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Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Mural Competition
Until Justice Rolls Down Like Water
Hostelling International Chicago, in collaboration with The Peace Museum and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, is once again hosting annual competition for art students in Chicago honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Student artists will be selected to paint individual pieces on the 2nd floor windows of Hostelling International Chicago. The theme of the exhibit is “Until Justice Rolls Down Like Waters,” and will be a consideration of the continuing struggle for civil rights today. Each artist will have three glass windows for their work and each set of windows is separated from others by a column.
The artist whose work best captures the theme of the exhibition will be awarded a First Place Prize Second and Third Place Prizes will also be awarded. Jurors from the Peace Museum, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Hostelling International Chicago will evaluate the final artwork to determine the prizewinners.
The installation will coincide with The Peace Museum's "Until Justice Rolls Down Like Waters" exhibition, which features work that depict the life and work and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Pieces from the Museum's permanent collection will be featured at the hostel with the students' artwork.
Submission Process » Deadline extended through October 9th.
An Oasis of Imagination
An Oasis of Imagination illustrates the true story of Gaviotas told by author, Alan Weisman. The village of Gaviotas is a place of peace and plenty located in the remote savannas of Colombia. Created in the 1970s from a barren, uninhabitable desert, Gaviotas has blossomed into a self-sustaining "oasis of peace." By using renewable energy resources and innovative technology such as biodiesel fuel, wind turbines and solar power, Gaviotas' visionary founders created a diverse community with no need for guns, jails or violence. Gaviotas has been hailed as one of the most inspiring environmental stories ever told.
An Oasis of Imagination is highlighted by Alan Weisman's text along with photographs from award-winning photographers Antonin Kratochvil and Hector Emanuel.
An Oasis of Imagination also places a spotlight on the efforts of a few Chicagoans, with the help of local photographers, as the city's own inventors, visionaries and community leaders experiment with new ways of solving social and environmental problems.