Post Post?:
A Mail Art Exhibition
As debates about the Postal Service have become front-page news in the context of COVID-19 social distancing protocols and the upcoming election, this mail art exhibition sought contributions that visualized the meaning of the USPS to its diverse patrons. Originally exhibited virtually on the Bolivar Art Gallery’s website in late 2020, this exhibition was co-curated by Miriam Kienle, Sydney Mullins, Bailey O’Leary, Magenta Palo, and Josh Porter of the University of Kentucky. The original open call is listed below the gallery images.
Below are some Selected Images
from the virtual Exhibition
Original Open Call For Submissions
Is the USPS still a vital service? Some claim it should be defunded, reorganized, or relegated to the dustbin of history. And yet so many others rely on the postal system to get essential medications, submit legal documents, send cards to loved ones, make art, and perhaps most pertiently, vote in elections. The post means many different things to different people. What does it mean to you?
Send mail art for the POST POST? project to:
Bolivar Art Gallery
Attn: Class ART 504 / Prof. Kienle
236 Bolivar Street
Lexington, KY 40506
All submissions will be included in an online exhibit at University of Kentucky’s Bolivar Art Gallery. Upon conclusion of the exhibition the archive will be donated to the Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library at the University of Kentucky. Submit by November 2020 to be included in the online exhibition. This exhibition is organized by University of Kentucky’s MFA Curatorial Studies Students. For more information: www.bolivarartgallery.com/post-post