I had a lot of fun with last year’s fat book and charm bracelet swaps, even though they didn’t raise as much as I hoped they would for Alzheimer’s research. So, this year, I was thinking to do something a bit different. I want to create a zine (a type of magazine) called “A Portrait of Alzheimer’s” and am looking for people to make art that fits this theme to include in the zine. Since you can just take a good, high resolution photo for me instead of sending in original art, it should be less costly for everyone to do. Of course, all net proceeds from zine sales will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Foundation at Alz.org.

Ideas for art to include in the zine are:
Poetry
Photos (please include a signed model release for any photos that include a person in them or I won’t be able to use them in the zine.)
Rubber stamped art (of course!)
Painted, sketched, or mixed media portraits
Sculpture
Art quilts

I also would love to have a section specifically for the art of Alzheimer’s victims, so if you are a caregiver for an Alzheimer’s patient, encourage him or her to make a piece. (Even if you don’t send anything in, art is such great therapy for Alzheimer’s patients, caregivers and everyone else on earth, so please give it a try.)

Please comment here if you have questions or have a piece you want to submit. The deadline for submissions to the zine is October 15th, 2008, so you have plenty of time to think about creating a piece.

Posted by on 04.26.2008 • Stamp Out Alzheimers