In my latest issue of Eulipion Outpost, I write about Arte Povera. Some aspects of mail art also relate to that art movement. I wrote the following in a previous issue of Eulipion Outpost, but only recently thought of it in terms of Arte Povera: Receiving all this correspondance3 art has been a kind ofContinue reading “Mail Art / Arte Povera”
Author Archives: JV
Faces 6/2/2025
Stamp Print
Stamp-printed postcard art. Ready to go (I think). . .
Word of the Day
Détournement
Is There Money for Artists?
Considering reports of federal funding cuts for humanities programs, I explore what’s available in Pacific Coast #arts #grants and #residencies (U.S.) for #writers and #artists. In the future I’ll also consider mutual aid resources: https://jeanvengua.substack.com/p/is-there-money-for-artists
Dear Sister . . .
Check out my latest Issue #190: A 1953 letter from one sister to another. Also, collaborative and community-based art, Lyla June, Andre 3000, Lisa Angulo Reid, Vida Cruz-Borja, Ursula LeGuin, and more! Intersections of history, art, and culture. #Filipino #AAPI
Postcard art
Original postcard art. Ink and watercolor. I send them as-is, no prints. Hoping they won’t get destroyed in the mail or in weather.
A “Stamp” stamp
I finally bought a stamp pad, so I carved a rough little “stamp” stamp that is basically a frame for whatever I want to draw and put into it. In this case, I tried out some little portraits, a question mark, a rabbit (or kangaroo?) and a mouse deer. The mouse deer has fangs, andContinue reading “A “Stamp” stamp”
Little Changes in a Big-Change World
I finally incorporated my domain in this website, so the URL is more streamlined and I have a few more options. It took several days for this change to “propagate,” as they say. But here it is. Now, after more than a decade of being an on-and-off WordPress user, I’m finally learning how to useContinue reading “Little Changes in a Big-Change World”
Eat the Sun
Ink on watercolor postcard. I’ve switched from using mostly pen to now using a brush, which has really loosened up my line. #mailart
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