Artists, We Need Your Help!
This open call is seeking Artists & Creators who use art to heal and support their mental health or the mental health of others.
All who submit will be considered for our upcoming Arts & Healing Exhibit at
Ketchup City Creative in Sharpsburg on Friday, November 1st.
The goal of The Positive Painting Project is to use visual art to help de-stigmatize how we talk about mental health, to encourage those who are struggling to ask for help, and to remind people to check-in on their friends who may be feeling down.
We are part of a global movement aimed at ending suicide and the stigma surrounding mental health
— especially with our youth.
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As a nonprofit, The Positive Painting Project functions entirely on donations. Therefore we are asking for YOUR help, as a prominent local artist, to create and donate an art piece to us.
This year, you have a choice of whether we screen print your painting
(like in previous years) or allow your art to speak its message on its own.
People will have the opportunity to purchase the displayed pieces on November 1st at Ketchup City Creative with proceeds going to The Positive Painting Project and The Katie Whysong Scholarship for the Arts, to use for our operating fund.
After the showing, any remaining artwork will be sold online or donated to a local school or community space for viewing unless you prefer to have it returned.​​​
Details
We can provide you a 12" x 16"canvas board/panel (or larger upon request).
All canvas boards/panels can be picked up at Ketchup City Creative before Sunday, October 20th during any event: KCC Schedule - or - you may use one of your own (please no stretched canvases if you'd like us to screen print it).
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you can also email us to arrange pickup at thepositivepaintingproject@gmail.com​
We need your art piece by: Saturday, October 26th
If you choose to have us screen print your work (example below), you'll create a background for one of the following messages of hope:
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It's Ok to Not be Ok
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Never Ever Give Up
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No Feeling is Final
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You Matter
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You Are Not Alone
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Hold On to Hope​​​
If we will be screen printing your work (see picture above), please remember the following:
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Part of your work will be obscured by the heart-shaped message.
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Please do NOT use oil-based paint as it bleeds into the screen-print. Acrylic paint works best.
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Dark colors or tempura, chunky textures do not screen print well since we use black ink for the messages.
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You may choose which of the six messages you would like on your piece and where to position it (or let us decide).
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We need your art piece by: Saturday, October 26th.
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We will then screen-print the message onto your canvas on Monday, October 28th (volunteers welcome).
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Your finished work will be framed and displayed on November 1st at Ketchup City Creative.
Proceeds from the sale of your art will benefit The Positive Painting Project and
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Thank you for considering this cause!