Art Show News!

September 3, 2025

At my “REBELS WITH A CAUSE ~ BEYOND DEATH” Art Show Fundraiser the Gandhi Day 911! event will happen 9-11-2025. There will be an Art Raffle! & FREE DRINKS! & DOOR PRIZES! for eligible* attendees (for details, see the rules & requirements shown below). The goal of the show & fundraiser is to get my Ecotropos Institute Inc. (EIi) up & really running, and to start the Ecotropos Trust (ET). The EIi will support other organizations and groups devoted to effective Global Emergency Response, truly sustainable development, recovery, redevelopment, and habitat restoration enabling the next (saner, post-collapse) civilization. Why? All the sub-crises accelerating our polycrisis and meta-crisis are interactive. So, EIi initiatives integrate research, development, education, design, planning, alliance building, coordination of effective whole-system problem solving and global collaboration. The ET will be the EIi‘s funding organization. The ET‘s first EIi Project will be spearheading Crowdfunding campaigns, to “prime the pump” and Fast Track next-gen crypto ICOs that enable a truly stable, sustainable Next Economy of sane civilization. FYI: A more appropriate website for my artworks and design graphics is being developed, ASAP. Auctions and sales of my Art Show artworks will soon be available to collectors and supporters via Ebay(.com). ASAP, I will post “thumbnails” and QRC links at my “Michael’s Mad Gallery” page at the site. BTW, “eco” = Home or biome, and “tropos” = evolutionary change (for the better).

Rules & Requirements: Prizes will be awarded to eligible* supporters, and collectors who participate in the activities at the Gandhi Day 911! event, described here: A ~ At the Opening of the Art Show, attendees who 1.) “Like” & “Share” one or more “pics” on my Gallery pages and 2.) post (upload) one or more pic/video clip of my artworks and/or me etc. (and show me your posts), and 3.) who already purchased at least 1 drink at the bar, will receive a Free NA (soft) drink or PBR or “house” special shooter or a shot of “well” liquor (unless you’re too drunk at the time, in which case, you’ll get an IOU/voucher). B ~ Door Prizes will be awarded to the attendees who do the most Liking, Sharing, and Video clip posts at multiple major social-media platforms: TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook, Linkedin, etc. Door Prizes will include but are not limited to Autographed mini-prints. C ~ The Art Raffle will function a bit like a flexible silent auction; it will reward Prize Winners who donate to the EIi & ET Startup Fund. To be eligible, contestants must write their first name & initials & 911! on the back of one or more of the following $USD Fed Notes (for the drawing basket): a.) a $100 or b.) $50 or c.) $20 or d.) $10 or e.) a $5 bill. The first $100 bill drawn (from the basket) will get the Grand Prize award, either an autographed 16″x20″ Art Show poster or 16″x20″ Dead Hero poster (of their choice). If no $100 bill is donated & drawn, then the Grand Prize will be an autographed 16″x20″ Art Show poster for the donor of the first $50 bill drawn; and if no $50 bill was donated & drawn, then the donor of the first $20 bill drawn will get either an autographed 12″x16″ Art Show poster or 12″x18″ Gandhi Day 911! poster. If the Grand Prize winner donated $100, then the First Prize will go to the donor of the first $50 bill drawn for that prize round, unless the Grand Prize went to a donor of $50. In that case, the first $20 bill drawn in the First Prize round will win the donor an autographed a.) 12″x16″ Art Show poster or b.) 12″x18″ Gandhi Day 911! poster or c.) a 12″x16″ Dead Hero poster of their choice. Otherwise, the Second Prize will go to the donor of the first $20 bill drawn for that round, for either an autographed 12″x16″ Art Show poster or 12″x18″ Gandhi Day 911! poster. The Third Prize will go to the donor of the first $10 bill drawn for that round, winning an autographed 8″x1o” print of a Dead Hero picture on display. However, if there’s too little motivation to justify the Art Raffle contest, I reserve the Right to call it off, for lack of sufficient interest & donations. *Eligibility ~ Persons under the age of 21Y or too drunk (per the bartender’s assessment) cannot receive a Free alcoholic beverage. Bartenders also have the right to request payment for a previous drink (or drinks, etc.), or to refuse a Free drink to anyone they think may be too drunk or, possibly, try to get away with nonpayment, or not having an open tab.