Remember Janet Zweig? She wants to help make you a Thousand Dollarnaire!

I threw in with everyone else on the Janet Zweig public art affair some time back. You may recall that this talented artist almost had her great public art project cock blocked in Common Council committee world. "Nah!" said the art lovers of this community and Zweig's project is shuttling forth quite nicely.

To that end, the artist contacted me and others to post information about how you can become a part of her public art project. This is a pretty fine deal, too. If your idea is one of 15 selected to be represented throughout her exhibits, then you get a thousand clams.

Put on your thinking hats and show your pals and business associates that all the hullabaloo about Milwaukee being a creative hub isn't just lip service.

Here's the details:

Idea competition!

$1,000 honorarium to each of 15 winners or winning teams

Your observations and ideas are wanted for "Pedestrian Drama" a public artwork by Janet Zweig, a series of animated plays displayed on flip signs along East Wisconsin Avenue.

Just tell us a story of a pedestrian encounter you've seen on the sidewalks of Milwaukee.
We are looking for tales of remarkable and remarkably unremarkable pedestrian encounters.
We are looking for stories of amusing or quirky interactions that are "pedestrian" in both senses of the word.

If your idea wins, it will be developed into a short play consisting of two or more people interacting on the sidewalks of Milwaukee. With your consent, your idea may be combined with other winning ideas in order to complete one play. The plays will be developed in collaboration with Milwaukee actors, dancers, and directors. They will then be translated into short animated films for display on one of 5 flip-sign kiosks attached to light poles in downtown Milwaukee, beginning in 2010.

Each of 15 winners or teams of winners will receive $1,000 and will be named on the kiosks. If two or more stories are merged into one play, the winners will share the $1,000.

For details, examples, and how to apply, please go to :

www.janetzweig.com/PedestrianDrama.html