This is a national project but the below is taken from the local press release.
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Come make a Fundred Dollar Bill at Mellwood A&E Ctr: support a nationwide art project
Presented by 21c Museum and Louisville Visual Art Association's Open Doors Program
The soil in New Orleans is contaminated with lead. It affects 86,000 properties in the urban area, and is especially harmful to the inner city youth who live in this region. There is a plan to de-toxify it and remove any health risks to the community. It will cost $300,000,000.00.
Contemporary artist Mel Chin has a plan to raise this money and it involves everyone across the country. The Fundred Dollar Bill Project invites you to make your own hand-drawn $100 Fundred Dollar Bill. 3,000,000 of these will be collected by the project in a veggie-oil powered armored truck and taken to the steps of Congress and asked for an equal exchange of money to clean the New Orleans soil.
You can make an $100 Fundred Dollar Bill and be part of a nation-wide public art project that will bring awareness to an environmental/health catastrophe in New Orleans. Drop your Fundred off at the table or bring directly to 21c Museum Hotel, an official Collection Center on the armored truck's US route. Tell your friends to participate!
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