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   [Date]: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 16:53:07 -0600
   [From]: "Chris Drew" <umcac@art-teez.org>
     [To]: "Chris Drew" <cdrew#@orion.it.luc.edu>
[Subject]: ART-ACT Notes 12

ART-ACT 12 -- Newsletter of the "Anti-Racist T-shirt Art Contest Tour"


Check out ART-ACT's latest submission. Charlene Teters t-shirt art
submission speaks about the irresponsible use of racist mascots by sport
teams to incite competitive spirit. This common practice in the U.S.A
accentuates stereotypes and legitimizes them. See "Mis-Education" at
http://www.art-teez.org/artists/ct1.htm

BUILDING AN ON-LINE VOLUNTEER CREW
How does a small community art center promote an Internet art contest and
exhibit on the Internet? This mailing is one of the ways we do it. Our
volunteer program is another way. Volunteers are beginning to sign-up two
or three a week. I see this developing into a major resource. It is our key
to a "sensation".

Art has a place in our communities and the Internet is composed of
communities. Our
goal is to create a strong community around the related issues of diversity
and anti-racism using the art as a magnet.

Help build an Internet Community against Racism. Volunteer one hour a week.
To read about the HELP we need - Click
http://www.art-teez.org/help_ara.htm


COLOR ART INVITED (for exhibit only)
Extending ART-ACT to be an exhibit, we now allow an artist to exhibit a
pro-diversity or anti-racist image in color if it is a GIF or JPEG file
under 100 Kb. This policy development was influenced by the ART-ACT image
this
ART-ACT Notes announces. However, only the black and white line copy images
can be eligible for the contest. This gives artists a way to show a wider
variety of work that fights hate then previously allowed.


BUILDING MINI-MAIL LISTS UNDER ART WORKS
We will begin a local action passing out printouts of our ART-ACT images to
get comments we can post below our sites art to help site visitors feel
comfortable commenting by e-mail. Our goal is an active discussion over
these images. Step by step, we are evolving our interactive on-line
contest/exhibit concept. When this contest is over the site segment will
continue to act promote the art submitted and fight for diversity
sensitivity on the Internet.

Speakout on ART-ACT images and win a free t-shirt from our "Screen Print
Workshop for Artists." A free t-shirt to the first and twenty-first
commentator on
artwork in our ART-ACT exhibit. Just click on COMMENTS below any image in
ART-ACT and send us your thoughts.

Thanks for reading of us as we grow.

Chris Drew       <mailto:umcac@art-teez.org>
Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center
http://www.art-teez.org   We dress Chicago and the
Internet in t-shirt art.  Come get some! 773/561-7676