Giovanni Strada - Photocopy

Giovanni sent a few photo copies for my Paper Birds & Planes project. Sadly they do not fit the requirements so I will show one page here.

Peter Dowker - Envelope

Peter from Canada sent this envleope recently containing work you can see at my Paper Planes & Birds blog. Also music for "Empty Mail Box Blues" and antique baby arrival card from the 30's.

D.C. Spaulding - Postcards

Two more from the "What Is This Artist Doing" series. All the way from Lomita CA. U.S.A.

Creative Thing - Artistamp Sheet

Leslie Caldera AKA Creative Thing sent this stamp sheet today from California. He also sent some stickers for the Wheelie Bin Gallery and a note which says - " My most recent artistamp sheet - documenting the six bicycles in our household...The Bicycle Stamp afixed to the envelope is your assurance that this mail has been delivered to the post office via bicycle- one of these six. Long Beach Fixed Gear.

Found Art Blogspot

Andrea of Found Art sent some hand made booklete and collaged ephemera.

Keith in Manchester sent two photo copies and two tickets of his own devising.

PLG - Card Of Cards

Front

Reverse

PLG sent this card amongst some other clippings and ephemera today. Also some metal "O"'s.

Shopping Trolley Gallery - Documentation

Martha sent this today from Beckenham. A cut out and glue- make your own Shopping Trolley Gallery as part of the documentation for the very last show as shown on the Tate Britain steps. You can see more at www.mailartmartha.org.uk.

Lyudmila Dakhova - Drawing/ Envelope

Lyudmila sent these to the Wheelie Bin Gallery but sadly they have no adhesive . You can see her website at www.dakhova.org.ua.

FRips - Envelope

An enevlope from Frips in Belgium containing flyers for performance on April 19th by Anna Banana at Lucas Munichstraat in Gent. Also some add and pass and other ephemera.

Peter Netmail - Postcard

Posted from Tunisia. Peter also sent some flyers and photo copies. One is headed NAZ! and is about new artistamp zine collated by Petra Weimer and Angela Netmail.

M. Greenfield - Colour Photocopy

Mark has sent a full envelope as always containg several flyers, 2 pass alongs, 2 postcards, a CD of Mod Jazz and a letter.
He says - "It would be nice to hear from you. The last mailing had no note and no art. Good to know you are doing a new project. I will distribute the flyers."

Vittore Baroni - CR-ROM /flyers/stamps

Vittore sent this packet of stuff yesterday inclkuding Cd of images and texts from You Werte On MY Mind show last year. Artsistamps, flyers and adverts, Call for his latest mail art project called BZZZOING! Future Sounds And Music By Mail.

Gen Ken - Record/Lamination/Sticker

45rpm singlem on blue vinyl from Ken Gen in NYC. Also certificate and sticker. Ken says - " Thankyou for producing so much waste. here is one of the last copies of my blue vinyl object, made in edition of 200 from money given to me by John Cage.,"

Ministry Of Lamination is HERE

Merz Mail = P.O. Box Magazine

A mail art mag from the 90's. Published by Merz Mail in Spain.

Mark Pawson = Photo Copy 90;s

A Classic Pair - Envelope/Postcard 1992

From Russell in Royal Oak, MI, U.S.A. Also enclosed a chatty letter and some Pee Wee Herman cards,

Alan Brignull - Postcards/Ephemera

Alan sends some small press printed postcards and ephemera including matchbox label and tickets etc. The Adana Press based in Wivenhoe , Essex.

Mark Greenfield - Envelope/Pass Alongs

Packet from Staffoirdshire. Mark has sent some pass alongs- postcards-Fluxus Buck- rubber stamps and other ephemera.

He says- "Where do you find out about art opportunities? Any good mailing lists etc.? .....Bush will be gone this week. Blair has already gone. Time for Brown to go too!"

Judith Hoffberg 1934 - 2009

Judith Hoffberg in "Umbrella" jumper and glasses at the opening of her mail art show in Pasadena (1992)kindly sent by Creative Thing (Leslie Caldera) who is on the far left. ( Johnny Tostada originally sent it to him )

Wikipedia says-

"Judith Hoffberg (Born in 1934) is a librarian, archivist, lecturer, a curator and art writer, and editor and publisher of Umbrella, a newsletter on artists' books, mail art, and Fluxus art. She received a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA in 1956. She went on to get an M.A. in Italian Language and Literature in 1960 and an M.L.S. from the UCLA School of Library Service in June 1964.

She was a Special Intern at the Library of Congress after serving as a cataloger in 1964-65 at the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center in Italy. At the Library of Congress, she was a cataloger in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress until 1967, when she served as the Fine Arts Librarian at the University of Pennsylvania from 1967-1969. She went on to UCSD from 1969 to 1971 as art, literature and language bibliographer and to the Brand Library in Glendale, CA as Director from 1971 to 1973. From 1974 to 1976, she worked for the Smithsonian Institution as Archivist and Editorial Assistant for the Bicentennial Bibliography of American Arts.

In 1973, she co-founded Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS). She served as the Society's first Chairman, editor of ARLIS/NA Newsletter from 1972 to 1977 and its Executive Secretary from 1974 to 1977.

In 1978, Hoffberg founded Umbrella Associates. Her work includes consulting with archives and libraries. She edited and published Umbrella, a newsletter about artists' books and publications. Hoffberg also lectured widely throughout the US and abroad.

Judith Hoffberg passed away peacefully on January 16, 2009."