A call to Artists and Innovators: A new opportunity has been posted on the FESMAN website. Check it out and submit a project proposal if you are interested. For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, check out my earlier post about FESMAN in Dakar December 2009.

Support your project Fesman 2009 is launching a call for projects on a worldwide scale for artists from the black community illustrating one or another of the following themes:

• The United States of Africa, the African Renaissance
• The dialogue between the Diaspora and the African continent

These projects presented on the website will be submitted to a vote by the public. Each vote will represent a value unit of 5,000 CFA (about $10) which can be converted into any international currency. The same individual may vote as many times as he wishes. You, in collaboration with at least two artists, would like to submit a project. Please register to receive an information packet.

The projects will be on-line starting in September 2009. The vote will be accessible on the same dates.