What Vanguard is about

Vanguard is an acronym for: Visual Artists Nurturing Greater Understanding and Awareness through Responsible Design. We are a collective, a coalition of artists from every discipline (photography, fine arts, graphic design, illustration ect.) who have decided to use our art to affect positive socio-political change. We have decided to use our natural gifts and abilities as a means of subverting the status quo, to raise social and political awareness, and hopefully to make a difference in the world we live in. What we do is polemic, cathartic, and ultimately hopeful. Art for change, art for resistance, and art for a better tommorow, for present and future generations.

We feel that art has a vital role to fulfill in society, it should be our conscience, a vehicle for public discourse and social commentary. We feel that it is our responsibility as artists to use our abilities responsibly. To use a twist on the old industrial adage, Better living through artistry.

Vanguard's aim is to criticize the current system based on factual, credible arguments through the use of various visual mediums. We will depict numerous social and political issues objectively and demonstrate their consequences on the quality of life. We advocate peaceful non-violent resistance, freedom of thought and speech. We directly oppose prejudice racism, and violence in any form. The issues we will address are:

-Human rights
-Freedom of speech
-Environmental concerns
-Globalization
-Consumerism
-Responsibility from governments,
corporations and citizens
-Animal rights

We plan on working closely with Non Profit Organizations and foundations and acting as a resource for artists wishing to be involved in these issues. We want to educate, stimulate and provoke meaningful discussions. We want to provide resources and information to those who would seek to make a difference in the
world around them. It's not too late, people can affect change, and Vanguard wants to be there every step of the way.