This interesting challenge just came through my Queensland Environmental Activist Network Group List... All dues go to the author:
The World Toilet Day web site went live this week.
Check out www.insanitation.org
In 2001 the World Toilet Organisation in Singapore declared its founding day – 19th November as "World Toilet Day".
This is now being celebrated by members all over the world. We celebrate the humble, yet vitally important toilet and raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis.
It is not about white porcelain shiny things. The majority of toilets are just a hole in the ground. It is about making the connections between malnutrition and dysentery.
A toilet in a school provides the dignity and privacy for young women to continue their education beyond puberty.
2.6 billion people in the world do not have access to a sustainable, designated place to poo.
A key objective of World Toilet Day is to provoke discussion of toilets and sanitation in everyday conversations.
Event in Brisbane organised by Rowan Barber
TO CELEBRATE SUCH PRECIOUS AWARENESS...
THE ART ACTION UNION...
PRESENTS...
THE WORLD TOILET DAY CHALLENGE
The theme is simple...
A toilet capture of the most political of kind...
Artwork centred around the toilet (aka. loo, crapper, shit-house, poo room, WC, out-house, john, bathroom etc.) as a celebration of the ability to manage our personal waste is a systematic way... a personal thanks to Mr. Thomas Crapper (sp.?)
Give thought in your description to the masses of people who have been denied access to such fundamental sanitary needs...
Be funny, be serious, be gross, be active and aware...
You may also add your entries to our RedBubble Challenge if you are a member of the Art Action Union at RedBubble... or to the Facebook Group... or add it to your profile and our gallery on the Art Action Union Community site
Monday, October 20, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
ACTION MAIL - 8 OCTOBER 2008
HI Active Artists...
The Challenged...
Well, there was a little controversy surrounding our first ever redbubble group challenge... we had issues with the launch first up... thanks for your patience in that one... then we had some tough lessons learned... none too major but had to rethink things a little...
Nevertheless... we are not scared to keep it going...
Participation is not exactly in the high echelon of the spectrum... so we would love to see more entries but also, more importantly more VOTING...
I will endeavour to be more proactive in hypin' them up... but it's important for this group to show their concerns are acted ... of course... I don't wish to force people to participate... but rather inspire you to!
We currently have the following challenge live...
OXFAM CANVAS FOR CHANGE REDBUBBLE CHALLENGE
Taking entries still for quite a few days and frankly... there aren't many there - so come on guys... you most likely have something you can enter already - if not, human rights and the environment are very linked... this challenge is only a redbubble challenge, but if you ARE inspired, send your canvas to OXFAM by following the links on the challenge page...
Coming VERY soon to a REDBUBBLE challenge feed near you...
ANIMAL RIGHTS
This challenge opens in the next 24 hours...
Cover image: I helped Test & Approve by crockpot
Some of the educational and fascinating topics from the ART ACTION UNION community site...
"Women in Islam - female genital mutilation - by warchild bender"
"THE ART OF 2012 AND BEYOND NEOLOGY - by Raithy"
"something about tibet - by sunrise"
"activism in extreme music - by Michael Grefski"
"Who Are We Voting For? - by justjason"
"30 years of leading by example - by Ashworth"
"Research: 1kg beef = CO2 emitted by the average car over a distance of 250 kilometres - by Live Vegan"
"The Importance of Developing a Multi- Cultured Society using the meduim of the Arts! - by Ross Naidoo"
"Big Brother is Watching You - by Ashworth"
*Featured Blog is "The story and reasons behind creating the SpIderGoAtaL costume.. by SpIderGoAtaL"
Featured Image is "Victims" by Warchild Bender
Join our Facebook Group if you are there and help spread the word...*
Aspire to inspire!
Kath
The Challenged...
Well, there was a little controversy surrounding our first ever redbubble group challenge... we had issues with the launch first up... thanks for your patience in that one... then we had some tough lessons learned... none too major but had to rethink things a little...
Nevertheless... we are not scared to keep it going...
Participation is not exactly in the high echelon of the spectrum... so we would love to see more entries but also, more importantly more VOTING...
I will endeavour to be more proactive in hypin' them up... but it's important for this group to show their concerns are acted ... of course... I don't wish to force people to participate... but rather inspire you to!
We currently have the following challenge live...
OXFAM CANVAS FOR CHANGE REDBUBBLE CHALLENGE
Taking entries still for quite a few days and frankly... there aren't many there - so come on guys... you most likely have something you can enter already - if not, human rights and the environment are very linked... this challenge is only a redbubble challenge, but if you ARE inspired, send your canvas to OXFAM by following the links on the challenge page...
Coming VERY soon to a REDBUBBLE challenge feed near you...
ANIMAL RIGHTS
This challenge opens in the next 24 hours...
Cover image: I helped Test & Approve by crockpot
Some of the educational and fascinating topics from the ART ACTION UNION community site...
"Women in Islam - female genital mutilation - by warchild bender"
"THE ART OF 2012 AND BEYOND NEOLOGY - by Raithy"
"something about tibet - by sunrise"
"activism in extreme music - by Michael Grefski"
"Who Are We Voting For? - by justjason"
"30 years of leading by example - by Ashworth"
"Research: 1kg beef = CO2 emitted by the average car over a distance of 250 kilometres - by Live Vegan"
"The Importance of Developing a Multi- Cultured Society using the meduim of the Arts! - by Ross Naidoo"
"Big Brother is Watching You - by Ashworth"
*Featured Blog is "The story and reasons behind creating the SpIderGoAtaL costume.. by SpIderGoAtaL"
Featured Image is "Victims" by Warchild Bender
Join our Facebook Group if you are there and help spread the word...*
Aspire to inspire!
Kath
Monday, September 22, 2008
ACTION MAIL 23 SEPTEMBER 2008
ACTION MAIL 23 SEPTEMBER 2008
Congratulations to cometman for winning the art action union freedom to create challenge on the redbubble site.
You can view all the entries here
Our New "Challenge!!!
Although the Oxfam Challenge is for painters only, we invite you to use your individual skills and talents in whichever medium you love to explore the same theme.
We want you to not only enter our Challenge here on RedBubble but enter it for
OXFAM... the details are below... when you make it... submit it here, there and everywhere...
Oxfam “Canvas for Change” (courtesay of VenusΨ on Heroine)
Oxfam is currently taking entries for the Canvas for Change exhibition. We encourage you to submit an artwork and to tell others about this project. There are various entry categories with the possibility for your artwork to be shown at the UN Climate Summit in Poland later this year, to be shown in other local exhibitions in Australia, or to be reproduced as a poster, postcard or other campaigning materials to help others See the bigger picture.
There are a couple of entry criteria, the key one being that artworks need to show the climate change impacts being felt by vulnerable communities in developing countries, or alternatively show how these communities are taking action to adapt to these impacts.
find out more
Australian Student Environmental Network and YOUR ART!!! (courtesay of Erland Howland)
The Australian Student Environment Network are a group of students and their sympathisers who are dedicated to providing education for the facilitation of activist workshops, meetings and action groups. They provide tools and lists of information to help people become skilled in activism and lobbying.
AAU member Erland, posted this last week... evidently, he is a sympathiser such as I (i.e. not actually a student).
The Australian Student Environment Network a great crew of environmental advocates from universities and schools across Australia are holding an art auction fundraiser on October 17 and they are looking for donations.
If you can provide an artwork, please contact me by BubbleMail or via my contact form here.
ASEN do a whole bunch of great work, from putting on the Students of Sustainability Conference each year (which is actually the largest annual environmental conference in Australia!), training high school kids and university students in climate change, facilitation and activism, and working with local indigenous people on campaigns like Uranium mining in the NT and the poisonous gold mining at Lake Cowal.
Next Facebook Art For Awareness Application Submissions
I am planning another adventure in the world of facebook virtual gifting for awareness, I assure you it's all for the messages...
This one will be themed for the ENVIRONMENT... so I will only be accepting images based on this theme. Submissions can be as simple or as complex as you like but must address the theme...
Please send ALL submissions to contact@artactionunion.org...
Our current Art For Awareness application stats to date are...
Monthly Active Users
242
About Page Fans
31
Total Users
443
Sent
5246
I wrote up some stats in the last mail if you are interested in comparing here.
Trees Are Homes has been sent 713 times which was great exposure and seeing some of the comments on the site has been invaluably amusing!
This is one way to send the ideas out further... trying to find others...
Video that's easy - for awareness if you like
One thing that I did find that has been fun is the powers of Animoto.com ... you can make a FREE 30 sec movie with no more than a few stills and a YouTube account...
I made one and added it to my YouTube Channel and the art action union community site and it was great fun... i uploaded a couple of photos, added a title and chose a piece of free music from their libray... the site then proceeded to mash it all together through some filters and the result was ACTIVE ART.
Enthused so much by it, I am now looking at making vids on and of my own... inspiring!
Aspire to Inspire!...
Kath
Congratulations to cometman for winning the art action union freedom to create challenge on the redbubble site.
You can view all the entries here
Our New "Challenge!!!
Although the Oxfam Challenge is for painters only, we invite you to use your individual skills and talents in whichever medium you love to explore the same theme.
We want you to not only enter our Challenge here on RedBubble but enter it for
OXFAM... the details are below... when you make it... submit it here, there and everywhere...
Oxfam “Canvas for Change” (courtesay of VenusΨ on Heroine)
Oxfam is currently taking entries for the Canvas for Change exhibition. We encourage you to submit an artwork and to tell others about this project. There are various entry categories with the possibility for your artwork to be shown at the UN Climate Summit in Poland later this year, to be shown in other local exhibitions in Australia, or to be reproduced as a poster, postcard or other campaigning materials to help others See the bigger picture.
There are a couple of entry criteria, the key one being that artworks need to show the climate change impacts being felt by vulnerable communities in developing countries, or alternatively show how these communities are taking action to adapt to these impacts.
find out more
Australian Student Environmental Network and YOUR ART!!! (courtesay of Erland Howland)
The Australian Student Environment Network are a group of students and their sympathisers who are dedicated to providing education for the facilitation of activist workshops, meetings and action groups. They provide tools and lists of information to help people become skilled in activism and lobbying.
AAU member Erland, posted this last week... evidently, he is a sympathiser such as I (i.e. not actually a student).
The Australian Student Environment Network a great crew of environmental advocates from universities and schools across Australia are holding an art auction fundraiser on October 17 and they are looking for donations.
If you can provide an artwork, please contact me by BubbleMail or via my contact form here.
ASEN do a whole bunch of great work, from putting on the Students of Sustainability Conference each year (which is actually the largest annual environmental conference in Australia!), training high school kids and university students in climate change, facilitation and activism, and working with local indigenous people on campaigns like Uranium mining in the NT and the poisonous gold mining at Lake Cowal.
Next Facebook Art For Awareness Application Submissions
I am planning another adventure in the world of facebook virtual gifting for awareness, I assure you it's all for the messages...
This one will be themed for the ENVIRONMENT... so I will only be accepting images based on this theme. Submissions can be as simple or as complex as you like but must address the theme...
Please send ALL submissions to contact@artactionunion.org...
Our current Art For Awareness application stats to date are...
Monthly Active Users
242
About Page Fans
31
Total Users
443
Sent
5246
I wrote up some stats in the last mail if you are interested in comparing here.
Trees Are Homes has been sent 713 times which was great exposure and seeing some of the comments on the site has been invaluably amusing!
This is one way to send the ideas out further... trying to find others...
Video that's easy - for awareness if you like
One thing that I did find that has been fun is the powers of Animoto.com ... you can make a FREE 30 sec movie with no more than a few stills and a YouTube account...
I made one and added it to my YouTube Channel and the art action union community site and it was great fun... i uploaded a couple of photos, added a title and chose a piece of free music from their libray... the site then proceeded to mash it all together through some filters and the result was ACTIVE ART.
Enthused so much by it, I am now looking at making vids on and of my own... inspiring!
Aspire to Inspire!...
Kath
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Our Network is Growing
Hello creative pro-activists!
Another update!
Our Network Is Growing Bigger!!!
You are all contributing to global positivity and awareness in so many beautiful and creative ways... so, in order to serve you better, myself and some other key investors are working very hard to provide you with a higher pedestal and a bigger soapbox. So keep making great art, tshirts and whatever it takes to move us to a conscientious world.
Some stats, 'cause they are always a really good visual pleaser!
The Art Action Union Network...
Redbubble Art Action Group the group that just constantly make stuff
377 members
Facebook Art Action Awareness Group the group that brings new recruits and promotes our activities
91 members
Facebook Art For Awareness Gift Application a little program where you can send artistic gifts from artists who receive exposure along with the messages
363 total users (current people with the application installed on their pages)
4800 sent items
198 monthly active users
15 about page fans (including 2 reviews)
Art Action Union Community where we have convergence
59 members
441 images
25 videos
20 audios (songs and spoken word)
25 active forums
12 groups
... and counting!
We are also spreading our wings wherever it be relevant with memberships to activist groups, art groups etc. I list forums in the weirdest of places... hee he...
This is always expanding...
In the beautiful future, we will have everything of our own... the site is being expanded in concept and soon we hope to have a hugely integrated dedicated and independent site... ideas that we float around are community functions, a gallery for images/sound/video, forums, and a wiki contribution for articles and education.
A massive artistic web collaboration for action... lovin' it!
Other stuff...
EVENTS...
AAU Beach Clean in Sopporo, Japan
Over the weekend just past, the Art Action Union was involved in it's first environmental event to date... a beach cleanup in Sopporo Japan, organised by my friend and intellectual investor Barry (you can see his amazing photography at www.artactionunioncommunity.ning.com)...
As soon as I hear what went on and see some photos, I'll let you know of it's success...
Exhibition Opportunities of the Future
I hope to add to the plethora of services that the AAU offer their artists and supporters in the future by forging links with other organisations and the business sector... one such hope was floated on Friday when I met with a group who wanted to discuss with me the prospect of the Art Action Union assisting them with sourcing artists from the Asia Pacific region for exhibitions and artist talks at key business convergence events to aid in the understanding of the arts culture and business integration of this region... if you have heritage of the Asia Pacific (or are heavily influenced by it in your art) and may be interested, I have no time frame, but would love to add you to my database (contact@artactionunion.org)... talent scout I am now!!!
E-Newsletter
This will hopefully go out through the email this week or so, but there is still time to add yourself to our mailing list... send me a request to subscribe at contact@artactionunion.org
happy days...
Kathleen
ART ACTION UNION
contact@artactionunion.org
artactionunioncommunity.ning.com
kathleen.redbubble.com
Monday, July 7, 2008
ACTION MAIL - 8.7.2008
+Unionists...
News and bits and pieces for your glorious knowledge...
Peace Sign Competition...
sugarpop is the managing editor of arabad magazine, Beirut – Lebanon... They are kicking out to the audience a celebratory competition offering cash prizes... the theme "Peace poster design contest at the occasion of the 50 years of the peace sign".
More information below...
flickr: www.flickr.com/groups/arabadpeace
blog: http://arabadvertising.blogspot.com
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14760881596
Interesting Interviews of Interesting Interest
Just posted my latest interview with aid-worker/photographer Jacob Simkin...
1001 - Jacob Simkin Is In Afghanistan Interview
You may also enjoy... Chris Barker Interview
Facebook Stuff...
Art For Awareness Gift Application Update...
Since the release of the little Art For Awareness Facebook Gift Program the stats are (at last count):
Sent: 2073 times...
Total Users: 160...
I think this is a great effort for just over a week of circulation... and there has been more awareness of our groups, our action, our artists and our art brought forward, this group has swelled greatly with membership in recent weeks... You can still contribute art as a gift image if you wish, send a URL of your activist piece to me in a bubblemail...
Facebook Application _Art for Awareness_ Fan page
Group posts...
Been putting links up for anything relevant that casually comes my way about activism in the news and the arts, please feel free to contribute but I must stress relevance... thank you...
Facebook Art Action Union Group
The Gift of Art
A collective of photographer's that are promoting their effort through RedBubble and everywhere else possible to raise money for charity... Read it all here and see the artists involved and their charitable contributions...
Promotional Materials & Street Teams...
A few people have decided to add our banner...
{For information on how to insert images into your Redbubble profile click here}
... in their profile pages...
when there is more time to focus on pretty graphics, I will be making a whole heap of graphics, gifs and things for us to spread around the net like a virus.... in the meantime though, please feel 100% free to take this graphic and promote it wherever the hell you can...
The idea of having Art Action Union Street Teams is one I have been floating around for ages now... it basically involves recruiting dedicated active members to take these promotional tools and materials, all the web URL's, emails and newsletters and whatever other promotion you need or want, and start actively going to other sites to spread the word, sending it to friends and handing out pamphlets in the street... maybe we can even make merch and fundraise for something significant one day... ahhh a dream... but one worth sending you all anyway... If you are interested in petitioning for the Union as an active outlet and network for creative activism... please add your name to this list in the forums.
Orphans in North America
North American Artists need to take ACTION NOW to protect their property...
Read more from these contributions...
ORPHAN WORKS ACT?!!!!!?!? - justjason
April's Blog Announcement
Our Independent Protest Portal
And the exciting news is that, we are hopefully nearly at the end of the website project... just gotta get the stuff sorted better and then Faizan needs to do it... but he is doing it for free so please CONSIDER PURCHASING SOMETHING OF HIS WORK that would be lovely for him... but not till he finishes the site haa ha ha...
Find a glimpse of how it will look:
Art Action Union Website Sneak Peak
Lastly... some topics of interest for discussion in the forums
I wish there was oil in Zimbabwe
Gangs
mohawk indians - land takeover?
Carbon Trading
All campaigns are always current (unfortunately)...
Aspire To Inspire!!!
kath
Sunday, June 29, 2008
ANTI-RACISM CAMPAIGN is doing great...
BELOW IS THE ACTION PUT OUT ON THE 16th JUNE
ANTI-RACISM CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
ACTION !!!
RACISM SUX!!!
Gather your creative and social conscience powers, make a t-shirt, piece of art, write a poem or a journal and upload it. Express your story and yourself in a positive and outward way. Not only can you provide another voice to create a better force, but you might help someone else (and yourself) feel better.
BELOW IS THE EXCELLENT RESPONSE TO THE ACTION PUT OUT ON THE 16th JUNE
Here are some of the incredible thoughtful and positive pieces...
There are also a number of great expressive written pieces in the writing and journal section of the Art Action Union Group
Sunday, June 15, 2008
ANTI-RACISM CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
ANTI-RACISM CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
ACTION !!!
RACISM SUX!!!
It's plain and simple.
Racism is an evil that is degrading moral judgment in communities locally and globally. With all the information available, there are many who still choose to create marginalisation through discrimination based on the triviality of culture and skin.
ART WANTED
TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE
DIVERSITY AND ACCEPTANCE
IN ALL COMMUNITIES
Campaign initiator is Art Action Union member littleredplanet, he aproached the AAU with this idea:
Racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. Racial separatism is the belief, most of the time based on racism, that different races should remain segregated and apart from one another.
We would like to encourage the public and the Red Bubble Community to reflect on the numerous forms that racial discrimination can take in society. In addition, we invite our RedBubble Community to join forces in the fight against racism.
This event not only acknowledges the potential of peoples from around the world. It also represents a tangible effort to build a society characterized by harmony, equality and respect for diversity.
Gather your creative and social conscience powers, make a t-shirt, piece of art, write a poem or a journal and upload it. Express your story and yourself in a positive and outward way. Not only can you provide another voice to create a better force, but you might help someone else (and yourself) feel better.
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