Power of the Press Iowa

Protest Poster Workshops

Workshop Presentation Description
https://gamma.app/docs/Protest-Poster-Printing-Workshop-g745my3l0s75drl?mode=doc
Day/Half Day workshops for small groups up to 12

Contact Julie for a proposal Email: caveworkspressandstudios@gmail.com or AmericaNeedsAccess@gmail.com • Phone: 319-505-3983

Learn about the rich history of Protest Posters in movements for justice.

Then try your hand at your own letterpress poster! Julie Russell-Steuart was awarded a FY2022 grant from the Iowa Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts for her project Power of the Press IOWA. She will present a brief overview of the history of protest poster printing and teach participants how to use the power of the press to advocate for their own important ideas and causes. Participants will get inky and make their own prints using a portable printing press. We will learn how to make imagery and text in a relief process. All materials provided.

“Art generates affect, while activism is aimed toward effect. Combining the affective — or emotional — power of the arts with the effective — or directly impactful — capabilities of activism, in what we call “æffect,” Center for Artistic Activism