Operation Paydirt/Fundred Dollar Bill Project is a national participatory artist-driven project supporting a scientific solution to the devastating problem of lead (Pb) contaminated soil. The project is designed to raise awareness of this environmental threat and offer the voices of democratic expression for the solution. All across the country people are participating by drawing Fundred Dollar Bills — original, hand drawn interpretations of $100 bills. The Fundreds are being collected by armored truck and will be delivered to Washington DC, where the value of the art currency will advocate support to implement lead remediation in New Orleans and cities across the country. Operation Paydirt brings together the science to transform toxic lead so that it is no longer harmful and the critical collaborations to implement the solution. The project is directed by internationally-known artist Mel Chin. For more information go to www.fundred.org.
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Patterned after NPN's model performing arts program, the Visual Artists Network was launched in 2007 as a pilot, and in 2009 the program was formally established through the induction of the VAN Partners, fifteen leading contemporary arts organizations from across the United States.
The boundaries between the performing and visual arts are more than blurred: "Performance art" on the stage and "installations" in a gallery. Using the residency model of a touring performing artist, VAN is a way for the visual artist to engage in community.