The Invitation, Design and_Submission Specifications used for the Cost of War Art Project, October 2010.
We're looking for artists who can envision incorporating into their artwork specific information about the effects of the cost of war on Sacramento. Your own creative take on the cost of war can be simple. It can be funny. It can be deep. We're not looking for images that trigger or create trauma. While we know the cost of social, psychological and medical trauma, our focus in this project is on the financial cost of war in relation to the cuts in jobs and public services in Sacramento.
This project is open to all; there is no entry fee. Feel free to team up with a friend on any part of this project.
NEW Submission Deadline: midnight Friday, October 1, 2010. By this time we should have received a JPEG or TIFF or photo of your work, with a brief description including its dimensions and weight. Send by email to wilpf@nicetechnology.com, or mail to WILPF, 9629 Bradhugh Ct., Sacramento, CA 95827.
Sunday, October 3, 3:30-6:30pm: bring your artwork to the Sol Collective gallery, 2574 21st St., Sacramento (back gallery).
October 9 - October 27, 2010: Artwork that is accepted will be on display in the Sol Collective gallery. The show opening and Artists' Reception will be on Saturday, October 9 (Second Saturday), 6-9pm.
Thursday, October 28: artwork is to be picked up either by the artist or the buyer by (time TBA). We hope to accept all entries that meet the guidelines. Works that are sold will be displayed by the buyer for six months in a publicly accessible location. Artists will retain a portion of the sale price. Artists will set their own prices, but we ask you to to price your work in the spirit of getting as many signs as possible displayed in Sacramento City and County.
BEFORE YOU START: Please contact us so we'll have an idea how many people are working on this project. Email wilpf@nicetechnology.com, or use our Webform, or call 916-369-5510.
Design: Explore your artistic conception on the cost of war to Sacramento in whatever medium you love, realistic or abstract, 3D or not, inside or outside. We're open to your different visions, whether it's a ceramic bird dangling the message, or a baby cuddling it, or --? Using images that are consistent with the messages below, spark the curiosity of the viewers. Draw them in to read and consider the message.
Material: sturdy to touch, able to withstand heat, cold; rain if outside. Include mounting instructions and components.
Please incorporate one of the following messages in your design (you may use “Sacto” “Sacra” or “Sacramento” as you please):
- Residents of Sacto have spent over $1.2 Billion of their IRS taxes on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.
- Sacto’s Cuts to Jobs and Services: $97 million since 2007
Sacto’s Cost of War: $536 million since 2007 - Sacramento’s cost of war: $367,000 per day since 2001.
- As of __/__/__, residents of Sacramento have spent over $1,212,___,___ of their IRS taxes on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.
If you choose option 4, design the work so that it is possible to change the date and dollar amount (see www.costofwar.com). Volunteers from this project will update the counter.
(Sources: Sacramento's costs are from National Priorities Project, www.costofwar.com . Option 2 budget cuts are from Sacramento City Council Budget Report dated June 10, 2010, p.70.)
Read about the background of this project.