Price of Life NYC

The New York City Price of Life Invitational scheduled for fall 2013 is a city-wide, campus-based, faith-inspired campaign addressing human trafficking in all its forms, sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, World Vision, and a diverse coalition of organizations.

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Aug 22

slaveryfootprint:

San Francisco-based photographer Lisa Kristine has spent the past 28 years documenting indigenous cultures in 70 countries on 6 continents around the world. More recently, she has been using her photography to document the monstrosity that is modern day slavery.

An incredibly eloquent and powerful presentation illuminating numerous kinds of slavery and paying homage to individual men, women, and children harmed. Well worth taking the time to watch the whole thing.
Posted at 9:34 AM 7 notes Tagged: human traffickingslaveryphotographyartTED
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Aug 10
Design Challenge!Above is our old flyer for Just Art I, with the details changed for our upcoming Just Art II. Lame? Yeah, we know. We think we can do better.Actually, we think you can do better, and we’re running a design challenge to prove it. Submit a poster design for Just Art II, Truth vs. Propaganda: Making (Good) Art for Good, and you could win one of 3 prize packages and have your work featured! All entrants get recognition just for entering. Submissions due 9 AM August 24. Read the details here. We can’t wait to see what you cook up!

Design Challenge!

Above is our old flyer for Just Art I, with the details changed for our upcoming Just Art II. Lame? Yeah, we know. We think we can do better.

Actually, we think you can do better, and we’re running a design challenge to prove it.

Submit a poster design for Just Art II, Truth vs. Propaganda: Making (Good) Art for Good, and you could win one of 3 prize packages and have your work featured! All entrants get recognition just for entering. Submissions due 9 AM August 24. Read the details here.

We can’t wait to see what you cook up!
Posted at 2:00 PM 1 note Tagged: designarttruthpropagandaJust ArtPrice of LifeNYCUPcontest

Announcements!

The Price of Life: NYC has some exciting upcoming events! Save the dates for the following, and look out for posts in the next few days explaining more details.

  • Think Tank II: Social [MEDIA] R[EVOL]UTION - How does good go viral?  08.25 |  10 AM - 2:30 PM  |  250 W. 80th St.

  • Just Art II: The line between truth and propaganda - How to make (good) art for good?  When making art for justice’s sake, where does the line between art and propaganda blur? How can artists avoid gimmicky art when representing important issues?  09.13  |  6:30 PM - 9 PM  |  IAM, 38 39th St, 3rd floor.

  • Just Art Poster Challenge: We’re calling visual artists to design a flyer exploring the concepts art, message, truth and propaganda for Just Art II (above). We’ll feature the winning design and award several prizes. Submit entries to priceoflifenyc@gmail.com by Friday, August 24 at 9 AM. More info here.
Posted at 9:59 AM 1 note Tagged: upcoming eventsprice of lifejusticeartsocial mediahuman traffickingsex traffickinglabor traffickingdo somethingpassionpropagandatruthJust ArtThink TankKony 2012

Jul 9
Price of Life: NYC & International Arts Movement present Just Art:A discussion series with artists on the intersection of art & justice.Part 1: Calling Artists to ActionThrough this series, we want to help artists explore the dilemmas involved in making art with a justice lens and gain tools for thinking about the issues. We will also be explaining how the Price of Life hopes to engage people through art and share how you can make difference with your creative gifts. Light snacks & drinks will be provided.The event is free but space is limited; reserve a spot here.07.16  |  Reception 6:30-7 PM + 7-8:30 PM Discussion | 38 West 39th St. (IAM Office)

Price of Life: NYC & International Arts Movement present

Just Art:

A discussion series with artists on the intersection of art & justice.

Part 1: Calling Artists to Action

Through this series, we want to help artists explore the dilemmas involved in making art with a justice lens and gain tools for thinking about the issues.

We will also be explaining how the Price of Life hopes to engage people through art and share how you can make difference with your creative gifts.

Light snacks & drinks will be provided.

The event is free but space is limited; reserve a spot here.

07.16  |  Reception 6:30-7 PM + 7-8:30 PM Discussion | 38 West 39th St. (IAM Office)

Posted at 2:51 PM 4 notes Tagged: price of lifeinternational arts movementartjusDo Somethingpassioncreativityhuman trafficking

May 24

Beauty in simplicity

freedomandfashion:

It’s one thing to hear speeches and watch documentaries about human trafficking.

But there is something so alluring and powerful about expressing oppression through abstract forms of art.

Above are photos from the Women Hold Up Half the Sky exhibit at CAST’s From Slavery to Freedom Gala.

The main installation composed of stringed lines of letters of hope and encouragement to trafficked victims stored in plastic pockets.  

Talk about beauty in simplicity, right?

What is your response to the exhibition? Or do you have any inspirations or personal ideas for art for social justice? Comment or tweet responses!

- DP

Art has an incredibly powerful role to play in moving people’s hearts, in a way that raw logic cannot do! Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos.

We’re so excited about how we can use the passion and talent of working and student artists as part of the Price of Life Invitational. If you’ve got artistic talent to share, get in touch. We can’t wait to see how your creative work will help inspire people to think and act differently.

Posted at 9:56 AM 10 notes Tagged: human-traffickingdiana parkhuman slaverysocial justiceCASTart
Source: freedomandfashion

May 17

SOLD: The Human-Trafficking Experience

A Richland, Washington church hosts this multi-sensory experience meant to engage people around the issue of human-trafficking. Bethel Church provided a grant to a few young dreamers, who created this project with the help of numerous volunteers. As the project website describes it:

Participants will be immersed into the lives of victims in nine different parts of the world. SOLD challenges participants to respond to human trafficking with justice, mercy and humility.  …

The goals of SOLD are to educate and move to action. We hope each person will come away with an increased awareness of human trafficking and a better understanding of how to address it. We also hope each person will be inspired to take small steps to live each day with justice and mercy. Finally, we hope that attendees will begin to grapple with the deeper issues of God’s love and sovereignty and justice, the evil in the world, and their own part in God’s plan of bringing justice.

How about bringing this to NYC for the Price of Life Invitational?!

Posted at 1:53 PM 1 note Tagged: human traffickingartdo somethingjusticemercyhumility

Mar 29

Taking Act:ion! - Arts competitions

This week the Price of Life team spent a couple exciting days with our friends from World Vision, plotting and planning. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is proud to have World Vision on board as our partner for the Price of Life campaign in fall 2013.

Specifically, we’re working with Act:s, World Vision’s super cool activism network. (Do you follow them yet?) They’ve got an exciting new web platform that makes it easy to create and share resources to take action around numerous important issues, including (but not limited to!) trafficking. Check out their site to see weekly challenges and get inspired about how you can take act:ion today. (And be sure to stop by InterVarsity’s curated page! Our team member Jonathan made a video!)

As we move closer toward the Price of Life Invitational, we hope to use the Act:s platform to generate new resources and tell stories around the issue of trafficking through arts competitions of various kinds. We’ll need

  • volunteers to help run the competitions
  • artists to dream and create
  • people of all types to share and respond

Do you have an idea to share, a story to tell?  Get in touch!

Posted at 9:51 PM Tagged: artAct:sworld visiontraffickingmodern slaveryintervarsityPrice of Lifesacrificecreate