Breakdown Press are putting together another Breakdown Poster Series, and this time they’re seeking posters about PEACE.

This is a great chance for designers, artists and writers to work towards creating a peaceful future. Hopefully these posters will end up on bedroom walls, in workplaces, streets, shopfronts and schools!

Artists and designers are encouraged to use writing and statistics from academics, historians, poets, scientists, activists and songwriters in their poster designs. The team at Breakdown Press want to see stencils, printmaking, illustration, painting, typography, photography and collage in poster designs. Think handmade.

Poster topics can include:

Peace Building

The Arms Trade

Redirection of Resources Towards a Peaceful Society

Militarisation of Everyday Life

Global Harmony

Human and Environmental Impact of War

It’s an interesting time to be reflecting on Australia’s role in international politics, particularly in light of the upcoming visit by the US President Barack Hussein Obama. Australia is still involved in wars of aggression in the Middle East where military interventions are still being enacted. Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, where incidentally a US base is located, are also being subjected to interventionist policies.

This is a great chance to not only get your artwork out there, but let your voice be heard as well.

So get crackin’ and send your work in before May 1, 2010!

For more information about the Poster Series and what the Breakdown mob are all about, send them an email or march on over to http://breakdownpress.org.