Campaign of HOPE

Overview
Change Lives, Give Hope

Kambani's Campaign of HOPE is a posthumous tribute to Rolabu Idowu who died on 5 July 2007. He was a paraplegic and dedicated Kambani artist. To keep his dream alive, Kambani Arts, with the support and endorsement of Cadbury Nigeria, have embarked on the Campaign of HOPE to establish a foundation which will champion disability in the arts whilst reaching out to disabled and disadvantaged children. The campaign has been inspired by Barack Obama's message of HOPE.

The Campaign of HOPE is made up of five strands

Canvas of HOPE
The Canvas of HOPE is a bold initiative to bring together a combination of world artists to create a single artpiece - The Canvas of HOPE. Artists will each contribute some art work for a portion of the canvas. The canvas will travel to each contributing artist’s studio environment where it will stay until their contribution is completed. The theme for the canvas and for each artists work is HOPE. Artists are asked to explore HOPE in the context of their life and their work. Artists will be filmed at work on the canvas and the footage will be used in the documentary "Living the HOPE".

Image of HOPE
This is an initiative to build a virtual image of HOPE from a collage of sponsors logos. A donation of £100 from a sponsor will secure one logo slot and companies can donate their logo as many times as they wish. The campaign will run from Sept 2008 to August 2010. The Image of HOPE will act as a unique e-advertising and exchange forum for companies keen on social responsibility. Funds raised will go towards the Expressions of HOPE art tour and Living The HOPE documentary. The Image of HOPE will also form a permanent art installation in the Centre for HOPE.

Expressions of HOPE
This is an art tour taking place in Nigeria in Oct 2009. The tour will pass through Osogbo and Benin, two major art cities in Nigeria. It will feature some strong Nigerian artists and engage artists and children in expressing their hopes for a better future. Funds raised through the Image of HOPE campaign will go towards the "Expressions of HOPE" art tour.

Centre for HOPE
This will be a purpose built centre for promoting the arts and championing disability in the arts. It will house the Kambani Foundation for disability in the arts and will be funded and constructed from bricks pledged by supporters from around the world. It will be built between 2010 & 2012. Bricks of HOPE cost £5 and can be purchased on the web from from now until the centre is completed. Bricks will have the name of the buyer and their location inscribed on them.

Living the HOPE
This is a documentary that will track the Expressions of HOPE art tour, the launch of the Kambani Foundation for disability in the arts and follow the development and construction of the Centre for HOPE. A unique aspect will be a compilation of short clips highlighting views from up to 100 brick pledgers around the world. Footage from the "Canvas of HOPE" will also be included. There are also discussions taking place with Hackney Youth Offending Team to encourage gang culture youth to come to Lagos and help construct the Centre for HOPE. This in itself is an opportunity for a powerful documentary highlighting an alternative approach to the fight against knife crime in London.

All clips 60 secs or less.