The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is pleased to announce that the Making Policy Public (MPP) call for designers and other visual artists is now open. CUP seeks policy-friendly design collaborators to work with advocates and experts on the new editions of MPP.

Making Policy Public is CUP's series of foldout posters that use graphic and information design to explore and explain complex public policy issues. This year we received tons of thoughtful and interesting proposals from researchers and advocates. We are excited to present the following groups and issues selected by our distinguished jury:

+ The Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights with Domestic Workers United + Immigrants' access to banks with Remás + Hydraulic fracturing and its impacts with Damascus Citizens for Sustainability + Banks and fringe financial services with Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP)

We are now seeking statements of interest and portfolios from potential design collaborators. Applicants chosen through the juried submission process receive full attribution, rights to reproduction, publicity through CUP, and an honorarium of $1000. The deadline for applications is March 21, 2011.

You can download the submission guidelines here.