Peter Schulberg and the Los Angeles based Eco-LogicalART Gallery present “Gimme Shelter Art!” The public eco-art youth project will feature new works painted on recycled billboard vinyl.To be displayed in 25 Clear Channel bus shelters across the Bay Area in June, each “Gimme Shelter Art!” piece will be seen an average of 15,000 times daily and over 400,000 times by month’s end. It is estimated that alltold the 25 GSA art pieces may be viewed over 11 million times.
THE PROJECT. The theme of the project is “The World That I See/The World That I Hope Could Be.” Either or both themes (incorporated into a single image) can be chosen. The work can but need not be Earth Day or “green” related. The “world” can be a reflection of your personal urban environment. Be creative and bold. Remember though that general public will see the work (thousands of times daily!) so images that may be offensive in nature are not appropriate for the exhibit.
The project starts with an 11 by 17 inch vertical initial submission. It can be created in pencil, pastel, markers or paint (no collage or mixed media please). Works should be unframed and on paper or illustration board. If the initial submission is selected you will then be provided a 40 by 60 inch recycled billboard vinyl “canvas”onto which you will paint the final piece.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: Open to individual youth (ages 12-18) residing in the general Bay Area.
PROJECT DATES: Initial submissions and contact info (name, address, email, contact number) should besent to the Eco-LA Gallery, 4829 West Pico Blvd, LA, CA, 90019, Attn: Gimme Shelter Art, and received no later than April 15, 2008.
SELECTED SUBMISSIONS: The top 20 entries will be selected by an art jury at the Earth Day opening (April 22, 5pm-8pm) of the “ReVisions; San Francisco” recycled billboard art event to be held at the Thoreau Center in the Presidio (bldg 1014, Lincoln & Torney, SF, CA, 94129). Additionally, five “fan favorites” will be chosen by those attending the opening--participants and the general public are invited to attend. “Winners” will be mailed the eco canvases by May 1. Completed works are due back to the Eco-LA Gallery no later than May 31. The “Gimme Shelter Art!” will go on display across the Bay Area by approximately June 9
