Shepard Fairey has HOPE. And he has the prints to prove it. Just sold out (sorry kids) from the Obey website was the HOPE for Darfur Print Set designed by Shepard Fairey as well as Florencio Zavala, Jesselisa Moretti, Cleon Peterson, Zach Gibson, Casey Ryder and Kristian Henson. There were only three hundred of these limited edition stunning sets made and each is signed and numbered. The set includes four screenprints measuring at 18 x 24 inches and cost just $100 for the set. HOPE (Helping Other People Everywhere) Artists is “an energy conscious humanitarian organization focused on supporting existing social projects that promote education and growth,” and they signed up Studio Number One to make it happen. This set focuses on the future of Darfur through the faces of the children. Since you may have missed out of the prints, you still have a chance to help support the cause via HOPE: there will be a 2009 Light of HOPE Art Reception and Fund Raiser on Sept. 25th (click here for info).
And from the Obey web site.
Here are the two most important things to know about the current situation in Darfur, Sudan:
1) There is currently a resolution before the UN Security Council that if passed would override the arrest warrant for Pres Bashir for Crimes Against Humanity and Crimes of Genocide. This would not only undermine the months and years of work by the ICC and the lives that have been risked to bring this information forward, but it would show to the world that Genociders can go free if they are the heads of state and show the UN and ICC are incapable of governing the capability to Veto this resolution and set in motion the arrest of Bashir and hopefully an end to the Genocide in Sudan.
2) The Government of Sudan (GOS) recently attacked one of the largest IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) Camps in Southern Darfur. Kalma Camp, located outside of Nyala has more than 150,000 occupants. During this attack, 37 civilians were killed, many of whom were children under 11 years old. The GOS is now in the process of building up its military presence around the camp in what many think is in preparation for another larger attack. This cannot be allowed to happen. Pressure must be put on the US and the UN to deploy the UNAMID forces to this camp to stop this attack. In addition, our media must cover these evolving events and put them on the “front page” to let the GOS know that the world is watching and we will not stand by and allow the killing of innocent civilians.
To learn more please visit www.hopeartists.org and Studio Number One
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