By Gordon David Durich
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 6/9/26 – Actor Johnny Depp is letting his flag fly as the force behind the JOHNNY DEPP THE PEOPLE’S ARTIST competition.
This exciting project invited visual artists to present their creative selves to the world. With hopes of recognition and reward, artistic and financial.
The “Holy Grail” is the opportunity to be named @official peoples artist; appear in @artform magazine, display work at the Art of Elysium’s Art Salon in Los Angeles and take home a nifty $25,000.
Full disclosure: as an artist in my own right, I toyed with entering this incredible campaign, but got cold feet. And late registration was looming. I do however know at least two fellow artists who
have entered the competition to be voted for.
Faith Butterfield, animation artist (and much more) and Valerie Kobabe, painter. They got my votes. Both women. For their talent and tenacity. Faith creates art to help her cope with autism, “because I was very different growing up” and she wants to give hope to the neurodivergent community. Valerie is also gallery owner (Snapdragon Healing Arts Center).
Johnny Depp is also a popular visual artist, renowned for his expressive- and impressive- pop art. He is also a musician and the face of Dior Sauvage fragrance (eau de parfam) products. Voting ends on Thursday June 11, at 7 pm Pacific time.
Keep your eyes peeled for the big reveal and discover new art from new peeps.
Colossal Management LLC runs The People’s Artist competition, as part of a fundraising campaign on behalf of Action Initiative Team (AIT), a 501 © (3) charity.
The People & Artist presented by Johnny Depp
https://peoplesartist.org
www.theartofelysium.org
www.artforum.com
