Senders Receive: Making Mail / Sending Art

Episode 15: Senders Receive host Jennie Hinchcliff discusses books about Ray Johnson! In the not-so-distant past, it used to be difficult to find books about correspondence artist Ray Johnson. Most books were either out of print or incredibly expensive. Episode 15 highlights three recent books with Ray Johnson as the subject matter: Siglio Press's 2014 reprint of the Johnson classic The Paper Snake, Matthew Marks Gallery's Ray Johnson, and the recently released exhibition catalog Ray Johnson c/o. ________________________________________________________________   SHOW NOTES: --> documentary: How To Draw A Bunny --> Siglio Press's reprint of The Paper Snake --> Matthew Mark Gallery's Ray Johnson --> Ray Johnson c/o at The Art Institute of Chicago --> Irma Boom: The Book Is Not A .PDF   Resources for seeking out used books:  Add All Book Finder ________________________________________________________________ Follow Senders Receive on Instagram and learn about upcoming episodes: @sendersreceivepodcast   The Senders Receive intro/outro music is titled "Successful"; the musical artist is Keetsa. This track is used as per the artists Creative Commons usage statement, which can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 

  Episode 14: Senders Receive host Jennie Hinchcliff discusses books about mail art! Suggestions from SR listeners resulted in a fantastic list of books to be discussed (now and in future episodes!) For Episode 14 Jennie reviews “The World of Donald Evans” (Wally Eisenhart), “45 Years of Fooling Around With Anna Banana” (Michelle Jacques), and the listener suggested “Hand Illustrated Postal Envelopes” (David Swales). ________________________________________________________________________________________   SHOW NOTES: about: Donald Evans see the exhibition: 45 Years of Fooling Around With Anna Banana Hand Illustrated Postal Envelopes by David Swales   Resources for seeking out used books:  Add All Book Finder ________________________________________________________________________________________ Follow Senders Receive on Instagram and learn about upcoming episodes: @sendersreceivepodcast   The Senders Receive intro/outro music is titled "Successful"; the musical artist is Keetsa. This track is used as per the artists Creative Commons usage statement, which can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/       

Chuck Welch a.k.a. Crackerjack Kid continues the conversation in Part 02 of his Senders Receive interview! Crackerjack has spent the last twelve years archiving and organizing his mail art collection, for inclusion at the Smithsonian Museum's Archives of American Art. He has curated mail art exhibitions for various institutions, most recently the show "Postcards to Brattleboro: 40 Years of Mail Art" at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center in Vermont. For Part 02 of his interview, we discuss what it’s like to open an exhibition on the brink of a pandemic, meeting other mail artists in person, and the effect of the early internet on mail art.  This is Part 02 of a two part interview. ______________________________________________________________________________ SHOW NOTES: --> What Is Mail Art? : an interview with Chuck Welch and mail artist Shmuel (Stewart Copans) : https://youtu.be/vubEgu5bxVg --> Finding Aid to the Jean Brown Papers at the Getty Research Institute: --> Dick Higgins (Something Else Press) writes about intermedia --> upcoming exhibition: Ray Johnson: c/o at The Chicago Art Institute   Follow Crackerjack on Instagram at: @crackerjackkid3 Interested in corresponding with Crackerjack? Send him a DM via IG! _______________________________________________________________________ The Senders Receive intro/outro music is titled "Successful"; the musical artist is Keetsa. This track is used as per the artists Creative Commons usage statement, which can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Is there a postal modern or mail art maven that you'd like to hear more about? An individual that you think should be interviewed by Senders Receive? Send us an email at: sendersreceivepodcast.com! Follow us on Instagram: @sendersreceivepodcast  

Chuck Welch (a.k.a. The Crackerjack Kid) is author of "Eternal Network: A Mail Art Anthology", one of the earliest and best anthologies of mail art thought and writing. His artistamp and mail art works have long circulated throughout the Network; recent artistamp issues cover topics such as BLM, C19, and political protest.  Crackerjack has spent the last twelve years archiving and organizing his mail art collection, for inclusion at the Smithsonian Museum's Archives of American Art. He has curated mail art exhibitions for various institutions, most recently the show "Postcards to Brattleboro: 40 Years of Mail Art" at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center in Vermont. He has been the focus of museum shows, notably "Errors, Fakes, and Oddities" and "Mail Art Archives and Correspondences by Chuck Welch" at the New Hampshire Institute of Art Sharon Arts Gallery, in Manchester, NH.  This is Part 01 of a two part episode. ----more---- SHOW NOTES: Omaha Flow Systems :: Ken Friedman Postcards to Brattleboro: 40 Years of Mail Art Errors, Fakes, and Oddities at the New Hampshire Institute of Art Eternal Network: A Mail Art Anthology (readable .pdf) ----more---- The Senders Receive intro/outro music is titled "Successful"; the musical artist is Keetsa. This track is used as per the artists Creative Commons usage statement, which can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Is there a postal modern or mail art maven that you'd like to hear more about? An individual that you think should be interviewed by Senders Receive? Send us an email at: sendersreceivepodcast.com! Follow us on Instagram: @sendersreceivepodcast

Episode 11: Mitsuko Brooks was born in the Aomori Prefecture of Japan and moved to the United States at an early age. She is a 1.5 generation Shin-Issei Japanese American artist living and working in New York. Her mail art collages, artists books, zines, and assemblages are in special collections and libraries throughout North America, including the Smithsonian's Archive of American Art. Her work often utilizes storytelling or personal narrative while incorporating dense layered visuals or the use of materials others might consider discards.  ______________________________________________________________________________ Show notes:  Follow Mitsuko's adventures on Instagram: @mitsukobrooks and via the web: https://mitsukobrooks.com "Return to Sender" at the Steve Turner Gallery Mitsuko discusses mail art for Printed Matter's 2020 exhibition We Live in Real Time: A Window Exhibition of Mail Art Made During the Pandemic Those baby fawn stamps we talk about! A brief overview of the Gutai Art Association ____________________________________________________________________________ --> The Senders Receive intro/outro music is titled "Successful"; the musical artist is Keetsa. This track is used as per the artists Creative Commons usage statement, which can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ --> Is there a postal modern or mail art maven that you'd like to hear from? An individual you think should be interviewed by Senders Receive? Send an email to sendersreceivepodcast.com and let us know! --> Follow us on Instagram: @sendersreceivepodcast  

Episode 10: Ken Miller's mail art zine "Shouting at the Postman" (started in 1995) was (and is) a labor of love, focusing on personal stories, mail art anecdotes, and the occasional recipe. Currently, Ken (literally) weaves mail art out of photos and creates collages out of memory. Join Senders Receive host Jennie Hinchcliff as she sits down with Ken and gets the lowdown for episode 10! _________________________________________________________________ SHOW NOTES: Visit Ken's website Shouting at the Postman and follow him on IG: @shoutingatthepostman Ken's Beluga Post artistamp project Mail artists mentioned: Ivan Preissler, Eberhard Janke/Edition Janus, Pedrag Popovic, György Galántai/Art Pool Research Center  

Episode 03: Amber Wolf  is a collage artist, artistamp maker, and the current showrunner for the Portland Correspondence Co-op. Amber recently completed a cross country train trip via Amtrak, sending mail art from whistle stops along the way. In this interview, she discusses her first forays into mail art, what she likes about collage, and staying (analog) connected in this digital age. Shownotes: Postal Collage Project On Kawara's "I Got Up" postcard series Portland Correspondence Co-op on FB   Senders Receive intro/outro music is titled "Successful"; the musicial artist is Keetsa. This track is used as per the artist's Creative Commons usage statement, which can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Additional sound editing and engineering was done by Von Span. 

Episode 05: Sally Wassink (a.k.a Wurlitzerworld) is a multi talented collage, mail, and artistamp maker. Sally's work has been shown in various exhibitions, including the Wereldmuseum's 2017 exhibition "Power Mask". Her collage work recently appeared in the pages of Ukrainian Vogue and has been showcased as the primary cover image for the exhibition catalog for the "Power Mask" exhibition.  ______________________________________________________________________________ Show notes:  purchase Sally's artistamp sheet via The Portland Stamp Company --> exhibition (and exhibition catalog): The World Exists to Be Put on a Postcard: Artists Postcards From 1960 to Now author and curator: Jeremy Cooper --> Lenore Tawney: Signs on the Wind / Postcard Collages author: Holland Cotter --> Dada collage artist Hannah Hoch --> exhibition: "Power Mask" at the Wereldmuseum in the Netherlands contemporary mail artists mentioned in this episode: Allan Bealy :: Angelica Paez :: JU13 :: Adam Rousopuolos :: Jeff Wietor :: Vizma Bruns :: Tic Tac :: Keith Chambers/Amalgamated Confusion :: Red Letter Day _____________________________________________________________________________ The Senders Receive intro/outro music is titled "Successful"; the musical artist is Keetsa. This track is used as per the artists Creative Commons usage statement, which can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Additional sound editing and engineering by Von Span. 

Episode 09: Sas Colby is a respected mixed media artist with a history of creating  and sending mail art. She has been making, exhibiting and teaching art  for more than fifty years, and is well known for her nontraditional  artists books. Her artiststamps created through the 80’s and into the 90’s are considered some of the best and earliest examples of the genre. Sas has exhibited widely across the US and Europe, her work is included in archives such as The National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Jean Brown Archive at the Getty Research Institute, and the Oakland Museum of California. ________________________________________________________________________________________ SHOW NOTES:  Follow Sas's adventures on Instagram: @sasu.san and via the web: https://www.sascolby.com Bay Area Women's Legacy Project Judith Hoffberg's Umbrella (online archive of the magazine ____________________________________________________________________________ --> The Senders Receive intro/outro music is titled "Successful"; the musical artist is Keetsa. This track is used as per the artists Creative Commons usage statement, which can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/  --> For updates and upcoming interviews, follow Senders Receive on Instagram:  @sendersreceivepodcast

Episode 08: Barbara Wyeth is a San Francisco artist who has specialized in photography, copier art, and mail art. In the 70's and early 80's, Barbara was a co-owner of the Postcard Palace in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, which provided a cultural community center where people could  stop by, look around, and become inspired.  The Palace's annual mail art exhibitions are legendary, with contributors such as Carioca, Buster Cleveland, Rocola, and Ruby Ray (among many many others.) Barbara shares these stories and more for episode 08. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Show notes:  Follow Barbara's artistic adventures on Instagram: @bediew "Copy Art Had Roots in the Fillmore" -- The New Fillmore (08.31.18) Barbara's essay for the "Immovable Camera" exhibition at Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery at SUNY, Brockport, New York in 2015 The Postcard Palace has a wonderfully active group on Facebook ________________________________________________________________________________________ Upcoming Senders Receive episodes and news can be found on Instagram: @sendersreceivepodcast The Senders Receive intro/outro music is titled "Successful"; the musical artist is Keetsa. This track is used as per the artists Creative Commons usage statement, which can be found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Additional sound editing and engineering by Von Span.