The Art of Protest

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This week we are engaging with the news, we are not going to ignore what is going around us. Allowing the art of protest to be our guide I would like us all to create a protest poster, or a window sign.
Art and Protest
Season 7, Episode 3
LINK HERE 







The Art of Protest : Protest Posters 

Posters through time 


A demonstrator at the January 1977 protest at the International Hotel in San Francisco.

 
All Power to the People | Emory Douglas/Black Panther Party/Center for the Study of Political Graphics
Black Power Matters | Eastside Arts Alliance/Center for the Study of Political Graphics

Luther posting his 95 theses
Community Control of the Land | Favianna Rodriguez/Self Help Graphics and Art/Center for the Study of Political Graphics

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