A CALL FOR ART Fill the World with Love: A Public Installation Series Light Up the Night with Love, Unity & Inclusion - Positive Exposure
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IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Detail of luminaries in front of the POSITIVE EXPOSURE Wall of Love
Fill the World with Love: A Public Installation Series
Light Up the Night with Love, Unity & Inclusion
A CALL FOR ART
Light up the Night with Love, Unity and Inclusion
On February 14, 2021, POSITIVE EXPOSURE will launch the first in a series of
collaborative, public art installations based on the theme, Fill the World with Love.
This inaugural installation — entitled Light Up the Night with Love, Unity and
Inclusion — will showcase and illuminate artwork from around New York City and the
globe inspired by POSITIVE EXPOSURE’s East Harlem Wall of Love by Marco Santini,
and the vision of using art for social good.
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Image of East Harlem Wall of Love detail, the word LOVE in many languages in colorful geometric shapes. POSITIVE EXPOSURE’s East Harlem Wall of Love VIEW Wall of Love Video: vimeo.com/503649270 In Autumn 2020, POSITIVE EXPOSURE collaborated with award-winning artist Marco Santini to create POSITIVE EXPOSURE’s East Harlem Wall of Love in the courtyard that POSITIVE EXPOSURE shares with The Church of St. Edward the Martyr and the New York Common Pantry at 8-14 East 109TH Street in New York City. This vibrantly colored, geometrically shaped, four-story mural (reminiscent of stained glass) features the word LOVE in over 100 languages, symbolizing that “there is more that unites us than divides us”.
About the Artist VIEW
Marco Santini is an award-winning,
NYC-based artist, fashion designer,
photographer and inventor who draws
inspiration from inclusion, positivity
and language. In 2007, he received a
Bachelor of Arts in Linguistic
Anthropology at Brown University,
where he was intrigued by the
relationships amongst communication,
expression and imagery. Santini
worked at branding agencies in NYC
before fully committing to the arts. His
geometric style is expressed through
spray paint, paint markers, window
markers, acrylics, magazines, textiles
and digital art.
Santini found his life’s purpose in 2018
to spread love and positivity as a
Conscious Creator. He has expressed
this through art, education and
volunteering. He speaks and paints at
schools around the world, teaching
students to explore their passions
while turning negatives into positives.
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Up angle photo of four-story the East
Harlem Wall of Love; the word LOVE in over 100 languages
painted in colorful geometric designs.
In 2019, Santini had his first solo show entitled “Unity in Diversity”, showcasing over
100 works at 198 Allen Gallery in the Lower East Side of New York City. Santini’s work
has also been featured at the United Nations, Shore Club Miami, SLS Miami, Art Basel
Miami (2019, 2018 & 2017), Bloomingdales, Burning Man (2019), SXSW (2019 & 2018),
Hudson Yards, Brooklyn Beer Garden, Underhill Walls, Rare Art Gallery, Flywheel
Gallery, GalleryBar, Rogue Gallery, Arts United and Arts House in East Hampton.
Call for Art
POSITIVE EXPOSURE is calling upon our community to come together and create a
public art installation as an extension of POSITIVE EXPOSURE’s East Harlem Wall of
Love by Marco Santini. For his mural, Santini used an array of geometric shapes and
colors with the word LOVE written in over 100 different languages to symbolize that
“there is more that unites us than divides us”.
Building on this concept, POSITIVE EXPOSURE is asking the community to submit
artwork addressing the theme of LIGHT, LOVE, UNITY and INCLUSION. These
colorful pieces of art work will then be turned into luminaries to fill POSITIVE
EXPOSURE’s Courtyard and Gallery on February 14TH — Valentine’s Day. Additionally,
this installation, and the behind-the-scenes artworks in progress, will be captured via
photography and film, culminating in a multimedia experience for global audiences.
INSTALLATION DATE: February 14, 2021
Submissions must be received by February 10, 2021.
Directions for the Creation and Submission of Artwork
OPTION 1: DESIGNS ON SMALL PAPER BAGS
Addressing the theme of LIGHT, LOVE, UNITY and INCLUSION, create a colorful
design, drawing, collage, or cutout on a SMALL paper bag with or without handles
(i.e. lunch sack, white/brown bag, take-out bag, gift bag, etc.).
MATERIAL OPTIONS
• SMALL Paper Bag
• Pencils, markers, crayons, paint
• Construction paper cutouts, tissue paper, tracing paper, magazine/newspaper
clippings, etc.
• Scissors, hole punch, carving utensil
• Scotch tape, glue/glue stick
POSITIVE EXPOSURE will place a small battery-operated light in each bag to turn
it into a LUMINARY.
Take a photograph of your artwork and email to liz@positiveexposure.org by
February 10, 2021.
OPTION 2: DESIGNS ON PAPER
Addressing the theme of LIGHT, LOVE, UNITY and INCLUSION, create a colorful
design, drawing or collage on a piece of paper.
MATERIAL OPTIONS • Paper • Pencils, markers, crayons, paint, watercolor, pastels • Construction paper cutouts, tissue paper, magazine/newspaper clippings, etc. • Scissors, hole punch, carving utensil • Scotch tape, glue/glue stick POSITIVE EXPOSURE will affix your artwork to a paper bag to be included in the luminary installation. HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK BY FEBRUARY 10, 2021 . . . Paper Bags Designs: Please add your name, city, community or school and title of artwork! Artists in NYC Metropolitan Area, please email liz@positiveexposure.org to arrange for possible pick up of your PAPER BAG ARTWORK or the possibility for dropping off art at POSITIVE EXPOSURE located 14 East 109TH Street, New York, NY 10029 or other specified location. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A matrix of 12 (4x4) images of artwork on a variety of paper bags which are lit by battery-operated candles.
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Fifteen colorful bags of various sizes on black background POSITIVE EXPOSURE POSITIVE EXPOSURE is a 501(c)(3) that promotes a more inclusive world through award-winning photography, films, exhibitions, lectures and educational programs. For over 20 years, POSITIVE EXPOSURE has collaborated globally with nonprofit organizations, hospitals, medical schools, educational institutions and advocacy groups to promote a more equitable and compassionate world where individuals and communities at risk of stigma and exclusion are understood, embraced and celebrated. POSITIVE EXPOSURE has a gallery, performance and community space, celebrating human diversity through arts and culture on NYC’s Museum Mile in East Harlem. Located at 14 East 109TH, POSITIVE EXPOSURE hosts educational programs, exhibitions and productions by multi-sensory, literary, performing and visual artists, breaking down barriers and broadening perspectives on diversity, equity and inclusion. To learn more about POSITIVE EXPOSURE, please visit positiveexposure.org.
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