High5 Chicago

MISSION STATEMENT
This project seeks to heighten feelings of community through the production of a large-scale art project.

CONCEPT
We as a group (with the involvement of Columbia College art students) will construct a large-scale mural that articulates Chicago as a city and a community. The culminating event will be an exposition of that mural, and will provide an opportunity for community members to literally “make their mark” by placing a handprint on the wall, along with a wish for the future.

MOTIVATION
As students and members of the community, we have often voiced frustration at our feelings of relative powerlessness over our future as individuals and as a larger society. The production of this mural seeks to empower members of the community by allowing them to take a hand in the manifestation of their future in a symbolic way.

FUNDING
Funding the project will be accomplished in a variety of ways. Short-term funds will be acquired of our own volition, while long-term funds will be acquired with the cooperation of local businesses in exchange for exposure.

- Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
http://www.capeweb.org/
- A Special Wish Chicago
http://www.aswchicago.com/
- Chicago Public Library Foundation
http://www.chicagopubliclibraryfoundation.org/
- The Buddy Foundation
http://thebuddyfoundation.sc102.info/
- Cease Fire Chicago
http://www.ceasefirechicago.org