YOU ARE NOT HERE TO MERELY MAKE A LIVING.

You are here to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.

- Woodrow Wilson

In graphic design, our influence is in color, space, form, and font; it is the power to encourage or discourage, attract or repel, incite or restrain human beings in their emotional, mental, and spiritual endeavors. We are, in effect, the traffic directors of society.

In April, over a cup of coffee in China Town, three designers mulled over this charge.

The title, Seeing Red, refers to the artists' unrest with contemporary issues as well as the common visual theme of the show: red and black. More than a venue or even a dialogue, Seeing Red is also a fundraiser, as all profits from poster sales benefit a charity of the designer's choice.

Our attempt is to create more than a dialogue. We are attempting to create a tangible method of bettering the world.

The posters at Seeing Red have been printed by hand in a traditional form of printmaking called silkscreening. This method allows the printer to use two pure inks, making the red and black extremely rich and vibrant. Screenprints have a textural quality not found in other methods of printing. All posters in this exhibit have been printed on archival quality paper. As only 15 prints of each poster have been made, this is a very unique opportunity to own an original piece of artwork.

When you purchase a poster for $200, the proceeds from your donationÊwill go to the charity of the poster designer's choice.

Seeing Red is a not for profit endeavor, thus requiring the monetary support of patrons of the arts. Your donation can make a huge difference in the impact of this show. With full funding, we will be able to raise $63,000 for charitable causes at the local and international levels. All donations to the show are tax-deductible. Contributors who donate between $2,500 and $5,000 will receive a set of 15 prints of their choice. For donations above $5,000, the donor will receive a full set of prints.

For further information about how you can contribute to Seeing Red, please contact us at info@seeing-red.net