Fractured Atlas / Online Video Contest / Call for Submissions 

Since 1998, Fractured Atlas has been helping independent and emerging artists raise money, obtain affordable healthcare, and reach new audiences. We have formed a community of over 50,000 artists, representing every region of the United States and every creative discipline imaginable.

Fractured Atlas (www.fracturedatlas.org) is a non-profit organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations. Our programs and services facilitate the creation of art by offering vital support to the artists who produce it. We help artists and arts organizations function more effectively as businesses by providing access to funding, healthcare, education, and more, all in a context that honors their individuality and independent spirit. By nurturing today's talented but underrepresented voices, we hope to foster a dynamic and diverse cultural landscape of tomorrow.

Marketing Objectives:
Help us TELL THE WORLD WHY THE ARTS ARE IMPORTANT by creating short web videos around one of the following themes. A 20-60 second video, both in native uncompressed format and also flash encoded, that addresses one or more of the following themes:

- How the arts make the world a better place - You can relate a personal story about how the arts have made a positive impact or you could place the arts in a social context.
- What inspired you to become an artist? Was it another piece of art? Were you inspired by a mentor? Tell us a story or recreate a moment.
- Liberate the Artist - This has been the Fractured Atlas credo for nearly ten years. What does the phrase Liberate the Artist inspire in you?

We’re looking for narratives, documentaries, dramas, comedies, video collages, confessionals, animations, light paintings, dance videos, 16 millimeter films, MiniDV, Cell Phone cams, machinima and every other kind of video art we haven't heard of yet. We’re hoping to find material that is edgy, sincere, irreverent, funny, dramatic, or just plain engaging.

We will select three of the videos to be screened on November 8th, 2007 at the swanky Fractured Atlas Benefit in New York City.

1st Selection: $3,000
2nd & 3rd Selections: Free Lifetime Memberships to Fractured Atlas

Website:
http://www.fracturedatlas.org

Guidelines:
The video should be 20-60 seconds in length, should speak to one of the three listed themes, and should incorporate our name "Fractured Atlas", our logo, our website address www.fracturedatlas.org, and our tagline "Liberate the Artist".

For more information, visit: www.geniusrocket.com/rfb/fracturedatlas/fractured-atlas



Deadline: November, 1, 2007
Organization: Fractured Atlas
248 W 35th Street
Suite 1202
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 277-8020
Email: info@fracturedatlas.org
Website: www.fracturedatlas.org