Deadline Extended - Call for Art for Daniel McGowan and Against Prisons!

****** Please Forward Widely*****

CALL FOR ART / Deadline: December 1, 2009

    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 this 
December.  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/
In the Summer of 2006, Visual Resistance organized a very successful 
art show and benefit for Daniel, If They Come For You in the Morning. 
See info here: http://www.justseeds.org/blog/events/
if_they_come_for_you_in_the_mo/

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:  Tuesday, December 1, 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 Tuesday, December 1, 2009.

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