Controversial?

[ChevyBaby]

the Graphics clas have been signed up to do the admin, vtf. we've been given the corridors that lead toward the cells and holding rooms etc (which are not set up to display our work in terms of colour scheme and rail placement - we were clearly an afterthought) and the padded room where.. something happens.. i cant remember what now.

 

[12sndsgood]

we all make choices of who we decide to help or not help. if it is not something that is required by your school to do, and you dont want to do it, then don't do it, your classmates to me seem to be acting like a bunch of idiots.

 

[ChevyBaby]

oh midn you, we were also assigned part of the cafeteria but i know MY work won't be put there because a few people already called it.

 

[Overread35]

There are artists in jail and some very good ones too but they are a very small minority so you are denying the chance to most prisoners to see and get inspired by art for the sake of a very few...

Aye but they still have prison libraries and most have access to TVs as well. So there is already a source of creative info there for them to tap into. I just don't feel that random student art on prison walls is the right approach

 

[vtf]

Imo its up to you. Like any charity you do not have the moral obligation to contribute against your moral or better judgement. I dont hold this against you nor should anyone else or less they be judged.
In saying this ,I do believe the arts behind the wall will help some less violent criminals but you can't save everyone and in the end you make the choice of who you try to.

 

[12sndsgood]

there are enough charities out there that you could spend an hour per charity 24 charities a day every day for the rest of your life and you still probably wont hit every charity there are. just because you choose not to support this one single charity does not make you a bad or pompous person.

 

[NCAFLeo88]

And you get the politically correct appearance of cooperating.

**** that, I shoot to make ME happy, not someone else. If you don't like it, not my problem, especially if you are not paying.

 

[ChevyBaby]

i just feel the need to point out that this isn't a charity. I have to legally pay the government out of my wages because they demand it to catch criminals and now i know what they're actually spending it on. They're sure as hell acting like a chairty but the London police force is far from a charity case.

 

[vtf]

i just feel the need to point out that this isn't a charity. I have to legally pay the government out of my wages because they demand it to catch criminals and now i know what they're actually spending it on. They're sure as hell acting like a chairty but the London police force is far from a charity case.

We do it for our schools in the US every day. Mostly basic necessities.

 

[ChevyBaby]

when i was in school, the only charity i had to do was the 'can festival' where we gave old people canned goods near xmas lol.

 

[vtf]

In grade and high school this is to teach you civic duty.
I think you would be hard pressed to find any government agency that didnt have a charity side. Whether our schools, the military and yes even the grand IRS in the States. All have people doing charitable functions within them. Whether you contribute still I think is up to you unless governed by school rules or such.

 

[ChevyBaby]

i doubt the university even knows about it, i think the MET directly contacted our lecturers about it, often happens because our lecturers are freelance and contracted photographers like Mark Lebon from Vogue magazine - and i know that HE won't be a part of it!

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

i just feel the need to point out that this isn't a charity. I have to legally pay the government out of my wages because they demand it to catch criminals and now i know what they're actually spending it on. They're sure as hell acting like a chairty but the London police force is far from a charity case.

 

[ChevyBaby]

lmao bj you noticed what i done wrong there then? i noticed after i posted but then didnt know ow to edit it!

 

[NikonNewbie]

They want FREE artwork. Your time and effort is of no value. Don't bother participating.
When a large, well-funded organization approaches a group of people and encourages that group to provide it with free labor, or work, or goods, or services, the underlying message is, "Hey,your work isn't worth PAYING FOR, so, let us hlep YOU, by you giving us some FREE labor and product." Yeahhhhhh....riiiiiight....you'll gain so,so much by making artwork for those who end up in jail. Tell them to head down to the local mall and the poster shops, where they can purchase ready-made, cheerful posters for $4.99 apiece.

Like this one...