L.A. Stories: Community SpotlightMain MenuIntroductionThe greater Los Angeles area is on the traditional lands of the Gabrielino/Tongva, Chumash, Fernandeño Tataviam and Yuhaaviatam/Maarenga’yam (Serrano) peoples. We acknowledge their presence here since time immemorial and recognize their continuing connection to the land, to the water and to their ancestors.PeoplePlacesContributorsChronology of ArtifactsMapping the CollectionVisualize the ExhibitIn this visualization, artifacts are green, themes are blue, and contributors to the exhibit are red.Acknowledgements
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
12021-10-18T16:05:16-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e395904The Center for the Study of Political Graphics is an educational and research archive that collects, preserves, documents, and exhibits domestic and international poster art. The Center's domestic and international collection of more than 90,000 political posters dates from the early 20th century to the present, and includes the largest collection of post World War II political posters in the United States. The posters are produced in a variety of artistic mediums- offset, silk screen, lithography, woodblock, linocut, stencil, photocopy, and computer-generated prints. The collection is focused on international, domestic, and Los Angeles-specific human rights issues, with an emphasis on progressive movements in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Poster topics include the women's movement, racism, peace, apartheid, labor, liberation theology, AIDS, gay and lesbian rights, immigrants' rights, children's rights, and ecology. Between one and two thousand posters are acquired annually, primarily through donation. Approximately half of these are given by collectors in Los Angeles and reflect the diverse political interests of the donors. This has yielded a collection that, in part, documents important but often underrepresented aspects of local history and life in the Los Angeles area. The collection contains approximately three thousand human rights and protest posters produced in Los Angeles from 1965 to the present. The earliest of these came out of the Watts Uprising of 1965, while the more recent posters not only reflect prevailing concerns but commemorate older events, such as the U.S. government's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Altogether, the posters illustrate the commitment of many Los Angeles-based artists, organizations, and individuals to a variety of social and political issues over the last five decades.
http://www.politicalgraphics.org/structured_gallery2021-10-19T11:16:22-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eThe Center for the Study of Political Graphics is an educational and research archive that collects, preserves, documents, and exhibits domestic and international poster art. The Center's domestic and international collection of more than 90,000 political posters dates from the early 20th century to the present, and includes the largest collection of post World War II political posters in the United States. The posters are produced in a variety of artistic mediums- offset, silk screen, lithography, woodblock, linocut, stencil, photocopy, and computer-generated prints. The collection is focused on international, domestic, and Los Angeles-specific human rights issues, with an emphasis on progressive movements in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Poster topics include the women's movement, racism, peace, apartheid, labor, liberation theology, AIDS, gay and lesbian rights, immigrants' rights, children's rights, and ecology. Between one and two thousand posters are acquired annually, primarily through donation. Approximately half of these are given by collectors in Los Angeles and reflect the diverse political interests of the donors. This has yielded a collection that, in part, documents important but often underrepresented aspects of local history and life in the Los Angeles area. The collection contains approximately three thousand human rights and protest posters produced in Los Angeles from 1965 to the present. The earliest of these came out of the Watts Uprising of 1965, while the more recent posters not only reflect prevailing concerns but commemorate older events, such as the U.S. government's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Altogether, the posters illustrate the commitment of many Los Angeles-based artists, organizations, and individuals to a variety of social and political issues over the last five decades.
1media/CSPG_2391.jpg2021-10-11T10:17:48-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eSave Our Santa Monica Mountains3Circa 1970, the City of Los Angeles planned to widen scenic, two-lane Mulholland Drive, opening the Santa Monica Mountains for massive development. Three women—Margot Feuer of Malibu, Sue Nelson of Brentwood, and Jill Swift of Tarzana—organized opposition, including 5,000 marching in protest in 1971. The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, approved in November 1978 is the world's largest urban national park and the most heavily used National Park facility in the nation.media/CSPG_2391.jpgplain2021-10-14T14:29:08-07:001971Center for the Study of Political GraphicsCopyright unknown34.0923517 , -118.7346102J. SelleryCollection of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, www.politicalgraphics.orgCurtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e
1media/CSPG_9505.jpg2021-10-11T10:17:48-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eChristopher St. West2The first-ever U.S. gay pride parade was held in Los Angeles in June 1970, on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots on Christopher Street in NYC. It was the only “street closing” gay pride parade held that year. This poster promotes the second Christopher St. West parade held in L.A. No offset printer was willing to print it until organizers contacted Peace Press, a workers’ collective founded by anti-Vietnam War activists in 1967.media/CSPG_9505.jpgplain2021-10-12T11:48:10-07:001971Center for the Study of Political GraphicsNo Copyright- in public domain34.0334847 , -118.3754758Tony Derosa; Christopher St. West; Peace PressCollection of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, www.politicalgraphics.orgCurtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e
1media/PG_03116.jpg2021-10-11T10:17:48-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eCross Burning is Racist Terror-Stop the Klan2This poster documents the 1983 burning of three crosses in Kagel Canyon, an ethnically diverse community in Los Angeles County. This was the first known collaboration in U.S. history of the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation and the U.S. Nazis. Fifteen Neo-Nazis and Klan members were initially charged, but only 4 were ultimately tried and convicted in 1991, including Tom Metzger, a former KKK Grand Dragon and founder of the White Aryan Resistance.media/PG_03116.jpgplain2021-10-12T11:48:15-07:001983Center for the Study of Political GraphicsIn Copyright - Educational Use Permitted (This Rights Statement can be used only for copyrighted Items for which the organization making the Item available is the rights-holder or has been explicitly authorized by the rights-holder(s) to allow third parties to use their Work(s) for educational purposes without first obtaining permission.)34.2779168 , -118.3841908Michael Novick; John Brown Anti-Klan Committee; Fireworks GraphicsCollection of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics, www.politicalgraphics.orgCurtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e