Postcards featuring artwork, with one postcard in the middle that has a YSU Pete the Penguin stamp, and the words "High School Mail Art Exhibition, Bliss Hall, YSU" as the address on the postcard.
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Mail Art Exhibition

The High School Mail Art Exhibition

The Department of Art at YSU invites all high school students to send us your artwork on a postcard to be included in our Mail Art Exhibition! 

Reception & awards presentation:

November 30  |  5-7 PM (Awards at 6 pm)

Exhibition on display:

📅 November 30 - December 11, 2026
📍 Judith Rae Solomon Gallery, Bliss Hall, YSU
🕙 Exhibition open on weekdays from 8 AM - 5 PM

 

Instructions for postcard art

Substrate: Use a paper heavy enough to mail as a postcard (see usps.com for details)

 

Postcard:

  • Size: 9" x 6" (Landscape or portrait orientation are both acceptable.)
  • On the front: Your photography, printmaking, drawing, painting, collage, mixed media. The only restriction: must be able to withstand mailing. (Postcard can be mailed in an envelope to ensure no damage in transit, but this is not required.)
  • On the back: Artist name, school, teacher, and media.

 

Submission Deadline: Mail by November 16 via USPS (required: if mailed individually, follow standard postcard formatting and attach a stamp.)

 

Mail to:

YSU Department of Art

Attn: Ashley Johnston

1 Tressel Way

Youngstown, OH 44555

For more information, email art@ysu.edu. 

Questions? Call 330.941.3627