A glimpse into the International Mail Art Archive of Michael Leigh and Hazel Jones
16 September 2019 – 3 April 2020
Special Collections Gallery,3rd Floor,
All Saints Library All Saints
Manchester
M15 6BH For more than forty years, artist Michael Leigh has been creating, sending, receiving and collecting Mail Art, small‑scale works sent through the post. The archive he has amassed with fellow artist Hazel Jones includes worldwide correspondence with over fifty artists and encompasses envelopes, rubber stamps, zines, catalogues, badges, artistamps, artist trading cards, add to and pass on books, collaborative books and posted objects. This exhibition features a selection of material from the archive and has been curated by Michael Leigh and Hazel Jones, Senior Lecturer at Manchester School of Art. More information.
Great exhibition!