As reported yesterday, the Manifest Hope art show will be heading to the district during President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration week.

An online contest for the DC show has been announced today.  Manifest Hope DC is currently accepting art submissions centered around three categories:

• Manifest Opportunity - Stimulating The Green Economy
• Manifest Change - Health Care Reform
• Manifest Unity - Protecting Workers’ Rights

Judges will select 15 winning pieces to be featured in the DC show.  The list of judges include Shepard Fairey, Spike Lee, Anne Ellegood, David Rolf, Eric Hilton, Laura Dawn and Van Jones. Please click here for contest rules.

The deadline for submissions has been set for January 9th.  The clock is ticking, get your submissions in early folks!

MANIFEST HOPE: DC Gallery
3333 M Street NW
Washington DC 20007
www.manifesthope.com

Source: Obama Art Report, Manifest Hope DC

Word on the streets is saying that the Smithsonian Institute is interested in purchasing Shepard Fairey’s Obama picee for the National Portrait Gallery.  The price tag for this is $75,000.00.  Will Fairey’s work be displayed in the hallways that house famous portraits of Ab Lincoln and George Washington?

We’ll keep you posted.  This is an exciting time to live in DC.

Shepard Fairey poses for a portrait in front of a mural he created that was inspired by Barack Obama, D-Ill., at the Manifest Hope Gallery in Denver on Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)