Arts for Global Development, Inc. has launched its TreasurePostcards Project '08 that invites female artists from across the globe to celebrate the 2008 International Women’s Day by sharing their visual voices/expressions/perspectives with donated postcard-sized artworks.

Interested artists may highlight issues like violence against women, HIV/AIDS, illiteracy/education, skill development, or economic empowerment in their works. The purpose of TreasurePostcards Project 2008 is to emphasise the importance of arts in empowering and bringing women together, and creating awareness on vital issues related to girls and women.

The artworks are requested to be exactly 4 x 6 inch or 14 x 10.5 cm in size, but can vary in media including photography, painting, mixed-media and collages of various materials, illustrations combined with poetry, anecdotes, caricatures, and many others. The donated postcards can be also designed in portrait/vertical or landscape/horizontal format.

Select donated works will be exhibited at the 9th Street Gallery in Washington, DC, United States (US), in March 2008 and will be available for sale during an educational event/exhibit to raise funds for a women's shelter, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) helping women and educating underprivileged young girls. Further details about the exhibition, educational event, and funds-beneficiary will be soon posted on the project website.

The deadline for application is March 8 2008.

Click here to learn more about the submission/project participation details.

In your submission please include:

• Information about yourself/artist:

1. Your Name / Last Name
2. Age
3. Country
4. Contact Information (mailing address and email; if you have a website please feel free to share)
5. Brief Bio Statement (max. 150 words in paragraph format)

• Brief Description about the postcard

1. Content of the artwork
2. Materials used

• Submission

1. Email your digital image in jpeg format with high resolution. Maximum of 3 postcard-artworks per artist. Email it to us with the above requested details at tpp@art4development.net with a subject line of TreasurePostcard (TPP); and
2. Please also write your name/last name; country of origin, and title of your work behind the postcard artwork and mail the original postcard-artwork to the address below.

Click here to read about previous winners.