In early September, Hansen launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the
$8,000 he needs to produce his part of the museum show opening in
mid-November. You can find his campaign on www.kickstarter.com under
Blood Rescue. The centerpiece of this campaign is aimed squarely at
Hansen’s personal bull’s eye; the S.A.F.E Act. Every supporter at five
dollars or more will have their name inscribed on the Blood Rescue
Banner Role. This is a twenty-four inch wide piece of Blood Rescue art
with the winning grand prix image across the top and every supporter’s
name inscribed below.
Five copies of this banner will be presented, one each to five different
Congressmen just days before the November 7 elections. With enough
funding, Hansen will personally present these banners to each of their five
home district offices. Two copies will go to the bill’s two sponsors in
Congress. Three more copies will be presented to each of the House
committee chairs where the S.A.F.E Act sits currently. In addition,
Hansen will run advertisements in each of their three House districts
urging voters there to demand their representatives support the S.A.F.E
Act.
“I realize Blood Rescue alone won’t get this bill passed,” says Hansen,
“but with enough signatures and a shift in public awareness driven by a
powerful visual story we can be part of making this happen.”
November’s opening of Season of the Equus will be the largest museum
exhibition of equine fine art in recent memory. “This is a once in a
lifetime opportunity, a constellation of events gathering to make the
perfect storm, the kind that changes everything in its path,” says Hansen.
“The S.A.F.E Act is pending in the House and mid