Local Artists' Ouija Boards Up For Vote at Green

Claire Lawton | October 21, 2010 | 9:33am

In August, Green New American Vegetarian Restaurant announced an interesting food-meets-art contest: Submit your own Ouija board design, and if you win (by popular vote), you can win two free meals per week for a year.

This week, Green installed the "Wanna Ouija" submissions, and now it's up to you to decide what lucky artist will eat a little, well, Green-er this year.

Check out a few submissions and voting information after the jump ...

"Hooligan Ouija Board" by Mitzi Melville

photo by Claire Lawton

The vote's taking place at the restaurant, at 2240 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 8 in Tempe and is open to the public until November 20.

Submissions range from small diorama-like scenes to full-blown boards constructed on mirrors, boxes -- even paper bags. And while there's only one first place prize, the second-place winner can enjoy one free Tsoynami shake every week for a year.

Winners will be The winner of the contest will be announced at Green's third annual ThanksLIVING celebration on Thanksgiving Day. Boards will then be sold in the restaurant, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Black Cat Rescue.

Here are just a few boards you can see at Green until late November (Note: Some boards are not up for vote, as they were submitted by Green employees and works are both signed and unsigned by artists.):