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X-WR-CALNAME:UMVA Gallery at PMC Offers February  Mail Art Cards On-Line
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SUMMARY:UMVA Gallery at PMC Offers February  Mail Art Cards On-Line Fund
 raising Auction
DESCRIPTION:Portland\, ME - Like most other things in 2021\, the auction
  of Mail Art Cards\, received by the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA
 ) Portland Gallery inside the Portland Media Center\, 516 Congress St. i
 n Portland\, was delayed in both December and January\, because of Covid
  issues. But beginning on Thursday\, February 17\, 2022 at 12:00 PM and 
 continuing to Tuesday\, February 22\, 2022 12:00 PM (EST) UMVA will be o
 ffering an on-line auction of the cards from not only Maine artists but 
 from artists in other states and countries. The URL for the auction is h
 ttps://www.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/UMVA--Mail-Art-Fundraiser-2
 022-29180. Money raised will go towards keeping the gallery open through
  2022.\n\nSince one of the founders of the Union of Maine Visual Artists
  was also a renowned Mail Artist - Carlo Pittore (https://en.wikipedia.o
 rg/wiki/Carlo_Pittore)\, it was decided to go with a mail art show when 
 the January 2021 show couldn't go forward at the last moment. Last Decem
 ber\, UMVA asked artists to create postcard-sized mail art and photograp
 h them for the on-line show on the blog - https://umvaportlandgallery.bl
 ogspot.com/ from January 1 to 29\, 2021. The theme of the January show w
 as "Your Vision of the Year 2021". The cards were then mailed to the gal
 lery and saved for a fundraising auction\, later in the year - but that 
 never happened in 2021. You can get a preview of the auction by going to
  the blog: https://umvaportlandgallery.blogspot.com/2020/12/visions-of-y
 ear-2021.html\n\nIf you're lucky enough to be the high bidder on a piece
  of mail art\, you will pay through the website and let UMVA know if you
  can pick it up in person\, or if you'd rather have it mailed to you. If
  auction winners are local\, they can arrange with Lesley MacVane by eit
 her calling her at 207-272-5792 or emailing her at Lesleymac@portlandmed
 ia.org to pick up the cards on the following dates/times: Feb 23rd from 
 9 am to 12 pm\, Feb 24th from 11 am to 1 pm\, Feb 28th from 10 am to 2 p
 m or March 1st from 10 am to 4 pm. Please remember to bring proof of vac
 cination and to wear a properly fitted mask.\n\nParticipating artists in
 clude: Amy Bellezza\, Andre Pace\, Anne Strout\, Ann Tracy\, Berna from 
 Brazil\, Chris Allen\, Dave Wade\, Janice Moore\, Joanne Tarlin\, John R
 ipton\, Joyce Ellen Weinstein\, Kris Onuf\, Lesley MacVane\, Robert Mate
 jcek\, Roland Salazar\, Susan Smith and the elusive Victor F.\n\nThe Uni
 on of Maine Visual Artists is an artist-run\, non-profit organization\, 
 dedicated to upholding the dignity of artists and creating positive soci
 al change through the arts. The UMVA represents visual artists statewide
  in all fields of endeavor and welcomes those who support contemporary a
 rtists in Maine. For more information\, please go to the UMVA website: h
 ttp://www.theumva.org.
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LOCATION:Online\, Portland\,  Maine  04101\,  US
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