CALL FOR ART SUBMISSIONS ::: FREE SHAWN BRANT

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 MAY 16th to 18th (YES YES- THE DATES HAVE BEEN CHANGED) 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 Aboriginal 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: April 1st

email: punchclock.printing@gmail.com, and we'll tell you where to send it...

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.