Love Letter to Leader

An arts-based reimagining of life on planet Earth

From October to December 2021, hundreds of artists across the country submitted artworks that expressed an aspirational vision of humanity by illustrating the principles, processes, or practices of a just world, where the interrelationships between living organisms and their physical environment represent freedom, sustainability, and new futurities for planetary change. BIPOC and other historically marginalized or underrepresented artists were encouraged to submit their art. All professional, amateur, and student artists were eligible, and all artistic mediums welcome.

In keeping with MOZAIK Philanthropy’s mission to democratize philanthropy through a participatory grantmaking practice, the organization welcomed an independent jury of artists and arts professionals to assess the art submissions in a blind review, ultimately selecting 10 featured artists to receive $5,000 honorarias. An inaugural winner of the Future Student Art Prize was also selected to receive a $5,000 academic scholarship/stipend, and an additional 30 special mention artists received $1,000 honorarias. 

Ecosystem X artists represent an array of creative expressions, including photographers, painters, sculptors, street artists, muralists, mixed-media artists, visual, multi and interdisciplinary artists, illustrators, animators, 3D artists, cartoonists, technologists, shorts filmmakers, poets, art writers, composers, weavers, dancers, and creative performers.

Collectively, all artists will showcase their winning artworks in a curated virtual exhibition opening free to the public in early February 2022.