CALL FOR ART - Deadline Nov. 20, 2009

From:    "Family & Friends of Daniel McG" <friendsofdanielmcg@yahoo.com>
Date:    Thu, October 8, 2009

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CALL FOR ART

    On December 7, 2005, our friend Daniel McGowan
was among the first people arrested as part of an FBI offensive against
environmental activists called "Operation Backfire", which activists
have dubbed part of the Green Scare (after the Red Scare of the 40s and
50s). Daniel began serving his seven-year sentence in July 2007. In
August  2008, Daniel was moved to the Communication Management Unit (CMU)
in Marion, IL, a federal prison unit that bypassed the usual review
process and severely restricts inmates' communication with the outside
world.
    To mark the four-year anniversary of Daniel's arrest, and
to highlight the continued repression of activists that the federal
government has labeled "terrorists," Family and Friends of Daniel
McGowan will be hosting an art show, auction and raffle on Friday and
Saturday, December 4th and 5th, 2009.  Proceeds will go to Daniel's
commissary account and a couple of his favorite environmental and
social justice organizations.
  
We are looking for art that embodies or deals with the struggles
activists face in today's climate of government repression, as well as
the heart-breaking effects of prison.
    On the one hand, we would like to see art that explores the themes of
the Green Scare
and resultant political prisoners, the government fear mongering that
tries to paint radicalism as terrorism, and the resulting repression of
activism.
    On the flip side, we encourage art that explores what
is lost and what is sacrificed when we lose parts of our community to
prison. This art can explore the important aspects of being human that
are lost to the isolation of prison, such as communication and
expression, human touch and contact, and trusting relationships with
those that surround you.

For inspiration and more information on these issues, see:
http://www.supportdaniel.org
http://www.supportdaniel.org/cmu
http://www.greenisthenewred.com
http://www.abcf.net
http://www.cldc.org
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/topic/greenscare/

Submission Guidelines: Two dimensional visual works - photography,
painting, silkscreen, printmaking, collage, drawing, illustration,
postcards, et cetera. Please limit the size of your submission to 24" by
36".

Submission Deadline:  Friday, November 20, 2009
Original works will not be returned and unsold pieces will be sold at a
future date for the same benefit.

Send work to:
Jenny Synan
c/o ADC
106 West 29th St, Ground Fl.
New York, NY 10001

Art must be received by Friday, November 20, 2009.

Contact friendsofdanielmcg (at) yahoo dot com with any questions.
http://www.supportdaniel.org


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Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan
PO Box 106, NY, NY 10156
friendsofdanielmcg@yahoo.com

Donations:checks or money orders can be made out to "Lisa McGowan" and
sent to the above PO Box or online at http://tinyurl.com/8blde