Protesting Racism And Hate With Political Art August 24, 2017 By Steven Brower Print (August 17, 2017) Following the horrific events precipitated by white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members on Saturday in Charlottesville, VA, where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was murdered, President Trump shockingly came out in favor of the alt-right. The response by our community was swift. Some illustrators and designers created work anew, others re-purposed existing political art, illustrations and posters, and these began appearing in online publications and social media. Prolific anti-Trump stalwart illustrator Edel Rodriguez-known for his TIME magazine "Melt Down" covers-produced 2 images, seemingly overnight. Satirical illustrator and caricaturist Steve Brodner cropped in on an earlier Trump portrait, one of many he has created, for maximum effect. Others, like myself, created something new. As Robin Landa said on Facebook, "Designers: We need to flood social channels with protest posters." So here is my contribution; a collection of protest posters from artists and designers who refuse to sit by silently and let hate win. Share your political art with us @printmag. Edel's "Take It Down". Steve Brodner cropped his earlier image to increase the impact Carolyn Sewell drew on top of "The Washingtonian" Trump 24K Gold Plated Poster, Designed by Mark Fox and Angie Wang (Design is Play) from the new `The Design of Dissent, Expanded Edition' book by Milton Glaser and Mirko Ilic Felix Sockwell Mike Mitchell James Victore "The Stain in Chief" by Victore Brian Stauffer Jon Berkeley David Plunkert Bob Staake Arlen Schumer My contribution Ward Sutton José Cruz John Langdon [Steven Brower is a graphic designer, writer, and educator and a former creative director/art director of Print. He is the author and designer of books on Louis Armstrong, Mort Meskin, Woody Guthrie and the history of mass-market paperbacks. He is director of the "Get Your Masters with the Masters" low-residency M.F.A. program for educators and working professionals at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. You can follow him on Twitter: @stevenianbrower.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- VIEW ONLINE: https://portside.org/2017-08-24/protesting-racism-and-hate-political-art SUBSCRIBE: http://portside.org/subscribe VISIT PORTSIDE.ORG: http://portside.org TWITTER: https://twitter.com/portsideorg FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/Portside.PortsideLabor -------------------------------------------------------------------- Portside aims to provide material of interest to people on the left that will help them to interpret the world and to change it. Submit via email: [log in to unmask] Submit via web: http://portside.org/submittous3 Frequently asked questions: http://portside.org/faq Sub/Unsub: http://portside.org/subscribe-and-unsubscribe Search Portside archives: http://portside.org/archive To unsubscribe, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(portside,SIGNOFF);