Hard Times: a new dollar for america is a juried art exhibit sponsored by the The Purple Moon, an art and mid-century modern design gallery
in downtown Charleston, WV.
The goal of the exhibit is to artistically focus on the changing and challenging economic landscape
the nation and the world now finds itself in and the impact and perception of the dollar in modern society.
Submissions by
artists follow the theme of the show with works of art which re-design, revalue or re-evaluate the American dollar and which artistically
address at least one of the following:
1 - A redesign of the American dollar bill.
2 – The revaluation of the dollar and
its role in 21st Century.
3 – Alternatives to the dollar in the 21st Century.
Hard Times: a new dollar for america will
open the evening of June 25th, 2009 at The Purple Moon in conjunction with the ArtWalk and Festivall 2009 and will run through July
31, 2009.