Go Back: Home » Poster Project2

The Akonadi Foundation sponsors a annual contest to encourage a creative outpouring of posters that reflect people in communities of color, their movements to for social change and their vision for a world without racism. Here in Oakland, daily stories in communities of color go untold: Students challenging the “achievement gap” by demanding schools with college-track courses; neighbors refusing to let developers projects displace them and destroy their livelihood and culture; young people producing music to tell about their own lives and struggle; communities rallying against racial profiling and police harassment;  parents calling for more investment in schools and less in jails; people calling for green and healthy jobs that contribute to the health of their  communities. While the work is unfinished, each of these stories represents a strand of larger movement for racial justice.

Show the world what racial justice looks like. Help us translate these stories into a poster design.

HOW WILL THE POSTER BE USED?

One submission will be selected for reproduction as a poster that will be produced as an edition of 1000 and distributed at no cost to community organizations, foundations, and other allies.  The artwork may also be reproduced on other Akonadi public education materials, such as a commemorative card. All submissions will be featured on the Akonadi Foundation website.  The artist selected will receive a $1,500 prize that includes $1000 for the artist and $500 as a donation to the Oakland community organization designated by the artist.

 

Selection of artwork will be based on: creativity and originality, and artistic and design quality, and potential to inspire and inform racial justice movement building.  Selection will be made by a committee comprised of racial justice leaders. We encourage artists to partner with organizations to develop the concepts for their posters and will prioritze collaborative submissions though it is not a requirement.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Poster submissions must focus on racial justice movement building in Oakland or the Bay Area.  Submissions must include a visual image accompanied by words conveying the theme.  All artwork must be original. Artists must have permission to use any copyrighted images displayed in the artwork.  The artist’s name should not appear on the artwork for the purposes of judging.  The final dimensions of the poster will be 11 x 17 (please keep this in mind as you execute your design). Artwork must be submitted as a jpeg attachments, high resolution (300 dpi), to info@akonadi.org or as hard copy photo ready art. Artists must include a completed submission form.

Hardcopy art can be submitted to the foundation at:
Akonadi Foundation
ATTN: RACIAL JUSTICE POSTER PROJECT
436 14th Street, Suite 1417
Oakland, CA 94612