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STENCIL AMERICA! Brief Bio
For those of us who cannot drop everything and join the campaign as full-time anythings, and have contributed as much as we can afford, one of the best ways to show our support and engage our fellow citizens into politically and community based discussion is wearing our support on our sleeves, litereally. But campaign shirts can be pricey, they don’t necessarily depict why I, as an individual, support Barack Obama; and I don’t want to look like everyone else. This was the motivation for Gadi as he designed Stencil America!

The idea
Having seen the success of Shepard Fairey’s Obama print, Gadi had an art lightbulb go off. Design cool, yet simple prObama stencils so that anyone can use one and have their shirt turn out great. And since everyone will be hand made by their owner, no two shirts will be the same – conveying that we are a nation of politically conscious and actively participating individuals, not a flock of sheep blindly following anyone.

Further, we can make the stencils available on the internet to anyone, so that fellow citizens across the country can download them and make their own customized stenciled clothing and teach their friends to do it too.

Further, for those who are ambitious enough, we can take the stencils and t-shirts to the streets and engage fellow citizens into to discussion and art by giving them the opportunity to make their own shirt, bags, umbrellas, etc.; or participate in the creation of a mural on canvas, cotton or wood, in public!

http://www.artthechange.org/obamamobile/index.html

Sculture by Michael Murphy

Artist: Michael Murphy
Artist Murphy crafted this sculpture from 1000 feet of high tension wire. Click here to visit Michael Murphy’s web site

This weeks Time Magazine issue features Barack Obama as Man of the Year and new work created by Shepard Fairey made the cover. The artical feature numous examples of “Obama Art.” See the article at www.time.com

See some other great examples of Obama art at time magazines Flickr gallery: Go Here

Image by Sheri Heller

Photographer: Sheri Heller
The photographer spotted this poster in the Barrio Libre in Old Tucson, Arizona.
To visit Heller’s Flickr page, click here.

Steve Muller and friends would like you to fly your first flag for Obama on Inauguration Day 2009.

Real all about it at Steve’s Blog: www.myfirstflag.org

www.myfirstflag.org