The Amplifier Foundation is continuing its work with the Women’s March on Washington by launching a national tour to showcase 60+ never before seen artworks submitted to the Women’s March Public Call for Art.
Over 40,000 posters created from five graphics were produced and distributed by Amplifier Foundation and carried by participants in the Women’s March on Washington in DC and across cities around the world. The artwork was then used to amplify the voices of the 2 million plus participants who marched across the US in the monumental grassroots movement people of all backgrounds and from across the US.
The tour will begin with an opening reception at Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art with an opening reception on February 2nd. Additional tour dates and locations will be announced in February.
The opening reception will take place from 6-9pm, will feature a pop-up screen-printing station with Eric Carnell from Fogland Studios and New Mystics demoing screen-printing.
In an effort to continue their CoCA Lab residency “RESISTANCE: Art as Advocacy,” artists and printers Eric Carnell and NKO will demo guerrilla screen-printing techniques featuring posters from #HearOurVoice by showcasing how to empower people through visual art by using simple tools and techniques.
The Pop up screen-printing demo will be between 7-8:30pm and the exhibit runs February 2 – 25, 2017
“Our Bodies, Our Minds, Our Power draws inspiration from a time when demands were stitched onto banners and flags. I originally created these graphics for a series of protest bandanas highlighting the history of protests in America, combined with the many symbols representing our gender, sexuality, and religions that ground and uphold our global feminist movement,” Jennifer Maravillas, one of the featured artists shared.
“As we enter this new phase of resistance, we will look to the methods of our fore sisters; to the vibrancy and wisdom in each other, past those titles and patterns that work to divide us; toward a more balanced and realized society,” she explained.
Because of the high demand for artwork, the first 100 people to come to the gallery for opening night will get a free piece of artwork.
Read our piece on The Amplifier Foundation’s work here.
