calls & archives

6 open_calls

We actively search the internet for open Mail Art calls. Our preference is to promote projects that include a virtal archive, we really appreciate who take their time to upload the received Mail Art. But all ideas are welcome: if you'd like to have your call featured here, please send the details via email to crispiloto@gmail.com
Last update: 01/10/2026

15 virtual archives from past calls

ANGELS

Deadline: 2026-03-31
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/

POSTMODERN

Deadline: 2026-03-31
Theme: Postmodern
Deadline: March 31, 2026
Exhibition Date: May 2026
Exhibition Location: Selçuk University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Konya/TURKEY
Submission Address:
Hikmet ŞAHİN
POMO VI International Mail Art Exhibition
Selçuk University Faculty of Fine Arts
42130, Selçuklu/Konya/TURKEY
Open call file: Attached pdf and Call Poster
Description: When postmodernism emerged as a reaction to modernism's rigid rules, elitism, and understanding of “high art,” artists realized they did not need the white walls of galleries to express themselves...
As we all know, mail art is an artistic—or non-artistic—language that breaks down boundaries and connects people worldwide. We hope this exhibition will bring together many art lovers and open new horizons for our students.
Curator: Hikmet Şahin
info: www.mailartexhibition.org
info: mailartexhibition@gmail.com
Required dimensions: 20x20cm

What is a child? what does a child do?

Deadline: 2026-04-30
Submission address: [ITALY] - Scuola dell'infanzia "Gli Aquiloni" | via Lepanto 35 | 36027 Rosà (VI) | ITALIA
We are a group of preschool teachers in a small Italian town, and we would like to raise awareness in the school community about mail art, understood both as an art form and as a broader form of communication. We would like to collect contributions from artists and non-artists who can tell us what a child means to them. What does the world of childhood evoke? What memories does a child bring to mind?
Curator: Siviero Debora
info: debora.svr@gmail.com

HOW DOES THE ART INSPIRE YOU?

Deadline: 2026-05-31
Submission address: [ITALY] - CRIS PILOTO - CP 18 - CAMPALTO - 30173 - VENEZIA (ITALIA)
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[BRASIL] - JUSSARA VILLASBÔAS DE ANDRADE = R. SÃO CLEMENTE, 249, APTO. 602.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. CEP: 22260-007
Theme: How does the Art inspire you? | Come l'arte ti ispira? | Como a Arte te inspira?
Curator: Inspirarte Postal Collective
info: inspirartepostal.site/artcall

ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS OF YOUR COUNTRY

Deadline: 2026-07-31
Submission address: JUSSARA VILLASBÔAS DE ANDRADE = R. SÃO CLEMENTE, 249, APTO. 602.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. CEP: 22260-007
Free size and technique
Curator: Jussara Viallasboas de Andrade
[open] - MANIFESTAÇÕES ARTÍSTICAS DO SEU PAÍS

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Deadline: 2026-08-30
Submission address: [ITALY] - Mail Art Call Novecento - Ufficio Curatoriale - via Giovanni Pascoli, 9 - 30171 Venezia Mestre
Theme: NOVECENTO - Un secolo da raccontare |The Twentieth Century
Curator: La Collettivah: Chiara Bertoncello, Cris Piloto, Elisa Rioda, Giuliana Ceretta, Silvia Gervasoni e Rita Stevanato.
info: [open] - NOVECENTO - The Twentieth Century | collettivospaziomah@gmail.com