Art Patch Project Response to City’s Attack on Speech

Filed under:Free Speech & Arts Policy — posted by cdrew on March 28, 2010 @ 10:09 pm

The Art Patch Project gives art away in front of the Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Patch Project gives art away in front of the Art Institute of Chicago

Volunteers are using art donated for art patches to educate the public

Volunteers are using art donated for art patches to educate the public

Artists who support making Chicago more friendly to artists want to change laws that limit artists speech rights' unreasonably

Artists who support making Chicago more friendly to artists want to change laws that limit artists speech rights' unreasonably

The Art Patch Project volunteers give the art-patches away with promotion for the artist and the cause on each art-patch

The Art Patch Project volunteers give the art-patches away with promotion for the artist and the cause on each art-patch

The public accepting our free art may visit the artists and our information online

The public accepting our free art may visit the artists and our information online

After the Art Institute we visited the Picasso Plaza where Chicago Critical Mass gathers

After the Art Institute we visited the Picasso Plaza where Chicago Critical Mass gathers

Giving art away is our response to the violation of our speech rights by not allowing artists their full speech rights to sell their art in public

Giving art away is our response to the violation of our speech rights by not allowing artists their full speech rights to sell their art in public

It is also our answer to the City which is railroading with a felony charge the artist arrested while testing the law limiting artists' rights

It is also our answer to the City which is railroading with a felony charge the artist arrested while testing the law limiting artists' rights

We have over 100 designs donated for use by artists with more being printed every week

We have over 100 designs donated for use by artists with more being printed every week

Every month we intend to give art-patches away at the Chicago Critical Mass

Every month we intend to give art-patches away at the Chicago Critical Mass

We will continue to give art-patches away in public until we have the right to sell art-patches in public

We will continue to give art-patches away in public until we have the right to sell art-patches in public

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image: detail of installation by Bronwyn Lace