The Carfree Cities Art Show at City Hall in Portland in June 2008 will feature an installation of Mail Art from around the world. We invite artists and writers everywhere to send original mailable photos, paintings and collages, poetry and prose, celebrating freedom from car culture in any and every phase of life, to:

Shift
P.O. Box 6662
Portland, Oregon
USA 97228

The official theme of this conference is “Rediscovering Proximity” We share our earth with billions of people as well as the whole natural world’s myriad creatures and flora and ecosystems. Our transportation and urban planning choices directly impact the health of the planet.

The fact that Portland city offialdom has thrown open the doors of City Hall to celebrate freedom from auto-obsessed culture and the interconnectedness between our local and global communities is an important and unusual gesture for an American city.

This art will become part of a permanent traveling exhibit and make future visits to cities hosting Carfree events. We regret being unable to return the pieces to the artists, but credit to all artists will be scrupulously noted.

We especially want to see Mail Art that incorporates the postage stamp in it’s design and travels through the mail with an open face - like a postcard. To be transported by US mail with a regular postcard stamp, cards must be at least 3 1/2 x5″ and no bigger than 4 1/4 x6″. Submissions may be bigger, but please check your local postal rates and restrictions before sending. All art must be received before June 1st, 2008 to be included in the show at City Hall in Portland.

For more information please contact sarastout@worldcarfree.net