Alyonka Mail Art Project

Comix-envelope. One of my last works. Sent to and returned (for the future summer exhibition) by Veronika Smelova

Mail art of Sergey Legotin, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Received today from Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia. Sent by Olga Sorokina, professional artist, one of the members of creative group "SHIrMA".

One more mail artwork by Olga Sorokina, Nizhnekamsk, Russia

One of the last mail arts of mine. Sent to (and kindly returned by) Svetlana Belyaeva. A lot of thanks, Sveta!

The newest mail art by Valery Shimanovsky, Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia

Received yesterday from my friend Igor Krasnov. It is his first Alyonka mail art creation. I hope it won't be the last. Keep going, Igor! Send my best regards to your wife Veronika!

The first mail artwork by Sadzherielle, Ramenskoye (Moscow Region), Russia

Sorrow Sun is a mail artist living in Moscow. This buterfly is the last work of hers I have received for my collection

Postcard created by Dawn Amato, mail artist from Iowa, USA

Envelope of the letter received last week from Valery Shimanovsky, Nizhnekamsk, Russia

This is one of my favourite works. It was sent to Gilfan Dokhin (a school teacher of literature living in Siberia) and was kindly returned by him for the future exhibition.

Three Alyonkas on the envelope sent by Aleksey Klukin, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia

Yesterday I received one more mail art from France. This is a card sent from Limoges by Michel Della Vedova .

Received from Denis Charmot, France

ALYONKA MAIL ART CALL

Artists from around the world are invited to send drawings, paintings, collages, etc., inspired by the image of a little Russian girl Alyonka that since 1966 is being used as a chocolate brand in Russia. Artworks devoted to Alyonka must have stamps and addresses on the front. The purpose of the project is to create a collection of mail artworks ready to be published and exhibited.

Virtual image of Alyonka may be downloaded on the site of French mail-artist Denis Charmot - http://denis.charmot.free.fr. Actual image of Alyonka (on chocolate wrapper) will be sent in reply to your mail art.

The project has no deadline. The conclusion of the first stage of the project will be a mail art exhibition in Yoshkar-Ola Museum of Fine Arts in 2006. Documentation will be sent to all participants. Artworks must be mailed to:

Ivan ZEMTSOV
P.O. Box 28, Yoshkar-Ola
424037, RUSSIA

E-mail: inkpen@mari-el.ru

Visit http://alyonkamailartproject.blogspot.com to view art works created according to Alyonka Project

Visit http://www.newsmari.info/artists to view Ivan Zemtsov's drawings and mail artworks

"Alyonka" chocolate wrapper. You may download this picture to use in you mail artwork.

Alyonka received in September from Oleg Gratzelev, Perm, Russia

Alyonka by Anastasiya Klukina, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia

This is an article about Alyonka Mail Art Project published yesterday in "Arguments&Facts" newspaper. The article is illustrated by mail art works created by Anastasiya Klukina and Oleg Gratzelev

This is one of my latest mail artworks sent to (and kindly returned by) my best friend Igor Krasnov

Front side of mail art "Chokolate Truth" created by Alexander Tupitzin, Russia