Hey, illustrators!




Join THE DIGNITY FOR ALL open call by APRIL 28

Fine Acts teamed up with the Miami Workers Center – an organization working to build power with working-class tenants, workers, women and families – to launch an open call to US and US-based artists for impactful existing visual artworks on the topic of workers’ and housing rights, and the power of solidarity & community.

We are looking for existing illustrations that focus on a hopeful vision for our collective future. 10 selected works will be published under an open license, so that activists, educators and nonprofits can use them to amplify their work (only non-commercially). 

Our goal is to build a unique collection of visuals to show the power of communities to raise their voices for worker and tenant rights, and to accompany stories & narratives that focus on a future where we can all live in dignity.

Apply with your existing works by April 28. You don’t need to create a new work for this call, but you need to submit only works you own the copyright to. If your work is selected for the collection, you will receive a licensing fee of 150 USD, plus an award certificate, and will be included on The Greats, our unique platform with carefully curated open licensed visual content intended to bring about social change. 

If selected, you remain the work’s owner and can still sell or use it for commercial purposes.

This call is open for artists based anywhere in the world. 

To submit your work for consideration, simply fill in the form below.

 
 
 
 

  • The topic of this open call is the rights of workers and tenants and the power of solidarity & community.

    Millions of people today work in jobs that pay shockingly low wages, provide scant benefits, impose irregular schedules, offer unsafe conditions, and abuse their rights to stand up and speak out. In essence, these workers are denied the basic right to “decent work.” In 2022, one million US workers reported wages at or below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Furthermore, according to the American Working Conditions Survey, working conditions in the US can be harsh – 61% of American workers perform repetitive or intensive physical work that includes moving heavy loads, maintaining painful positions, and are exposed to hazards, and 20% report recent abuse or harassment at work.

    Not coincidentally, they are also among those who have historically had to struggle for their rights – disproportionately women, people of color, immigrants, and refugees. These communities are working harder and longer than ever.

    Furthermore, while working women in the US have made tremendous strides, they still face a myriad of problems in the workplace and the home that often result in lower incomes, longer hours, fewer opportunities, and increased risk of harassment and abuse.

    What’s more, access to safe and affordable housing is closely tied to employment opportunities. Workers who face discrimination, exploitation, or low wages may struggle to afford housing or may be at risk of housing instability or homelessness. Working-class tenants also face issues such as inadequate living conditions, and limited tenant protections, contributing to housing insecurity and economic instability.

    Thus, housing justice is a multifaceted movement advocating for equitable access to safe, affordable, dignified and stable housing, and recognizing housing as a fundamental human right. It encompasses efforts to ensure housing affordability for all, regardless of income, while promoting tenant rights, protections, and community-driven approaches to housing development and planning.

    Housing justice also focuses on preventing displacement, addressing systemic inequalities, and building alliances across diverse social justice movements to advance collective struggles for justice. It recognizes the interconnected nature of housing with other social justice issues such as economic inequality, racial justice, reproductive justice, and justice for working-class communities.

    We are looking for existing illustrations that show diverse people & communities fighting and organizing for workers’ & housing rights to promote equity, dignity, and justice for all.

    Illustrations should meet the criteria below:

    • Depict a world where workers’ and housing rights are protected, and where values such as hope, resilience, solidarity, compassion and community are center stage;

    • Are hopeful and rely on positive emotions. According to science, when we only show the grim situation, people begin to fear the future and start to believe that we live in a world of crisis with no alternative. We want to show or hint at a solution, and not only depict the problem;

    • Show diversity of characters;

    • Are not too cliched or too abstract.

  • Please only submit standard size posters: 18”x24”, or 3:4 ratio.

    Posters should be high-resolution files – acceptable formats are EPS, PDF, PSD, AI, TIFF. Vector files are preferred, 300+ PPI.

    You can submit up to 5 works.

  • Miami Workers Center builds the power of working-class Black and Immigrant communities in Miami-Dade County in the United States. Through leadership development and grassroots campaigns, we seek to transform ourselves, our workplaces and our neighborhoods to win the respect, rights, and resources we all deserve.

    Fine Acts is a global nonprofit creative studio for social impact. Fine Acts works at the intersections of advocacy, art, tech, and science, and practices playtivism – creating multidisciplinary spaces for play and experimentation in activism. Our work – from public art interventions, through videos, installations, books, board games and illustrations, to experimental formats – is rooted in hope, joy and openness. Our campaigns and art actions foster public understanding and engagement on a vast range of social and environmental issues, all around the world.

 

THIS CALL IS CLOSED

Finalists will be announced soon.