Dear Ken and Visual Artists Guild,

I'm submitting two images which I hope are good and readable for you. "I 
Want My Story To Be Known" was one window that I did as part of a larger 
9-window installation called Hidden Labor that told the history of LA's 
garment workers and their struggle for justice over the last 100 years.

"I Want My Story To Be Known" tells the story of  75 Thai immigrant women 
who were found to be working under conditions of semi-slavery in El Monte 
in August 1995, focusing national and international attention on the return
of garment sweatshops.

As it is shown it was 19' wide x 5' tall and roughly 2' deep. The materials
include:
	an 19' long photo of the workers;
	an 8' high "dress" made out of wire and cloth, with the Retailer's Code of 
	Conduct (passed by LA City Council in 1996);
	two large cut-outs of two of the workers (on foamcore) with transparent 
	cloth panels with quotes from interviews; 
	one large cutout (on foamcore) that include articles and images.

My proposal would be to do an abbreviated and slighly smaller installation 
roughly 8' high x 10' wide that would include a roughly 8-10'  x 5' photo 
of the workers, one or two foamcore cutouts, and the hanging "dress" 
cutout. I'd probably have to paint the wall behind the installation gold 
with darker patterns on that if possible.  I might also want to hang a 
banner in the exhibit that gives a more current timeline of activism/abuse 
since 1995 when these women were released.

The original intent of the work was to make visible the long and unending 
history of garment-worker abuse and anti-sweatshop activism. Unfortunately 
the sweatshop issue is a continuing problem in LA. The Retailers Code of 
Conduct is now being re-activated as an organizing tool as anti-sweatshop 
activism is reinvigorated in LA.

I am an artist and activist, currently working on a documentary film that 
tells the story of the U.S. Supreme Court's first victory for free speech, 
which happens to be my 93-year-old great aunt's 1929 case for flying a red 
flag at a summer camp outside LA (called the Land of ORange Groves and
Jails).

Please let me know if you have any questions or would like additional 
information about my proposal.

For further information on the Hidden Labor exhibit please
see http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/pubart/Downtown/HiddenLabor/
Just to clarify I was one of eight women artists who did the project, but I
am submitting one of two windows that I did as part of the project -

Thanks very much - and best wishes -

Thanks again,
Judy