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Mel Chin’s Fundred Project Launches in Boston

James David Morgan wrote this post at 8:53 am on February 19th, 2010.

The Urbano Project and Artists in Context lend a hand to Mel Chin’s collaborative art piece, Fundred, this weekend, as the project celebrates its Boston kick-off. Fundred is an advocacy strategy to garner $300m in federal funding for lead decontamination efforts in New Orleans. Participants draw interpretations of U.S. $100 bills, and after 3,000,000 have been collected, they will be delivered to Congress in a vegetable oil-powered armored car, along with the request that the fake bills be exchanged for real funds.

Fundred from Fort Wayne, IN
A hand-drwan Fundred from Fort Wayne, IN

The city of Boston has pledged to raise fifteen thousand Fundreds.  Participants needn’t wait for the Fundreds to come to town, as an online template will help you get involved now.

Mel Chin explains the project in his own words in the video below, from Art21.

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