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Poster Downloads

As Artists and Educators, we are excited by the intersection of Art and Social Justice. With that in mind, we created three different digital download posters in 2020 that are still available. The posters cover these areas of focus: 1) the BIPOC community, 2) the LGBTQ+ community, and 3) Working Families. They were released once a month in the run up to the 2020 election in August, September, and October. We only ask you provide a small fee of $5-10 (sliding scale) directly to the artist. Download and payment details are listed under each poster. See below for the Instagram accounts of the artists that created our posters.

Artist Spotlight / October: Josh Koll 

I’m an illustrator, designer, video producer, and photographer.

I graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in art (photography and video), then immediately moved to NYC where I spent the next nine years working in media and television. 

I have cast and produced episodes of Emmy Award-winning docu-series MTV’s Made, did casting and development for major networks and cable networks (TLC, MTV, the CW, Discovery Communications), produced, shot, and edited dozens of hours of online video content for major book publishers like Hyperion Books, HarperCollins, Entertainment Weekly, and also Passport Magazine, the country’s largest gay travel Magazine, for which I recently completed a series of Lexus-sponsored advertorial travel videos. I was the contributing illustrator for the 2016 NYC Pride Guide (circulation of 100,000), which included the cover image, and in 2018 I was honored have the opportunity to create the key art and marketing collateral for the 45th Annual Castro Street Fair, which was founded by my personal hero Harvey Milk. My photography is on display and for sale at the William Scott Gallery in Provincetown, MA. 

l have been snapping photos, drawing, and shooting video since I was a kid. Some programs I use in my work: Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Illustrator, InDesign, ProCreate, Adobe Draw, After Effects. 

Below are a few other images grabbed from Josh’s Instagram account. To see more of his art, visit his website here.

Artist Spotlight / September:  J Manuel Carmona 

Having been born in Texas along the Mexican border, raised in Mexico, and then spending the majority of my adult life in the USA, my work is greatly informed by my binational Mexican/American heritage, my queer identity, and the intersection of the LGBTQI and Latino communities of San Francisco. I have explored these communities and concepts through varied and diverse artistic approaches, creating murals, posters, sculptures, and art installations that in some way satisfy my own personal curiosity, respond to the immediate context, honor the message, and impact the spectator. As I continue to explore the power of public art, I hope to use my work to inspire individuals with the pride and love that I feel for my two countries of heritage, my LGBTQI community, and to bring focus to the duality of millions of Mexican-Americans living and traveling between both sides of this border.

Below are some of the amazing murals that Manuel has worked on in San Francisco. Be sure to check out more of his work on Instagram @manuel165.

Artist Spotlight / AUGUST: Heather Polk

Heather is a sales and marketing professional with an active art practice that fills her nights and weekends. She resides in Chicago where she relocated from Atlanta almost 10 years ago. She is working toward establishing a small art studio that will deliver programming for sufferers of chronic disease so that they, and their caretakers, may utilize the empowerment of artistic creativity as a vital part of their disease management. Her art practice is centered around collage and abstract painting. Heather is passionate about helping elect leaders that will help her son, his entire generation and future generations realize their best, which means electing leaders that want to do what’s best FOR ALL AMERICANS.

Below are some of the other pieces that caught our eye from Heather’s Instagram account (@artcuresall.) Be sure to check out more of her work at artcuresall.com.