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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=5><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">New
Pro-Obama Art Contest</SPAN><BR></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><FONT
size=4>Winner's Work To Be Shown At "Manifest Hope Art Gallery"</SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">During Democratic National
Convention</SPAN></FONT><BR><BR>MoveOn.org, artist Shepard Fairey and Upper
Playground announced today that they will join forces to host the "Manifest Hope
Art Gallery" (<A style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"
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target=_blank linktype="link" track="on">manifesthope.com</A>) at the Democratic
National Convention. The gallery, open from Sunday, August 24 through Thursday,
August 28 2008, will feature both known and new artists all supporting Barack
Obama for President. <BR><BR>The groups also launched a related contest today,
calling for entries of visual art from grassroots supporters of Senator Obama.
Similar to MoveOn.org's "Obama in 30 seconds" contest, the submissions will be
reviewed by a panel of judges including famed artists Ross Bleckner, April
Gornik, Eric Fischl, Shepard Fairey, musicians Moby, Thurston Moore of Sonic
Youth and DJ Spooky and Cydney Payton - Executive Director & Chief Curator
Museum of Modern Art Denver, and Nancy Spector - Author & Guggenheim Curator
of Contemporary Art. Five finalists will be selected to show in the MANIFEST
HOPE Gallery alongside well-known artists such as Shepard Fairey, Sam Flores,
Ron English, Chris Pastras, Mel Kadel and David Choe.<BR> <BR>Shepard
Fairey is one of the most prolific and infamous urban artists known world wide
for his iconic image of Andre The Giant. He is also the designer of the highly
visible HOPE posters, stickers and shirts that have been embraced by the
grassroots movement that surrounds the Barack Obama campaign. <BR><BR>"<SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">I believe with great conviction that Barack Obama
should be the next President of the United States. He was against the war when
it was an unpopular position, is for energy and environmental conservation and
supports real health care reform. He has awakened a massive grass roots
movement and engaged the creative community in a way unseen before. Art provides
the perfect platform to express our collective enthusiasm and commitment for
change. The Manifest Hope Gallery will shine a light on artists using their
works to engage their community and challenges other artists to do the
same</SPAN>." says Shepard Fairey. <BR><BR>"<SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Our
members have used creativity really effectively to help in elections, and we're
excited to partner with Shepard and his crew to bring more artistic voices to
help elect Obama</SPAN>," said Eli Pariser, Executive Director of MoveOn.org.
"<SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The contest, the gallery, and the event will
add energy to an already vibrant movement for progressive change in our
country.</SPAN>" <BR><BR>The Manifest Hope Gallery will be housed in 10,000 sq.
ft. of gallery space in downtown Denver. It will show some of the most widely
recognized art pieces seen in the 2008 presidential campaign and a wide variety
of new works by famed artists.<BR><BR>The top 30 submissions to the Manifest
Hope Gallery contest will present their works in an on-line gallery hosted by
MoveOn.org and Obey Giant. The works will be presented to the public for bidding
as an eBay auction with all funds donated to the MoveOn PAC. <BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Manifest Hope
Gallery</SPAN><BR>2990-2936 Larimer St <BR>Denver, CO 80205<BR><A
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