Protest by Karl Orozco
I am interested in how narratives written by
those of power dominate our universal head
canon. The imperialist, the colonizer, and the
capitalist find ways of claiming space, time, and
narrative too. My work tells stories that
challenge assumed notions of race, family,
immigration, and power. As a Filipino-American
artist, I wish to thread the experiences of the
Filipino diaspora and use these connections to
understand broader social conditions.
Karl is an artist and educator based in Queens,
NY. He is a teaching artist at the Queens
Museum where he teaches sequential art,
printmaking and animation. Karl is the 2018
Artist-In-Residence at the Neon Museum in Las
Vegas, NV where he will lead intergenerational
printmaking workshops and transform the
downtown Vegas gallery into a public art casino.
Civil Service by Hayley Gilmore
Inspired by WPA artwork, I designed a poster
based on the importance of civil service in
America. A civil servant is a person in the public
sector employed for a government department
or agency. Some examples of civil services in
the United States of America include foreign
affairs, personnel management, general
accounting and administration, budget
administration, legal counsel, passport visa
services, public affairs, postal service, contract
procurement and information technology
management. According to Politico Magazine, an
estimated two million civil servants help sustain
American democracy.
Hayley is a graphic designer located in
Columbus, Mississippi. In 2017, she designed a
series of posters for the Women's March, one of
which went viral online and featured Carrie
Fisher as Princess Leia with the slogan, A
Woman's Place is in the Resistance. That poster
is now part of the Library of Congress archive of
American protest art.