 31, which means the stamp will probably be from the jan 1st. Would such a submission be valid? I really really want to participate!! Okay, that’s it. Thanks!
//Aimée
I just saw this yesterday, so I was under pressure, but I hope you like the collage art work I sent today
the 31st is a sunday, which means one can’t get it postmarked on/by the 31st. will you accept postmarks for the 1st?
Help! Trying to print out an international UPS label to ship and won’t let me send unless there’s a phone number contact!
We are just updating the site regarding this – yes, the 1st Feb is fine
We’ll be emailing all who took part and those we received work from when all of the mail art has been sort, but that may not be for a couple months.
Until then please keep checking the site’s mail art gallery to see it your work has been received.
Darren,
I don’t know if I included my email on the outside of the mail art I submitted. I sent the “Octopus’s Garden” envelope… so here’s my email.
Thanks!
Angela Barribeau
Hi Darren,
I can’t find my work in the gallery. However, as I know you’ve received it in May 2009. Was it seriously damaged by the postal service? Thank you in advance for your reply.
Hi, I just came across your site and am bummed that Mail Me Art 2 is now closed. I know it’s a bit early to be asking this, but are you planning on doing a third one? Thanks.
Lily
Can we continue to send mailed art with the hope that it would get into a vol 3???
I have just found this and am way too late.
ohh i miss it.. i will b never late again………
thanks for informations i hope you like my work
Question: Is there and age limit on how old you have to be in order to submit?
where have i been? just knew it..
Thanks!