I am always on board whenever the Center for the Study of Political Graphics has an event. Here's their latest annoucement:
Celebrate the Art of Resistance
pARTy AuCTION
Saturday, October 13, 2007
6:30pm
Union Station, 800 North Alameda
Downtown L.A.
The Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) invites you to celebrate 18 years of using art to inspire social change at the historic Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles.
There will be a fantastic dinner, entertainment, great company, a dynamic poster presentation, and a unique auction of vintage posters and original artworks.
Please join us as we honor these outstanding individuals:
- Barbara Hadsell, civil rights attorney, and Douglas Hadsell, history professor, will receive the Culture of Liberation Award.
- Barbara Kruger, feminist artist, will receive the Art of Resistance Award.
- Rudy Acuña, activist historian, will receive Historian of the Lions Award.
CSPG is an educational and research archive that collects, preserves, documents, and circulates domestic and international political posters relating to historical and contemporary movements for social change. With more than 60,000 domestic and international graphics, CSPG has the largest collection of post-World War II political graphics in the country. Through traveling and online exhibitions, presentations, and publications, CSPG is reclaiming the power of art to inspire people to action. Visit our website www.politicalgraphics.org to find digital exhibitions, descriptions of traveling exhibitions, online shopping, and more.
For more information, contact Mary Sutton or Katy Robinson at 323.653.4662.
  
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