Postcard by Matt Braun
Linda Summerfield and Evanston Made are partnering to raise funds for Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Legal Defense Initiative with a Mail Art Fundraiser! Mail Art from around the world will be on display in the windows at 1100 Florence Gallery and online, and sold for $50 each, all funds go to the cause. Stay tuned for a slide show of mail art postcards and instructions on how to purchase.
Collect for a Cause - We asked artists to create original works of art on postcards and mail it through the U.S. Postal Service to call attention to causes they hold dear. Over 50 artists responded with messages ranging from the importance of voting to endangered species. The participating artists graciously donated their postcards to Evanston Made to raise money for Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp.
Purchase a postcard
Simply make a donation to https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com of any amount, send a confirmation email to evanstonmailart[@]gmail.com and stop by 1100 Florence Gallery to select and take home your postcard, Saturday night, 6-8p.
Date of Exhibit: November 4- 20, 2020
Mail Art Postcard Details
Maximum dimensions: Postcard size: 4” x 6” (10 cm x 15 cm). Postcard can be designed vertically or horizontally. Materials: Paint, ink, pencil, mixed media, photo, collage, etc., postcard should be made of cardstock or heavy weight paper.
All postcards will be considered donations to Evanston Made, and available for sale to raise funds for the Colin Kaepernick Know Your Rights Legal Defense Initiative https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/legal
“The Know Your Rights Camp Legal Defense Initiative has identified and teamed up with top defense lawyers and civil rights lawyers nationwide to provide legal resources for those in need. When there is an injustice within our community, it is our legal right to address it, by any means necessary. If you, or a loved one is in need of legal assistance, has been arrested or has been a victim of police brutality while fighting injustice across the nation, please complete the form below with as much detail as possible.”
About the event organizers..
Linda Summerfield
I find beauty and usefulness in discarded items and ephemera. I layer and reconstruct these found items to take a critical view of social, political and cultural issue. My greatest influences come from the collages of Ray Johnson, the assemblages of Joseph Cornell, and the drawings of Henry Darger.
Website: lindacrispell.com
Evanston Made
Evanston Made’s mission is to offer professional and educational support to artists in Evanston, Illinois and connect their work with the public, while engaging the community-at-large through events and programs that increase awareness and participation in the arts. Support events like this by making a donation of any amount today at evanstonmade.org/donation-form/