Let’s say that 2025 is the year of creative prompts, over here at RML HQ. It is now six months into Everyday Things, a year-long series of creative provocations in mail art by Cyndy Chwelos. Just before the start of the year, Chwelos invited a …
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Social Justice Zine-Making Celebration
Reading the Migration Library (RML) publications were exchanged –and even created—at an end-of-semester zine party put on by the Social Justice Community of Practice (SJ CoP) at Emily Carr University. The SJ CoP is facilitated by ECU faculty …
Three Generations Happy Family
The publication Three Generations Happy Family by Jenie Gao takes the form of a three-section menu to mimic those found in Chinese food restaurants operated by immigrant families like Gao’s. The contents of this one recount in a timeline the …
Brandon Leung’s Houseboy Series
The photographer and archivist Brandon Leung got to know RML well through the community folding/binding events that took place at the Emily Carr Library in 2024. Since then, he has generously mailed to RML headquarters a set of photos from his …
Gingersnaps Mail Art
Although the mail art of RML contributor Ginger Mason (also known in mail art as Ateliergingembre and Gingersnaps) has been documented in this Exchange Gallery already (here and here), it keeps arriving and it keeps inspiring! In 2025 it has …