What is mail art ?

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Mail art is art which uses the postal system as a medium. The term “mail art” can refer to an individual message, the medium through which it is sent, and an art movement.
Mail artists typically exchange ephemera in the form of illustrated letters; zines; rubberstamped, decorated, or illustrated envelopes; artist trading cards; postcards; artistamps; faux postage; mail-interviews; naked mail; friendship books, decos and three-dimensional objects.
An amorphous international mail art network, involving thousands of participants in over fifty countries, evolved between the 1950s and the 1990s It was influenced by other movements, including Dada and Fluxus.
Or as some have said, Anything you want to call art that can be mailed. No boundaries…no limits…and it only costs postage to participate. This medium opens the door to all that wish to enter. If you’d like to participate in a Mail Art Call on my site please look at RavenMailArt