NEWS: Call For Entries: Obama Inauguration Poster Design Contes

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Deadline: 20 January 2009

After Barack Obama won the election on 4 November 2008, online based graphic design firm Bobdonpaul.com realized that Obama’s Inauguration on 20 January 2009 was likely to go down in history as one of America’s most historic and important days.

With the ‘Obama Art’ wave beginning to crest with his election, Bobdonpaul.com invites that energy to the celebration and commemoration of his inauguration.

All posters must conform to the intention to celebrate and commemorate this historic day. Specifications are:

# At this time, there are no guidelines with regard to content, this could change.

# All designs need to be created at 300dpi at the largest size you would like it made printable.

# All submissions must be sized to 1000 dpi along its longest side, jpg uncompressed format.

# All submissions should be sent to bob@bobdonpaul.com with the words commemorative poster in the subject.

Design Agency Launches Obama Poster Contest
Agency Says Campaign Inspired Artists

The agency, bobdonpaul.com, said Obama’s campaign inspired paintings, posters and songs, so it wanted to extend that creativity to the inauguration.

“In many ways, the artistic movement inspired by Barack Obama and his message of change is likely to have contributed to his victory,” said photographer Bob Manley. “We would like to celebrate that effort and the artists that made it happen.”The agency created a Web site at www.inaugurationday2009.org to allow artists to submit their ideas for posters to celebrate the inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009.The site will collect and showcase the ideas and other “Obama Art,” but Manley said he doesn’t know exactly where the poster contest will lead.”It’s our hope that maybe one of the posters that are derived from our contributors will someday hang in the Capitol, or maybe the White House,” Manley said.

bobdonpaul.com invites “obama art” for inauguration day

Sanbornton, NH

December 3, 2008

A local graphic design agency, bobdonpaul.com is inviting artists from around the world to submit their ideas for a poster commemorating the inauguration of our 44^th president, Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. Unlike never before in history, Barack Obama the candidate and now President Elect has been celebrated by artists all over the globe in what has been dubbed “Obama Art.” Obama’s campaign has inspired every form of creative expression from sculpture to painting, drawing, graffiti, posters, song, poetry, and the list goes on. Artists, writers, poets, designers, moms, dads and kids, from coast to coast and abroad, have joined the ranks of this new art form now know as “Obama Art,” a phenomenon that has not gone unnoticed by Bob Manley, his brother Don Manley, and their partner Paul Gurney.

After Barack Obama won the election on November 4^th, Bob, Don, and Paul realized that January 20, 2009 was likely to go down in history as one of Americas most historic and important days, regardless of your politics. “With the “Obama Art” wave beginning to crest with his election, we became inspired to invite that energy to the celebration and commemoration of his inauguration” says Bob. He went on to say “in many ways, the artistic movement inspired by Barack Obama and his message of change is likely to have contributed to his victory.” “We would like to celebrate that effort, and the artists that made it happen.”

To that end, bobdonpaul.com has created a website, http://www.inaugurationday2009.org, to invite creative people from around the world to submit their ideas for “Obama Art” celebrating his swearing in on January 20, 2009. In addition, they are using their site to celebrate all the creative people that have led this phenomenon, buy sharing their artwork, videos, poetry. You can find all the information you need to know about Inauguration day and its history… ok, maybe not all you need to know, but stay tuned, the site is only a few weeks old.

bobdonpaul.com does not know where this will lead and seem not to care. They have lots of ideas and are depending on the growth and popularity of the site to determine its future. “It’s our hope that maybe one of the posters that are derived from our contributors will someday hang in the Capital, or maybe the White House,” says Bob.

Visit http://www.inaugurationday2009.org, and see some of the finest examples of “Obama Art,” learn all about Inauguration Day, and most importantly, let your creative juices flow and contribute your idea(s) for a commemorative poster in celebration of the swearing in of our 44^th President.

bobdonpaul.com is a small boutique graphic design agency recently formed in central New Hampshire. To keep it simple, Bob and Don are brothers and Paul is their friend. We are three modest and humble guys who each feel as though they have something to offer the world. Together, and not so modestly, we discovered we have something great to offer.

Submitted by: Bob Manley

bobdonpaul.com, LLC

56 Taylor Road

Sanbornton, NH 03269

603.556.7117

bob@bobdonpaul.com

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