Ice Shanty Post Office

{Photo by Aaron Landry}

L.W.A. members will be interested in a new post office available on Medicine Lake in suburban Minneapolis. There has been a "local" shanty post office for a while as part of the Art Shanty Projects, the one this year is bonavide as part of the U.S.P.S. The ArtPost Shanty promises to deliver mail anywhere in the world including to denizens of the other 19 art shanties on the lake. Hours of operation: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Feb. 7.

There will be a custom stamp by artist Will Schar along with the official Art Shanty postcard. Collectors are welcome. According to the Star Tribune article: "Postmaster Cynthia M. Larson and postal public relations coordinator Michael LePree will unveil the new stamp and  will hand-cancel postcards and other mail at the ArtPost Shanty following the opening day ceremonies. Other ArtPost participants Janet Groenert, Jackie Lannin, Deb Miller, Tina Nemetz, Kathleen Reitan, Jamie Winter-Dawson and Jill Waterhouse will offer free postcard making sessions. The group is also hosting a Mail Art exhibition."

To send mail to the ArtPost Shanty or to submit a card to their exhibition, use the following address:

The ArtPost Shanty

P.O. Box 7364

Minneapolis, MN 55407

Comments

[Jams]

This is tooooo funny, I used to live in Minnesota and I actually know the Jackie and Janet involved with this project. I love it! It's a perfectly Minnesotan thing to do.

Still chuckling,

James
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