From: "Family & Friends of Daniel McG" <friendsofdanielmcg@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, November 11, 2009
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.
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.
http://www.supportdaniel.org/art/
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Support Daniel McGowan: http://www.supportdaniel.org
Daniel on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/danielmcgowan
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
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