Pond & The Church of Stopshopping present:

CALL FOR SUBMISSION/PARTICIPATION: Parks for People Draw-a-Thon

Due Oct 21 (by email or mail) - see below for full submission information

Union Square Park’s historic Pavilion is threatened by plans for a privately run, upscale restaurant. We believe that our precious public resources should stay in the hands of the people and that the pavilion should be committed to public use. We invite artists to participate in imagine public uses for the pavilion by making a black and white 11” x 17” illustration either in advance of or at our Oct 23rd rally at Union Square celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Pavilion’s designation as a National Historic Landmark. For more context please see: Union Square, Then and Now

PARTICIPATING COMMISSIONED ARTISTS
Artwork by the following artists are producing commissioned illustrations:
Jesse Goldstein, Steve Lambert, Carolyn Ryder Cooley, Chris Rubino, Steve Marcus, Joan Linder

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The general public is invited to submit drawings will be selected by a jury that consists of:
Martha Wilson - Executive Director of Franklin Furnace
Dara Greenwald - artist, activist, and co-curator of ‘Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures from the 1960’s to Now’ currently on view at Exit Art
Amanda Crowley - Executive Director of Eyebeam

All drawings produced at the Oct 23rd at the temporary Drawing Station in Union Square’s south end from 4-6 pm will be made into hand held signs to be carried at the rally at 6 pm.

Up to 6 drawings will be used in a calendar entitled ‘Parks for People 24/7’ that illustrates year-round alternate uses of the park’s pavilion. Our goal is to invite citizens to consider alternate year-round uses of the park and let the BID know that the general public will not accept a compromise on their right to public space ­ the public wants PARKS FOR PEOPLE 24/7. This calendar will be published at the end of November. At that time, it will be hand delivered to those corporations, the judge who issued the temporary injunction on the pavilion’s reconstruction, and elected officials (including Mayor Bloomberg) currently in charge of Union Square’s privatization. The calendar will also be sold at a low-cost, the proceeds of which contribute to the ongoing campaign to save Union Square Park.

Selected drawing will also be featured on various groups’ websites involved as organizers such as Pond: art, activism, and ideas (www.mucketymuck.org), Reverend Billy & The Church of Stopshopping (www.revbilly.com)

Submission Information
Participants who prefer to send drawings in advance should send work so that it is received by Oct 21st, 12 pm in one of the following formats:

By email:
hello@marisajahn.com
File formats: outlined PDF with images embedded, hi resolution JPEG, TIFF, BMP, etc. Digital files should be no more than 4 Mb.

By snail mail:
The Immediate Life, Box 1556, New York, NY 10013

In person:
from 4-6 pm at the Drawing Station that will be temporarily set up at the South End of Union Square Park

This Call for Submissions/Participation is also posted on the Church of Stopshopping