[IPSM] [Toronto] Call for Art Submissions ::: Free Shawn Brant

[stef at tao.ca]

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From: simone schmidt <schidt at gmail.com>
Date: Dec 10, 2007 5:58 PM


CALL FOR ART SUBMISSIONS ::: FREE SHAWN BRANT
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Punchclock Printing is calling all artists on Turtle Island and beyond
to submit art to our upcoming show Shawn Brant Is No Criminal.   The
show will take place from February 3rd to 5th at Whippersnapper
Gallery, and will be host to a LIVE music show.    It will feature art
by indigenous, and anti-colonial artists all over. Money from the door
will go to Shawn's Legal Fund- Money from the Art sales will go to
Shawn or the Artist.

WHO IS SHAWN?

Shawn Brant is a Mohawk activist and friend of ours who landed in jail
a few months ago on a cocktail of charges.   His most recent offense
is that he participated in a blockade which you might remember  - it
shut down the rail lines between Montreal and Toronto.  This happened
during the Day of Action for native rights in Canada - a day meant to
call attention to the ridiculously long and ineffective process that
the state has put in place in order to settle Native land claims.

Below are a few links so you can learn more about him. He was denied
bail for a long time, but is now out, awaiting trial in 2009.  Stakes
is high - the prosecution is seeking 12 years of incarceration in
penitentiary. Atrocious.

BACKGROUND RESOURCES ABOUT SHAWN

News about the day of action that landed him in jail:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/06/28/protest-aboriginal.html

Official Support Site:

http://www.ocap.ca/supporttmt.html

This is a cool interview that happened way back ago. but it gives you
a sense of the man.

 http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/brant.html

Youtube of Shawn speaking at the Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre

 http://youtube.com/watch?v=udsVBwdY41M


SUBMISSION INFO

Submissions deadlines:  January 15th.
Send to: 658 Gladstone ave.   Toronto, ON  M6H 3J4

WE WILL PAY FOR THE SHIPPING COST IF YOU CAN'T DON'T WORRY.

Please e-mail us with your intent to submit art prior to sending it-
so we know it's coming and don't freak out because artists are so
tardy with the mail post, and all that.

PROCEEDS FROM ART CAN GO TO THE ARTIST OR SHAWN, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE
ARTIST WANTS.

Thank you...for more info on who we are: www.punchclock.org


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