Rosa Gravino's VISPO

Rosa Gravino has been hosting a  mail art exhibition in Argentina http://rosagravino.blogspot.com.ar/2013/12/inauguracion.html
I wasn't even aware of the event… sometimes I sign up that I am 'attending' a mail art call and then I miss the deadline, but this time I wsn't even aware of it.  So when I saw Rosa's photos I was doubly sad.  I have always been a big fan of Rosa's work, and we've exhanged a bit.  When I went through my mail art, considering who to include in my Colour of Mail art book for Cheryl's Encyclopedia of Everything, Rosa's work in Cheryl's Zine was so exciting that I had to have her in my book as an inspiring mail artist.  (There were at least two handfuls of people I wanted to include because they too had inspired me, but alas…) Anyway, I sent Rosa a book and I guess it coincided with her show and I think I was included at the twelfth hour.

Fabulous to have some more VISPO from Rosa! I will attach a few stamps and send the add and pass onto others, soon.

Cheryl Penn's curatorial genius

Cheryl Penn's cover: Mail Art Makes the World a Town Edition IX

John Bennett, Rosa Gravino

Andrew Maximillian Niss,  C. Mehrl Bennett, John Bennett

Rebecca Guyver, Lesley Magwood Fraser

Torill Elisabeth Larsen, Uli Grohmann

This zine has been a long time coming for me… I sent images to Cheryl more than a year ago and they must have circled the globe for a long time before returning to me and then being reposted to Cheryl.  I didn't even dare open the package as I suspected the imagery would be stale and I would bin the lot.

One of the things about Cheryl is that she makes you feel as if you belong.  I suspect she is a very good teacher, empowering her students to believe.  And belonging in this group, in this zine, in this network, matters. 

I've pulled out a few spreads for your delight so we can smile and nod approvingly at the way Cheryl has paired work, adding to the story.

Cheryl's note said 'send again'.  Of course I will. 

Posters from Cheryl and RCBz arrive!

Last summer when I returned from Cranberry Island I had a request from RCBz to participate in an international poster collaboration for Cheryl's Mail Art Makes The World a Town exhibit in Durban.  Wow.  I was so exited to be part of THAT. 

The posters I was altering had been arranged by RCBz and featured a Marie Wintzer image! I sent two altered posters back to Cheryl (top) and then I got one back that TICTAC had altered.  I have never had a TICTAC stamp before, and love them.  Cheryl's folded note had more words but to be honest I was so tired from scanning that I decided that the two I've included would do!

In case you haven't seen Marie's latest MinXus publication you can find more of her work here: http://minxuslynxus2.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/minxus-lynxus-publishes-empress-maries-marie-wintzers-a-linea-circle-visual-poetry-collection