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9 virtual archives from past calls

PYTHAGORAS: ALL IS NUMBER

Deadline: 2025-09-3O
Submission address Via E. Ferrari, 31 | 30037 Scorzè (VE) | Italy
Curator Lara Favaro | info mathart@mathart.it | https://www.mathart.it/blogMathart/pitagora/
Virtual Archive: https://www.mathart.it/blogMathart/artworks-pitagora/

HOLISTIC MAIL ART CALL "BLUMEN"

Deadline: 2025-10-05
Submission address Eliana Santin | Via Giovanni Berchet, 17 | 31021 Mogliano Veneto | Treviso | ITALIA
Curator Eliana Santin - "Blumen in German means flowers. A tribute to spring, to colours, to floral expansion. Blumen as a metaphor for inner blossoming, free self-expression, connection with the world around you. A homage also to the German language and to Germany, the country where I was born."
Virtual Archive: instagram.com/elianamailart

MY HOME - LIFE FLOWS

Deadline: 2025-09-3O
Submission address: RSA NOI CON VOI | via Tommasini 12 | 31021 Mogliano Veneto (TV)
Description: The Healthcare Residence not only a place of care but also a place of life. Living is an expression of adulthood, empowerment, and inclusion.
Curator Chiara Bertoncello
info rsanoiconvoi@cooperativaorchidea.net | cooperativaorchidea.net/event-details/la-nostra-casa-vita-che-scorre-1

FAIRYTALES

Deadline: [new deadline] - 2025-10-31
Submission address Marise Piloto | CP 18 | CAP:30173 CAMPALTO | VENEZIA, ITALIA
Description: “The short story offers a model for life, a life-giving and encouraging model that remains in the unconscious containing all the positive possibilities of life.” - Marie-Louise von Franz
Fairy tales were and are part of the childhood of many of us and are still found today in oral traditions as well as in literary works. I'm an art therapist and I'm passionate about these narratives! For years, I've been using fairy tales as an important and powerful tool in my work as an art therapist. Creating Art Mail with the theme of Fairy Tales will be a return to the memories of the past and an opportunity to reread a familiar story with a new narrative, after all, stories vary according to the historical and geographical context. I invite anyone and everyone interested to take part in this call, collaborating in putting together a collection of Fairy Tale-themed mail art for use in studies and research.
curator Marise Piloto | info crispiloto@gmail.com
Virtual archive: inspirartepostal.site/fadas

ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND FUTURE

Deadline: 2025-11-01
Submission address: BIBLIOTECA CIVICA "G. TRONCHIN" | Piazza - IV Novembre, 48 | 30030 Maerne di Martellago (VE) | ITALY
Description: Let’s reflect on climate change! Contribute to our sustainable library’s “artistic bookshelf” by sending an eco-style Mail Art book or a themed postcard. Only artworks related to the theme and required formats will be displayed, so please make sure to follow the requested formats. The online exhibition follow up will be available on the Martellago Library's.
medium A mini book created using a single A4 sheet, folded multiple times [a printable page with folds is available at the provided link]. A postcard no bigger than an A5 size. We encourage the use of upcycled materials. Drawing, painting, and writing are also welcome.
Curator Elisa Rioda per Comunità La Villetta - Acli Coop., Art Studio CrisPi » collab Associazione Il Castello
info [open] - AMBIENTE, CLIMA e FUTURO | "Environment, climate and future
Virtual archive: Facebook page

ASTRONOMIA PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO

Deadline: 2025-11-10
Submission address: NUCLIO – Núcleo Interativo de Astronomia e Inovação em Educação Largo dos Topázios, 48, 3º Frente 2785-817 São Domingos de Rana - Portugal
Description: Que relação existe entre astronomia e desenvolvimento? Que desenvolvimento queremos nas nossas comunidades? Como a astronomia pode contribuir para esse desenvolvimento sustentável? Quais são os contributos da Astronomia para a humanidade nas diferentes áreas – artística, cultural, científica, humana, ambiental, saúde, etc.? Os trabalhos serão exibidos online, nas redes sociais do PLOAD e na sua página. Serão ainda organizadas exposições itinerantes, com uma seleção de trabalhos, nos diferentes países e comunidades lusófonas.
Técnica livre. Tamanho máximo dos trabalhos: A4
Curadoria: PLOAD – Grupo Lusófono de Astronomia para o Desenvolvimento
info https://pload.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Arte_Postal_PLOAD_25_Regulamento_01.pdf | mailartpload@gmail.com

ANGELS

Deadline: 2026-06-31
Submission address: Bandini Fabrizio | Via Viani, 15 | 50142 Firenze | ITALIA
Description:
ENIGMATIC CREATURES, MESSENGERS, GUARDIANS. CREATURES THAT LIVE BETWEEN THE VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, CLOSE TO US?
Curator:
Bandini Fabrizio
info: https://mailangels.blogspot.com/

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