mission
Artist collaborators speaking truth to power
concerning voting, civil rights, politics.
Artists
Karith Gingrow
Karith Gingrow is an illustrator based in Pennsylvania who works with digital as well as fine art materials in her pieces.
Song lyrics as well as famous quotes are her inspiration combining typography, line work, a colorful palette, folk flora and fauna to draw one in.
You will find her happy spot in life is playing with her 3 kids and helping others find creativity through her tiny but mighty mobile business, Nimble Craft.
Follow her Instagram account nimble_craft for creative ways to spread the love and to; CREATE + BOND + SHARE.
ELEGANT PRIMATE
Elegant Primate is a progressively-minded creative duo based in Florida.
Together, they have a combined 20+ year commitment to putting their creative stamp on the world, primarily through graphic design and photography. Though this work is not typically political in nature, the current state of the union and the possibility of more of the same for years to come has spurred them into action.
There is simply no match for the raw, persuasive power of the visual arts, so they have committed to joining this endeavor of resistance in hopes that their voices will speak loudly through their creative efforts and guide others to a path of empathy and decency and, ultimately, bring about the systemic changes our country so desperately needs right now.
thorn
Multifaceted artist Thorn weaves adornment, printmaking, film, graphic design, performance, bookbinding, origami, sculpture, and collage into stories, worlds, and galaxies.
She is the goddess guiding discarded items to rebirth as art.
An assistanceship at Penland, Peace Corps, as well as inhaling artistic ethers of Cirque du Soleil, The Painted Bride, and Philadelphia Fringe Festival have apprized Thorn’s works Play Play, Storyteller, and the self-worship focused The Dream I Dream Is of the Me to Come and Jumprope.
Connections, bridges, and balance are the drumbeat throughout Thorn’s work. She has several projects in development including The Saints of San Francisco focusing on Thorn’s experiences with homelessness and You Are Not Yourself Right Now which navigates the online dating experience for a woman of color.
Peter Javian
I am an artist in Philadelphia PA, and I believe voting is an important act that if we can do, we must do… but the current president is only the symbol of a larger problem our society has: fear and hate, originating from within and bred from a white inferiority complex, fear of retribution for brutal and unspeakable oppression perpetrated against first nations and people of color for generations back and carried through to this day through institutional racism, police brutality, redlining, and voter suppression.
This president is elevated and enabled by the senate… without that support, his worst impulses would not have the traction they do. We must vote to hold these enablers accountable, most importantly at the local, state, and congressional levels. We must vote to make our leaders accountable to the people. Right now, everything feels uncertain, even the sanctity of the vote, but we must not be deterred, no matter what happens the day after the election.
We can be scared, but we must use our fear, or our fear will use us. Removing this president from office will not mark the end of an era, but the beginning of a something new, where we can show the world that we are the line between love and hate.
recent PROJECTs
Wake Up | There Are Consequences to Voting
With Your Eyes Closed
Though every election is an important election, the 2024 US Presidential election could be the difference between continuing our imperfect yet ever evolving democracy and a frightening mashup of an oligarchy and a dark dystopian novel.
“Wake Up” is art and words to inspire the citizens who might not understand all that is at stake to vote.
Choices | A Guide to Making Good Voting Decisions
Choices is Part 2 of a video diptych on the 2024 US Presidential election. Facts about each candidate entertained with mixed media works inspired by the current political landscape.
past PROJECTs
I Can't Believe This Is Happening;
An Art Protest + Voting Instruction Manual
"I Can’t Believe This Is Happening" was created to encourage the community to action through art projections; projecting a rallying message to encourage the community to vote onto buildings or vehicles.
Protest marks the birth of this country as well as strongly impacting the few years of our experiences politically, culturally, and socially. Currently the issues that have troubled the US from the very beginning-- voting rights, police brutality, the justice system, civil rights-- have come to a boil. We all have an obligation to help open the eyes of others when able. Some may believe art has only aesthetic value, but it also has educational value. It will and has already flagged this moment in history for posterity. Protest is coded into our DNA as Americans. To remain silent is not in our nature.
"I Can't Believe This Is Happening" and "Actual Facts Are Necessary" was a two part art piece; part POPUP art protest, part voting rally was projected in several communities in the Northeast Florida area. Upon its premier, the video was projected into the community in a public spaces, lighting up the night with the message to vote and art.
support
You can support our educational and artistic endeavors in 3 ways:
1.
Make sure you are registered to vote.
Then go vote during Election time.
you can also encourage others to vote and/or take someone to vote.
2.
Share the video, "Wake Up. There Are Conseqences to Voting with Your Eyes Closed", with your friends and family. Help them understand every election is important.
3.
Follow The Aesop Project
