Kate Bingaman-Burt's Dirty Money t-shirt

20x200 artist, Hey, Hot Shot! and Ultra, Kate Bingaman-Burt is never not making art. Kate recently relocated to Oregon from Mississippi, but in between unpacking and preparing for her new position as Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University, Kate found time to make t-shirts for a group show, DIRTY LAUNDRY: THE ART OF THE STAIN IN MODERN T-SHIRT DESIGN, opening next week in Hawaii.

Here's a bit of her clever artist statement:

I wanted to make my shirt for Dirty Laundry about money (surprise!) in some way. The stain that I chose was cherry juice. The cherry juice represents the mythical cherry tree that George Washington chopped down in his youth. I CAN NOT TELL A LIE. The cherry juice may also represent blood. The cherry juice is also very very sticky (fingers). Excited to draw all of the presidents (and the non president Franklin) represented on United States paper money, I cranked out our friends George, followed by Abe, Grant, Jackson, Hamilton (apologies go to Thomas Jefferson whose mug graces the two dollar bill...you are going to sit this one out buddy. I promise to draw you on my own time for personal pleasure).

Please enjoy the shirt. Wear it with pride. Love your Dirty Dirty Money.

Read her full statement and see some photos of her step-by-step t-shirt making here.

Nu'uanu Gallery
1161 Nuuanu Ave
Honolulu, HI
September 4–20, 2008

The Millard Fillmore $13 Bill by Jason Polan

Another tireless 20x200 artist, Jason Polan has also got money on the brain. He and Fritz Swanson in collaboration with the Manchester Press have produced The Millard Fillmore $13 Bill. Perhaps your history is a bit rusty, so let me refresh your memory of Millard Fillmore. Let's put this in multiple choice (no cheating!).

Millard Fillmore is/was:
a. Jason's 13th landlord
b. The 13th President of the United States
c. The 13th Gold Medalist in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Hopefully you picked b., and now you understand with perfect clarity why Jason was inspired to create some art in his honor. You can purchase your own $13 bill for $13 on Jason's site. The edition is limited to 400, so hurry up intrepid collectors!