Small Museums Association: Little and Lively

GOOP goes to VEGAS & GRAND CANYONS

2011-06-23T13:07:00.003+01:00

GOOP GALLERY never sleeps especially while in Las Vegas. We packed our nickels and our MAIL ART and headed for the land of 24/7. The drinks are free, the people are friendly and nobody bugs you. Then it was off to Arizona to see the Grand Canyons. The splendor of the Canyons was no match for our MAIL ART. Come visit us at GOOP to see our traveling MAIL ART collection!

ARCHETYPOLOGY ::: CANADA À JOLIETTE (QUÉBEC) JULY 3-28

2011-06-15T13:59:00.002+01:00

IF YOU'RE IN THE MONTREAL AREA PLEASE DROP BY.
CONTACT ME FOR INFO AT:
centre_artistes_rawdon@yahoo.ca

Have a beautiful summer !

Chantal

New Show at MOOP

2011-06-06T14:54:00.002+01:00

Mail Art 365

now until October, MOOP Toronto

50 souls trying to create a piece of mail art a day for a year.

GOOP TRAVELS to: Ottawa, Smith Falls, Belleville, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Trois Riviere, Quebec City, Riviere du Loup, Edmunston, Fredericton...

2011-05-20T20:01:00.003+01:00

CURATORS PETER EVANCHUCK & HELENE LACELLE on the move with GOOP (Gallery of Ornamental Posts) Gallery world Mail Art

howdy ya'll,

More rain on this tourDAtour of MAILart - we curate a small MAILart gallery called GOOP - basically we receive/send small postcard sizes of art around the world and receive art back and exhibit that art thru our small gallery - GOOP Gallery - during the year we go on a few tourDAtours showing the art in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways NOT in conventional gallery ways - we show in coffee chops, donut shops, laundromats, fishmarkets, outside in doorways, parks, etc... lots of fun - now we're on a two week tourDAtour from Ontario to Newfoundland doing our curating of MAIL ART.

so far on this 'tourDAtour' we've shown in Ottawa, Smith Falls, Belleville, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Trois Riviere, Quebec City, Riviere du Loup, Edmunston, Woodstock, on our way to Newfoundland having fun. (this Saturday GOOP will be at the Boyce Market and at the Mazerolle Gallery on Queen St. in F'ton from 11-one p.m. come on down!!)

GOOP shows and shows - curators Evanchuck & Lacelle on the move with art

2011-05-03T17:10:00.002+01:00

howdy ya'll , we're showing the GOOP world mail art around Canada - showing now in Ottawa at Timothy's cafe on |Laurier - then showing in Montreal at Soba's on SHerbrooke - reception generally is reasonably good not great but ok... converting a few good people to the free art for art idea
make art have fun!!

awfully awesome GOOP mail art curators Evanchuck & Lacelle

2011-03-29T03:43:00.002+01:00

Curators Peter Evanchuck & Helene Lacelle

2011-03-01T18:45:00.002Z

sorry for delays but cancer was callling so to speak - ongoing testing since I'm living with cancer curbed our natural enthusiasm for doing more and talking less - the tests have come out ok and so we're back at it - hibernation is over like winter ... more to come stay tuned to GOOP - ur friendly place of world art !!

Peter Evanchuck & Helene Lacelle, curators & creative folks

GOOP curators Evanchuck & Lacelle hibernating

2011-02-27T02:52:00.002Z

Hello all GOOP-ites, we curators of GOOP have been hibernating for a bit getting ready to return to reality of the big wide world.... see u very soon with new shows

Mail Art Cookbook 2011

2011-01-07T21:04:00.001Z

Due to the interesting response of our 2010 Mail Art Cookbook and Mail Art show, the project is coming back in the fall of 2011.
This time the theme is Holidays. Send any or all responses / recipes to;

Museum of Ornamental Post
Mail Art Cookbook
457 Craven Road
Toronto ON
Canada M4L 2Z5

Email recipes will also be accepted this year at museumofornamentalpost@hotmail.com
A pdf copy of last year's cookbook is also available free from museumofornamentalpost@hotmail.com

Happy creating,
Dewi

Canadian Mail Art Memory Box

2010-12-02T15:48:00.001Z

Canadian Mail Art Memory Box with contributions from Dale Roberts, Lorraine Kwan, Marie-Claude Leclerc and Dewi. Contributions welcome, on the theme of Canadian Memories. Deadline January 1st. Canadian Mail Art Memory Box c/o MOoP 457 Craven Rd, Toronto ON Canada M4L 2Z5

GOOP show curators Peter Evanchuck Helene Lacelle host a MAIL ART mini event this weekend

2010-09-22T13:06:00.002+01:00

HOWDY YA'LL MAIL ART OR WANNA BE MAIL ART CREATIVE FOLKS why not come out this weekend to Timothy's Cafe on Laurier in Sunny SanDY Hillock on Sunday from ONE to TWO in early afternoon to pick up info on how to participate in this World Art Community EVENT - all welcome contact Peter or Helene at BOOKSHANDMADE@yahoo.ca for more info

MOBA now on Facebook

2010-09-13T21:01:00.001+01:00

...and posting some of the Masterworks from their collection

http://www.museumofbadart.org/
for more details

artist Helene Lacelle shows in the East Coast

2010-09-05T19:18:00.002+01:00

yes here she is again live and lively with her art blocks and lively small art pieces both original and prints - this time, hold on to ur lasagna, she's moving east - u heard the slogan 'Go East Young Man Go East' (actually west but what the hell the west if finished) well that's changed from 'Young Man' to 'Mature Woman' - so Helene Lacelle opened at the Tree Cafe gallery in F'ton as the locals call Fredericton for all to come and peek and pay for some lively, original and new art! COME ON DOWN boys and girls!!!!

GOOP GOES EAST curators LACELLE & EVANCHUCK

2010-08-27T21:19:00.002+01:00

YES INDEED GOOP is going east preperations are being made to host Mail Art Shows here in Ottawa and show GOOP galleries stuff in other galleries in the near and far east i.e. the Maritimes - keep posted we should have something very soon indeed

Prof. Peter Evanchuck - Writer's Gathering resumes

2010-08-17T23:58:00.003+01:00

Yep free and clever that's this WRITER'S GATHERING where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the ideas are free and flying to help u progress in ur lovely writings. Bring ur 'work in progress' and well help u progress to the end of ur first novel, story or script - we're all smart, clever and helpful so contact me for further details: Prof Peter Evanchuck - bookshandmade@yahoo.ca

GOOP show curators Peter Evanchuck & H. Lacelle at Strathcona Park, Ottawa

2010-08-08T20:23:00.004+01:00

Hi Ho folks and thanks for the turnout as Peter Evanchuck and Helene Lacelle hosted and curated the latest GOOP small gallery's 5th outdoor show - all those who stopped by and picked up the info to participate were welcomed with an array of international art from sea to sea to all the sees and all those eyes who see fun art saw it here - Evanchuck and Lacelle hope all will participate in the earth community of artists... great fun for one and all

MAIL ART SHOW - CURATORS PETER EVANCHUCK HELENE LACELLE

2010-08-07T12:10:00.003+01:00

HELLO, all u unique art lovers come on down today to Strathcona Park along the Rideau RIver and view some clever MAIL ART - art from around our world passed from artist to artist FREE - this is a FREE EXCHANGE of small postcard art on an international scale - curators Peter Evanchuck and Helene Lacelle will be on hand from 10-5p.m. to answer ur questions and offer u means of joinging this international community of artists. a GOOP GALLERY presentation

NEW MAIL art exhibit coming up Lacelle & Evanchuck

2010-07-24T01:46:00.002+01:00

Curators Helene Lacelle and Peter Evanchuck announce another of their popular MAIL ART exhibitions in Ottawa on the weekend of August 7th in Windsor Park by the Rideau River in Ottawa South... all welcome

Mail Art Recipe Call ...

2010-04-24T15:34:00.001+01:00

The Museum of Ornamental Post East Gallery and Cafe is putting out the call for your recipes ... be they for pies, desserts, poetry, mail art or disaster ... or you can just send us your best food p0rn...

Exhibit to run from September 1st to October 1st
( with the possibility of a run at CAR in Rawdon Quebec )

The best recipes of the show will be assembled into a Mail Art cookbook for all participants.

Gallery opening / Wine and Spicy Chocolate Social will be Sunday September 13th at 15:00 in the East Gallery Cafe. (Sorry S, I know )

Admission is free (restricted to 18+) but contributions to the wine and chocolate stash are always welcome.

Send your entries to the Museum of Ornamental Post
457 Craven Road
Toronto, ON
Canada
M4L 2Z5

The Museum of Ornamental Post is a member of Sma:LL, the Small Museum Association: Little and Lively.

For more information email us at museumofornamentalpost@hotmail.com

CAR, MAILART ET LA QUINZAINE DU LIVRE DE LANAUDIÈRE

2010-04-19T02:02:00.002+01:00

More pics from CAR's 2010 mailart show at
http://car-mailart.blogspot.com

Works from: Sherri Ayers, Kurt Beaulieu, Angela Behrendt,Lancilotto Bellini, Cascadia Artpost, Jean Luc Cavellec, Denis Charmot, Geneviève Chaussé, RF Côté, Circulaire 132, Aliette Couette, Carla Cryptic, Kiki Desvaux,Jean Pierre Desvignes, Dewi, Peter Dowker, Rudd Janssen, Kim Jung Youn,David Koepp, Lorraine Kwan, Hélène Lagache, Chantal Laurin, Sébastien Lefebvre,Jim Leftwich, Henry Lucas,Jennlui, Medwolf, Pascal Minart, Samuel Montalvetti, Pascal Pithois,Québec Mailart 2009,The Shoping Trolley, Wolfgang Skodd,Judith Skolnick, Xtina Solano,Giovanni Strada, Ed Vossen and Ivan Zemtsov.

MAILART AND LA QUINZAINE DU LIVRE DE LANAUDIÈRE

2010-04-03T14:25:00.003+01:00

LANAUDIERE is a region located an hour north of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Every year the literary association presents an event to introduce the local writers and other artists of the word and communication.

This year, CAR is introducing mailart to this event by offering its 3rd mailart show. All received mailart of the past year and from the other two shows will be shown during this event. Also, I will be introducing Circulaire 132, a Quebec-City based mailart zine edited monthly made by RF Côté.

The show will be held from April 16th to the 30th at the Boutique Rue des Beaux Arts in Joliette, Qc.

More info on Circulaire 132 at http://circulaire132.blogspot.com/
More info on Rue des Beaux Arts at www.ruedesbeauxarts.com
and of course, more info with me !

Happy Spring to all !!

GOOP show curators Peter Evanchuck Helene Lacelle at starbucks on bank at sunnyside

2010-03-31T12:08:00.002+01:00

Hello artists/creative types, why not go down to Starbucks on Bank at Sunnyside and check out the GOOP gallery mail art display - there's flyers free for the taking to show u how to participate in this world community event of international MAIL ART - artists from across the globe exchanging with other artists bridging cultures, races, religions - check it out!!!

New Mail Art Show

2010-02-06T20:43:00.001Z

"The MOOP and Labspace Studio present;

SPRING Mail Art Show
in concert with Hot Soup

Theme; Spring Colour

All works to be displayed in March at the Museum and then a one night gallery show at Hot Soup http://www.labspacestudio.com/ April 1st in Toronto.

Hot Soup is a monthly series serving up some of the city's finest innovators in sound and performance in jazz, experimental sound, contemporary dance and theatre.

Mail your entry to;

Museum of Ornamental Post
457 Craven Road
Toronto, ON
Canada M4L 2Z5

Deadline March 31st, 2010.

Book works welcome for the MOOP artists library and send us your mail art calls, the show will also have a list of suggestions for those interested in taking up mail art.

Documentation to all participants with return address."

HELENE LACELLE aka NEON MATISSE mail & art show

2010-02-05T19:08:00.002Z

come on down to Starbucks, 1124 BANK street from Now to March - a tiny MAIL ART show of international mail art with details of how to participate in this international art - also, for ur viewing pleasure HELENE LACELLE aka NEON MATISSE has a tiny exhibit of her amazing collectione of LADIES of the DAY & NIGHT with animals... a sight for ur eyeballs.. come on down!

HELENE LACELLE @ THE GREEN DOOR

2010-01-07T19:15:00.003Z

HELENE LACELLE aka NEON MATTISSE invites all to her new art opening at the GREEN DOOR, 198 Main Street from 07Jan. to 06Feb. Also LACELLE will host/show a community MAIL ART exhibit with information how all artists can participate in this modern international 'art movement.

HELENE LACELLE is not only a recognized artist but also an actor/co-producer of several feature films and host/originator of the ONE&ONLY art FAIR which held it's 3rd annual fair last November at the Sandy Hill Comm. Centre. As well, she has illustrated several books and is the co-creator of the on-line publishing 'empire' bookshandmade.com

MMX !

2010-01-01T17:10:00.000Z

CHEERS FROM CAR !

New Show at the MOOP

2009-11-18T03:02:00.001Z

The main gallery of the Museum of Ornamental Post is proud to host the Toronto leg of the Goddess Mail Art show. New works by Chantal Laurin ( curator and fellow SMALL member who runs the CAR, Canada ), Helene Lagache (France), Ivana Rezek (Croatia), Servane Morel(Belgium), Genevieve Chausse (Canada) and Alietee Couette (France).

moopnews.blogspot.com

Not a member ...

2009-10-07T19:21:00.001+01:00

... but definitely one of our kindred spirits ... I have heard from many a poet and self publisher that this Ottawa poet has an amazing library.

.... reprinted with permission of the author.

Sorry for the mass email all, Ottawa poet and small press collector John Curry is in a bit of trouble and making an interesting offer. also check out his 1 cent series.

Cheers,
David

Help Save Room 302 Books

john curry, certainly a world class poet living in our community, is
presently facing almost certain eviction.

Stephen Brockwell alerted me of this precarious situation, by phone, and
asked if I would get the word out, most recently at the TREE Reading
Series on September 22, where we were able to scare up enough to cover one
of his 5 months owed rent & save his telephone service.

curry's been in constant production of his own and hundreds of others work
since 1979. hes mainly ineligible for grants. His bookstore is mainly an
unused resource. His archive documenting the growth of avant-garde writing
in Canada is one of the key collections in the country. Nicky Drumbolis
has said: curry and his work are the best-kept secret in Canada.

Since time is of the essence, if curry's to avoid eviction, there are a few
ways you can help:

Start to use his goddamn store!

Room 302 Books is the only bookstore in Canada ever to focus
specifically on the avant-garde and overlooked outsiders, specializing in
concrete/visual/sound poetries (mainly Canadian) with a stock of over
20,000 mainly rare titles, including elusive ephemera, and probably the
only source of most of jwcurry's various imprints and titles (which number
in the thousands). curry's current lists finally focus on his own work as
artist & publisher, virtually the first time everything thats (still)
available has been made commonly available. You can purchase bookstore
IOUs (or set up an account) today in any amount for those who'd like to do
that.

Subscribe to Curvd H&z, curry's serial imprint. donor subscriptions
(please indicate) of $100 or more get « the stash in a sampling of available
titles from various of his imprints immediately, the remaining « put on
account for forthcoming titles.

Donate outright.

I would like to encourage you to donate something so as to keep this
excellent bookstore, publisher, archive and artist alive, and at the same
time help prevent curry's eviction from his apartment. For those who'd like
to purchase bookstore IOUs, Id ask you to write (#302-880 Somerset Street
West, Ottawa Canada K1R 6R7) or call him at (613) 233 0417. Please
contribute as you can.

Roland Prevost (with collusions with curry)

MAIL ART exhibit at LANTERNA PATIO shifted to 20thSept

2009-09-11T12:43:00.005+01:00

Howdy MAIL ART likers, lovers and haters: illness in the family has caused a shift in our next MAIL ART show and EXHIBIT at the LANTERNA PATIO GALLERY from this SUNDAY to next SUNDAY the 20thSept - all welcome to come to the LANTERNA gallery SUNDAY from 3-6p.m. and feast on the beautiful MAIL ART show and info session - ALL WELCOME to this new, total planet involvement of the world's great MAIL ART ARTISTS and ur opportunity to BECOME ONE with them!! COME ON DOWN!! 19 Hurdman Road in Sunny Sandy Hill, Ottawa, Canada

GOOP goes on the LanternaGallery

2009-09-07T00:23:00.002+01:00

ALL WELCOME TO CHECK OUT GOOP'S MAIL ART on the LanternaGALLERY back room patio - dates to be announced soon probably next weekend - just got a new batch of mail art from around the world into GOOP Gallery so want to show it off - really nice stuff, amazing free art connections for all to participate in this world community event... join the MAIL ARt world

GOOP ON THE GO!

2009-08-02T01:12:00.004+01:00

GOOP Gallery is showing it's latest installment at Timothy's Cafe/Gallery, 234 Laurier St. East in Ottawa. Come on down and see your favorite Mail-Artists! Show runs until the end of August.
Tell your friends. The Prime Minister said he's drop by.

CANADIAN MAIL ARTISTS LINK UP

2009-06-03T22:35:00.003+01:00

It is Mailart's spirit to correspond through the mail and until recently via internet so very few artists get the opportunity to meet each other "live".

I have had the chance to meet RF CÔTÉ, STEVEN RENALD and DEWI in the past year. It is always a thrill to meet the person behind the Mail Art. Next week I will be meeting PETER DOWKER in his Flip Flop shop. This promises to be very interesting !

Also planned for this summer, a meeting with LORRAINE KWAN and HÉLÈNE LACELLE at her Gallery of Ornamental Post (GOOP) in Ottawa, Ontario.

Chantal Laurin
CAR- CENTRE D'ARTISTES DE RAWDON/ RAWDON ARTISTS CENTER

Our first SMALL Collaboration ...

2009-05-12T04:00:00.002+01:00

CAR and MOOP are happy to announce their first joint show at the MOOP ...

Destination: Toronto. Le 7 mai sera le premier départ du CAR vers la galerie MOOP. L'exposition de photographies de JEAN LUC CAVELLEC y sera présentée tout le mois de mai pour le festival Contact.

Destination: Toronto. May 7th will be CAR's first trip and it will be heading to the MOOP Gallery. JEAN LUC CAVELLEC's photography exhibit will be shown throughout the month of May to honour Toronto's photography festival Contact.

A Day at the SPA

2009-05-04T23:37:00.005+01:00

LIMBO WITH ME BUDDHA
Wonderful artwork from around the world is pouring into GOOP. Merci a tout le monde!
This wonderful card is by Roxanne Clark.

Did you know ...

2009-04-27T17:15:00.002+01:00

Many of our members offer catalogs of their collections ...

The Museum of Bad Art has published 2 books based on their collection including their latest Masterworks ... http://www.museumofbadart.org/

The Museum of Temporary Art has a big collection of catalogs of small things http://www.museum-of-temporary-art.com/thecatalogues.html

and the Main Street Museum which uses wiki technology to show their exhibits online .. http://www.mainstreetmuseum.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

The Main Street Museum ...

2009-04-27T17:12:00.001+01:00

From the Museum website located in White River Junction, VT http://www.mainstreetmuseum.org/

The Museum forges links and reflects meanings from object to object, from object to viewer, and from the viewer back to the object again.

Assigning values to artifacts is increasingly difficult in the environment of most major collecting institutions. The neutrality of theoretical systems utilized by any museum is currently being called into question. As a small independent repository the Main Street Museum has the flexibility—indeed the mandate—to examine the layered and ever changing meanings of objects and their relationships to their surroundings. As the uses for objects are more or less continuously in flux, we analyze these uses through traditional disciplines (art historical, scientific and qualitative methods), but also through psychological analysis as well. Our emotional relationship with objects is formed abstrusely. Therefore the meaning of objects is unlocked only through similar cryptic means.

We accession items based on the sustained interest that has been shown them and the attentiveness they demonstrate towards us. Perhaps the only true meaning in objects lies in the questions we ask them and in the questions each one of them asks of us.

CAR is flying to MOOP

2009-04-18T18:13:00.003+01:00

On May 7th, CAR is taking JEAN LUC CAVELLEC's photo exhibit of the Brittany coast of France to MOOP in Toronto.

This will be the first collaboration, and hopefully not the last, of the two SMALL members.

The exhibit will be held for the month of May.

It would be nice if others would join and create an exhibition circuit.

CAR EXPRESS

2009-03-30T00:02:00.002+01:00

Hello SMALL members...i'd like to give some news from CAR. As we all know this association gathers together small, independant creative ventures that are not fixed in time or space.

Here is a good example of how CAR moves...when i started this thing i wanted CAR to move and go places and it's exactly what is happening ! First year i went from Town Hall to basement of a hidden B&B to basement of an multicutural art association...then 2nd year i went in the basement of the Beach House...then 3rd year i was granted a wonderful classroom from a 1950's school but...last week was told to move my jewelry exhibit somewhere else because they are undergoing renovations...now, mind you, Rawdon is not the type of town that overflows with CAR Parking Spaces but I did find one...on the terrasse of the restaurant LA LANTERNE...direct on the main street...they have a huge terrasse that can be covered in case the weather doesn't co-operate and a heating system...and loads of customers...so CAR will park its last exhibit of the 2008-2009 season outside and in front of everyone.

The ride continues !

New artwork from ...

2009-03-29T19:36:00.003+01:00

... Matthew Murray, who is the focus of an all Canadian Mail art Show at the Museum of Ornamental Post right now http://moopnews.blogspot.com/
All our shows are organic, ever growing, changing, moving... so come by for a visit.

JEAN LUC CAVELLEC IN CANADA

2009-03-29T18:20:00.005+01:00

...From March 27 to May 2nd, JEAN LUC CAVELLEC will be exhibiting his photos at the CAFÉ DES ARTISTES in Rawdon, Quebec, Canada. The exhibit will be display over 50 photos of the Atlantic Coast in the Brittany (Bretagne) region of France.

Mailart summer 09

2009-03-29T18:10:00.002+01:00

okay...here's the english version !!!

Chantal Laurin (RAWDON ARTISTS CENTER) is organizing a 2nd Mail Art Call.

It will be held during the Rawdon Intercultural Festival on August 14-15-16 and the theme will be, of course, "The Festival."

What does Festival mean to you ?

Painting, drawing, collage, visual poetry, 2D or 3D
No jury/no sales/no returns

Documentation on http://car-mailart.blogspot.com

All Festival entries must be sent to:

CAR ( Chantal Laurin )
5114 Dolores
Rawdon (Quebec)
Canada
J0K 1S0

thank you Dewi for posting the french one !!!

Call for Art- CENTRE D'ARTISTES DE RAWDON

2009-03-29T15:18:00.000+01:00

APPEL D'ART POSTAL ÉTÉ 2009

Le Centre d'Artistes de Rawdon organise une exposition d'art postal en août 2009.

L'exposition sera présentée lors du Festival Interculturel de Rawdon les 14-15-16 août et le thème est LE FESTIVAL.

Envoyez vos oeuvres du FESTIVAL à l'adresse suivante:

CAR
5114 DOLORES
RAWDON (QC)
J0K 1S0

Format carte postale, grandeur à votre choix.
Tout médiums accepté.
Aucun retour, pas de prix, pas de jury.
Date limite: 1er août 2009.
Documentation: un blog sera accessible à tous.
Remerciements à ceux qui laissent leurs coordonnés, postaux ou email.

The Shopping Trolley Gallery

2009-03-29T15:03:00.003+01:00

Although not a member of SMALL (yet ;-) the Shopping Trolley Gallery had it's last hurrah recently by finishing up at the Tate Museum of London and offering up a little inspiration to us as well. No word yet if there will be a New Shopping Trolley Gallery. This card has been sent out to the participants of the last show and is juicy enough to share. More can be seen at www.mailmartha.org.uk

( I just heard from Martha that the Gallery is not finished ... only resting as all of the great mail artists do )

small logo thoughts

2009-03-20T19:32:00.004Z

Before posting anything MoTA-related (which I should, I know...) I think about the future logo for this great small association.

The image is just a first sketch and may inspire others to do it properly.

Also, I like the following from of writing: sma:l&l

Comments welcome.

And there will be 4 new entries to the Museum of Temporary Art hopefully after this weekend.

Benjamin

Membership in S.M.A.L.L.

2009-03-18T22:10:00.002Z

We would like to announce and proudly promote our ten founding members of the Small Museum Association: Little and Lively;

Feel free to visit them either virtually or in person and contribute to their ongoing projects.

If you are interested in joining our Association please contact one of our members or myself; Dewi dewi.arts@hotmail.com for more information. Membership is free and all we ask is that you publish links to this site and members.

Call for mail art ...

2009-03-18T22:09:00.001Z

Call for Art, Ongoing Show ... at the MOOP

Museum of Ornamental Post Salon / Mail Art Show

To fight the doledrums of the Canadian winter and bring artists together for a little winter cheer we are holding a salon/mail art show. Please include info for your work, if you are interested in receiving work back, your website and whatever else you would like to promote. We would like to expose people to as much art as possible.

And if you will be in the neighbourhood, you are always welcome to drop by.

dewi
Curator,
Museum of Ornamental Post
Member of S.M.A.L.L.

Theme is open.

send work to:
Museum of Ornamental Post
457 Craven
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M4L 2Z5

http://moopnews.blogspot.com/

Museum Profile ... The Museum of Bad Art

2009-03-17T16:19:00.004Z

... to which yours truly (Dewi) is a contributor ... and their second book proudly sits in the MOOP's library.

The Museum of Bad Art was founded in 1994 in my brother's basement. Our mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and celebrate the worst of art. http://www.museumofbadart.org/We now have two galleries, in the basement of vintage movie theaters. Our collection is about 500 pieces, but we have enough exhibit space for only 50-60 pieces at a time. We always include our interpretative narrative when we exhibit a piece. We published a second book this year, "Museum of Bad Art: Masterworks." There is no paid staff. The Curator-in-Chief and I keep things running, with help from a constantly changing cast of volunteers. We never dreamed that MOBA would stilll be going strong 15 years later.

Louise Reilly SaccoPermanent Acting Interim Executive DirectorMuseum of Bad Arthttp://www.museumofbadart.org/

Museum Profile: The Museum of Temporary Art

2009-03-12T22:15:00.001Z

The Museum
The museum itself is located in my home. It is about 40x50 cm big and has 33 compartments.
This website is a representation of what is currently in the museum, i.e. the compartments.

The Idea
Most of the objects in the museum are linked to a memory or anecdote which increases their
actual value far beyond the materialistic one. The museum is a chance to give such seemingly
meaningless objects the platform they deserve. They are Temporary Art.

The Contributors
Anyone, who is able to see beyond the surface and is willing to part with such an invaluable
item and its story. For details see http://www.museum-of-temporary-art.com

Photos from The Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada's Cold Comfort Show

2009-03-08T23:12:00.001Z

Great show Sarah!

GOOP send us your MAIL!

2009-03-08T14:25:00.004Z

Goop Gallery (gallery of ornamental post) just opened in the ancient Tuscan spa above our mini-ballroom. Calling all artists who wish to have their MAIL ART displayed. Your postcard or maybe your sweet watercolor will hang alongside tiled floors + mosaicked walls once populated by Roman philosophers + crackpots. Our collection includes work by Michel Della Vedova, Dewi, Jelene Morris, Happy -go- Lucky and David Berube. Send your mail here: GOOP GALLERY, 19 Hurdman rd, Ottawa Ontario, Canada, K1N 8N7

CAR is going on a musical ride...

2009-03-07T18:37:00.002Z

PAUL RAMSAY (OPEN FLUXUS) contacted CAR not too long ago about a musical project that he is doing. I made him listen to a few reggae beats that my late-husband created and he included some excerpts into his project. It is a work-in-progress. Paul is still collecting sounds for his project. For more information clik:

http://www.chameleonlectra.co.uk/Consemble-E.html

CAR and WRB musique.

Show Opening ... The Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada

2009-03-07T15:19:00.002Z

February 18, 2009

For Immediate Release:

Cold Comfort: Winter Portraits at The Montrose Portrait Gallery

The Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada presents a show of hot art in a cold space at our not-at-all winterized gallerage, opening Saturday, March 6^, at 4 p.m. (Blizzard date, March 13)

Twenty-odd artists, including Rob Elliot, Noah Kalina, Danielle Meder, Jennifer Wigmore and Mendleson Joe, are featured in this frigid blast of warm visage. Chill alongside fellow patrons at our opening or book an appointment (no cold calling; we need time to get the space heater going!) by emailing Montrose@theportraitgallery.ca. Appointments accepted until April 30^th.

The Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada was established in jovial protest in 2007. Frustrated with the government’s continued inaction on the state of our National Portrait Gallery, The MPOG continues to offer a cheap and cheeky alternative.

Submissions always welcome: Bring your portrait, or contact us for mailing instructions.

For more information, please:

Email Montrose@theportraitgallery.ca

And visit our website at ThePortraitGallery.ca

JEAN LUC CAVELLEC IN CANADA

2009-03-03T01:20:00.005Z

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JEAN LUC CAVELLEC IS A TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHER AND PAINTER FROM BRITTANY, FRANCE.

JEAN LUC'S photos were 1st shown during CAR's 3rd photography show on February 21 and 22. We worked together through email and snailmail.He send me 55 photographs and i took care of the framing and the presentation. All in all, this show didn't cost much and we proved that it is possible to present something of good quality with not much money. Next, Jean Luc will exhibit in a local coffee show here in Rawdon for the whole month of April then move on to Toronto by Dewi's MOOP for a few weeks in May ...after that, we shall see...

I'm in the process of planning my 2009-2010 season season.It is starting with a Mail Art call on AUgust 14-15-16 on the theme of Festival. It will be held during Rawdon's Intercultural Festival. Then, September 6 and 7 will be the 5th edition of the Painting exhibit...this is a good one...a small show but the artists sell so that makes me happy, of course.This show is open to everyone who will assume their postal fees...in this regard, SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL !

Give thanks !

Chantal Laurin
CAR

Paper Planes & Birds

2009-03-02T18:55:00.003Z

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Paper Planes & Birds.
An annexe to the Wheelie Bin Gallery is the artexed ceiling of my workroom which needs covering with paper birds, planes and all manner of flying things.
Find details of how to participate by going to the appropriate blog HERE.