Artists at war

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Charles Irvin
Boner Conference,
Mixed media on paper. 2007
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CALL FOR ARTWORK
Getting our shit together is essential as we transition from creative individuals to professional artists. Yet we see so many artists, singers, musicians blowing up in the public realm that have seemingly no opportunity to respond to the events of the day. Does a creative career require the focus that shuts out our concerns for history, suffering, justice or peace?

As Artists At Work aims to service the practical aims of building careers, Artists At War asks artists to respond to the larger world that our field belongs to. To use their skills and talents of their professional practices and respond to the war, the empire, the political situation that surrounds us. To become an activist.

We’re looking for propaganda, calls to action, critiques, soapboxes, solutions. . . . But this is also a forum for artists to reflect on their personal relationship to the war, its symptoms and causes. The artworks in this space will not stop the war--these are not the levers of global power. More importantly, we want to give artists an opportunity to escape the suffocating veil of capitalistic denial that we haze through, as we navigate career and life.

In addition to the website ArtistsAtWar.com, a small image of our artsists' projects will appear in the Artists At Work newsletter of GYST Ink, which reaches 20,000 artists and art professionals across the nation.

Specs: We are in the process of defining specifications for AAW project, but in the meantime, please contact info (at) artists-at-war.com.

ABOUT ARTISTS AT WAR
AAW is a collaboration between Los Angelenos Thomas McKenzie and Steven L. Anderson. Tom is a writer for Real Talk LA, an independent grantwriter for artists and theater groups, is active in U.S. Labor Against the War, and is the former publisher of the Pennisula Pulse (Door County, Wisc.). Steve is an artist, activist and former publisher of Cakewalk magazine. His website is StevenLAnderson.com.

CONTACT
To contact Artists At War, please email info@artists-at-war.com