The Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) is an educational and research archive that collects, preserves, documents, and exhibits posters relating to historical and contemporary movements for social change.
The collection of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics contains over 90,000 domestic and international political posters and prints relating to historical and contemporary social movements. Online Archive of California.
ABOUT US. Mission. The Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) is an educational and research archive that collects, preserves, documents, and exhibits posters relating to historical and contemporary movements for social change.
A D. C. Poster Exhibit Aims to Get Out the Vote, Displaying Political Imagery Days Before the Election, Justin Wm. Moyer, The Washington Post, Washington, D. C., USA, October 23, 2020 For decades, activists got free rent from a leftist landlord.
Each exhibition averages 75 posters but can be edited if space is an issue. They can be displayed in a variety of both traditional and non-traditional venues including museums, galleries, universities, libraries, community centers and outdoor festivals.
His fascination with political graphics derives not only from a lifetime of political activism, but also his vast collection of protest buttons, one of the most extensive in the United States, whose items often share the design features of CSPG's posters.
AMERICAN ICONS —GRAPHICS OF PATRIOTISM & DISSENTExhibition Guide. This exhibition focuses on traditional American icons from the 18th-20th centuries. Though it includes many conventional representations, most of the posters subvert the iconic figure in order to draw attention to contemporary issues.
Jul 26, 2019 · Health Care Not Wealth Care explores multiple concerns, including environmental justice, occupational health and safety, reproductive rights, disability rights, health care inequalities, HIV/AIDS, and the politics and economics of health care.
Lisa Kahn is responsible for digitizing CSPG's 90,000+ political graphics. She was first introduced to CSPG through an internship facilitated by the UCLA History Department's Public History Initiative in 2017.