The Irish Refugee Council and End Direct Provision Dublin are inviting submissions from artists, painters, graphic designers, illustrators, writers, poets, photographers and printers.
The submissions can take any form, including cartoons, sketches, writing, graphics, street art, poetry, photography, etc.
Caroline Reid, of the Irish Refugee Council, writes:
The Irish Refugee Council and the End Direct Provision Dublin group are inviting artists to submit work in response to one of the three following questions:
What does ‘refugees welcome’ mean given the political and public responses in Europe to the most recent refugee crisis?
Institutionalised living marks a shameful part of Irish history. What does the continuation of Direct Provision say about contemporary Ireland?
Xenophobic rhetoric and sentiment beget rumour and mistrust. Can you debunk a myth or some common misinformation concerning refugees, asylum seekers or migrants that you have encountered?
The winning submission for each theme will get a large print run on tote bags to be used for the IRC’s extensive awareness raising campaigns.
The competition will be judged by a panel of Irish artists and is a great way for emergent artists to get broad exposure for their work.
Dimensions of standard tote bag (w) 41cm x (h) 50cm.
Closing date for entries is April 1.
See here for more information.
Meanwhile…
Free Saturday afternoon?
Dublin Calais Refugee Solidarity writes
“On Saturday, February 27, European citizens will come together in cities across Europe to stand up for human rights, for refugee rights, and Dublin needs to add its voice. Join us along with thousands of people across Europe this Saturday, at 3pm at the Ha’penny Bridge, 15 Bachelors Walk, Dublin, Ireland.”
“We are demanding that European authorities and governments take action now to open safe passage routes for all those who seek protection.”
Previously: Ireland And The Turkey Refugee Facility
I’m not a refugee tho.
So those that respect borders and pay massive income taxes to support the welfare systems of this state are ‘xenophobes’ because they kick back against naive open border insanity?
Incredibly stupid starting / failing point for your project.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2u7qnr
Don’t tell me some dimwits think it’s a good idea to impose a massive live load on the ha penny bridge?
Definitely Irish artists at work !
Bring on the pseudo liberal shallow rhetoric that leads social discussion these days. Lets ignore immigration destabilising european institutions and driving gender equality back to the 1920s.
Mate, you’re spouting pseudo conservative rhetoric, so you know, those in glass houses…
looks like the bleeding hearts brigade knock off at 5:00.
As for the refugee council, keep moving on this COuntry has had it’s fill of African scammers.
Whingers who should all move to Mayo
Have broadsheet & the journal merged their comment sections? 0_o
It’s not just me then.
It’s lively alright.
Why dont these hippies put a few refugees up in their owns gafs? and pay for it.
“The winning submission for each theme will get a large print run on tote bags to be used for the IRC’s extensive awareness raising campaigns.”
Lucky them! To lazy to employ a designer so just make your brief public and call it a competition where the winner gets their design on a bunch of bags that will either be given away or sold with no compensation for the designer.
Or, you know, the competition helps to raise awareness while having the added advantage of saving some money for a charitable organisation.
Charities pay plenty of people to do plenty of things, they do not ask all those other people to forgo payment in the name of saving them money.
Yes, it’s unheard of.
Question for refugee council…….and Saudi, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, etc.,:
http://thefederalistpapers.integratedmarket.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/12143353_817202275058956_8815928116984933318_n1.jpg
Who’s going to rebuild Syria if they’re all over here?
they might change their opinions if they win. after all rapefugees gotta rape
#useful idiots
The Calais migrants are the most difficult group to make a compelling case for – fair enough if you are fleeing from Syria or Iraq, but it is difficult to feel sympathy for people who are willing to live in a ramshackle camp and risk their lives getting to Britain when they could just apply for asylum in France.
Well, I think we can just sample the comments from this one and pop them on a tote bag for arseholes.