The Manifest Hope: DC gallery (3333 M Street, NW, Washington, DC) is accepting online art submissions for their exhibit — Jan. 17 – 19 –preceding the Presidential Inauguration. You can make one submission per category, totaling a maximum of three submissions. The three categories are: Health Care Reform (Manifest Change), Workers’ Rights (Manifest Unity); and The Green Economy (Manifest Opportunity).

Fifteen works (5 per theme) will be selected for the Inauguration exhibit. They will be selected by a panel of judges that include artist Shepard Fairey (creator of the now famous “Barackon” pictured in this post); filmmaker Spike Lee; community organizer/activist Van Jones. Manifest Hope: DC is issuing this call to art in partnerhsip with MoveOn.org Political Action, the Service Employees International Union and Obey Giant.

You have until 11:59 am EDT on Friday, January 9th, 2009 to upload your art at the Manifest Hope: DC website. Visit http://www.manifesthope.com.