To start, I am ridiculously excited to see Mel Chin on the 5th, as I thought his work, either practical or philosophical, has made a huge impact on every aspect of society. The thing I want to focus on today though, is the 'Fundred Project'. If all of you reading this had been to basically any art-related class on Wednesday (even Drawing II), then you have heard of this project, so I won't get into those specifics.
From both classes I attended that day where 'Fundred' was presented, I heard that doing this was silly and pointless, because congress was probably going to reject the three-million drawings anyway. Someone I overheard asked, "Why do we have to do a project that elementary school children do?"
While I understand the frustration, I think many people are completely missing the point of this project. This project isn't as simple as point A (drawing pictures) to point B (getting money.) This is about raising awareness, because just think, before this project, did you know that New Orleans has the second highest lead levels in the country? How about the fact that the lead there is four times the allowed levels?
If people know more, people will do more.
Melissa
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I like the idea that Chin is using art as a petition instead of just a list of names. Kids could care less if they just signed their names but drawing a picture gets them involved.
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