Our Custom Ink Fundraising Campaign Has Closed
Need shirts for your next group event? Create your own custom t shirts.
Interested In Fundraising With Custom T-Shirts? Start Your Own Custom Ink Fundraising Campaign
Making Space
Bella + Canvas Tri-Blend T-shirt
- Sizes XS - XXXL
- View Sizing Guide
About this campaign
What space can we make to allow for further artistic expression? How can we create a lasting
reflection of the activities of the summer of 2020? What space can we make to allow for peaceful and
impactful gatherings of community members to engage? How do we elevate equity in our community?
These questions arose in response to the historic summer of 2020 and the response that Elgin’s
community had to the killing of George Floyd. Elgin’s residents came out and peacefully protested along
with many others across the nation. Downtown businesses were largely boarded up in an abundance of
caution based on the looting happening in other communities; happily, no looting or damage occurred
in Elgin. Local artists and activists activated to express their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter
movement artistically on the boards adorning the businesses.
An ad-hoc group of community individuals (now known as the Elgin Social Justice Collective)
came together and worked to identify a project that would address those questions. The project consists
of four parts: a mural, a documentary, a Juneteenth partnership, and a scholarship.
Using the board-ups as inspiration, a professional mural artist will be commissioned to design,
develop, and install a mural permanently in the downtown working in collaboration with our community.
The community will be encouraged to participate in the actual installation of the mural, during which
opportunities to engage with other community members and begin building relationships will be
plentiful. The entire process of this new mural will be documented, including interviews with the original
board-up artists and community members participating in the project. The documentary, as well as ways
to donate to the scholarship will be noted on the mural itself. The mural will be unveiled during the
annual Juneteenth Celebration. Also, a part of the Juneteenth celebration will be an installation of ‘Art
Cubes’ which will serve as a blank canvas for community members to use art to speak to their
experiences with the Black Lives Matter movement and its impact on their lives. These ‘Art Cubes’ provide
an artistic and spontaneous engagement opportunity annually.
Images of some of the artwork will be used to start a t-shirt campaign to raise funds for two
purposes: a second scholarship for the existing Dr. Martin Luther King Scholarship program, which is
awarded annually to Elgin students who have demonstrated an active interest and meaningful
involvement in the areas of human rights, civil rights, social justice and/or world peace. The second
purpose is to raise funds and awareness for the permanent mural to be installed.
This t-shirt shows the work by artist CENZR. IG: aerobrush_c1
Supporters
I believe in it.