Studio Place Arts is having three art openings on each of its floors this Friday, April 27th in Barre Vermont. One of the floors will be devoted to items that have been shipped through the post, thereby transforming themselves into mail art.
Gabrielle Dietzel and Delia Robinson have been sending mail art for decades. When they were neighbors, they sent each other strange things in the mail which they never spoke of: dog toys, children’s shoes, a french press lid.
The trick is to mail the object WITHOUT an envelope or box. It only becomes “art” if it travels through the post without protective covering. But be careful!! Once you begin the rebellious and thrilling act of mailing flip flops, chess games, birds’ nests and half eaten muffins, it can become both addictive and competitive!
The Mail Art Show opening thisFriday at SPA will include many objects that Delia and Gabrielle have sent to each other as well as many items mailed from all over the world.
Lovely tunes by Colin Clary and the Magogs, The Shape of this Town and Hearts with Little Strings from “Her Life of Crime.”
This article appears in Apr 25 – May 1, 2007.
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