Deadline Nears for “25th Anniversary Free Speech Silent Auction”

January 27, 2009

Deadline Nears: As part of its 25th Anniversary celebration, CCTV invites local artists to create a piece of work that reflects the theme of “free speech” and “democratic communications”. These topics may be broadly interpreted and include references to the present and future of democracy, liberty, censorship, public access, media ownership, open government and the internet age. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Find out more here.

Says CCTV Founder Lauren-Glenn Davitian, “We hope our artist friends will let their creativity flow and use this as an opportunity to raise public awareness and understanding about the promise and the perils of free speech at this time and as we look ahead to the next 25 years.”

Contributed “free speech” art will be presented at Viva Espresson on North Winooski Avenue in Burlington for the month of April. On April 30th CCTV will hold a Silent Auction, during CCTV’s 25th Anniversary Screening--7pm – 10pm at the Main Street Peforming Arts Center on the Burlington Vermont  Waterfront. 

Selected pieces be auctioned and the proceeds will be contributed to CCTV. Twelve or more pieces will appear in the CCTV 2010 Calendar to be published in December 2009. Marketing activities will include press releases, posters, monthly e-news alerts, advertising in main stream press and promotion on social networks (such as Facebook) and at www.cctv.org

About CCTV: CCTV Center for Media & Democracy (www.cctv.org) is a recognized community watchdog for free speech and public access. For the past 25 years, we’ve: put media into the hands of people in the community; bridged the digital divide; and continue to work to make sure that activists and nonprofits can use internet tools to make our neighborhoods and our world a better place. CCTV operates Channel 17/ Town Meeting TV, CCTV Productions & Technical Services and CommonGoodVT.org

Final Submission Date for Artwork: Tuesday, March 31 (We have to be firm about this date, so that we can use use photos of the artwork in all of our marketing efforts.) Please contact Megan Humphrey at 864-7528 if you would like to participate.

Thank you so much for joining CCTV’s Board, Staff and supporters in this important community-wide celebration of media and democracy.

For More information: Megan Humphrey, meganh [at] sover [dot] net