LOVE to VOTE
For three years leading up to the 2008 presidential election, I stenciled this homage to Robert Indiana across thirty-two states and screen-printed stickers and shirts. With this non-partisan call to action I hoped to inspire young people who appreciate street art to go to the polls. During the summer of 2020, I revived this project, painting murals in swing states and distributing over one hundred stencils to volunteers around the nation.
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Chris Vetter, Leader-Telegram, “New York artist paints area murals encouraging voting”
Rebecca Mennecke, Volume One, “EC Public Arts Council Takes Art to the Streets”
David Ebony, Art in America, “The Perennial Optimist: Robert Indiana”
Jen Carlson, Gothamist,“Street Artist Urges NYC to VOTE”
Kim Hastreiter, Paper,“Bushwicked! Scooping out the Hipster Ghettos of Bushwick”
Lucas Mann, The Nation,"The People's Art Comes Out for Obama”
Lucas Mann, amNY, "Getting the Message Across with Pop Art and Spray Paint."
Melissa Lee, Lincoln Journal Star, "Artist Brings Vote Campaign to Lincoln."
Eau Claire, WI (2020)
Eau Claire, WI (2020)
Art + Protest, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (2020)
Party Headquarters: Voting is Just the Beginning, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY (2008)
Party Headquarters: Voting is Just the Beginning, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY (2008)
Promised Land, Artists Wanted, Brooklyn, NY (2008)
VOTE Machine, ink & colored pencil on paper, 35 x 35 cm (2008) sold
VOTE Lincoln Terrace Park, 60 x 60 cm, enamel on wood, (2008) $1000
VOTE Gotham (front), found objects & acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm (2008) sold
VOTE Gotham (back), found objects & acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm (2008) sold
VOTE Across America #1, ink & colored pencil on paper, 55 x 75 cm (2008) $500
VOTE Across America #2, ink & colored pencil on paper, 55 x 75 cm (2008) $500
VOTE Across America #3, ink & colored pencil on paper, 55 x 75 cm (2008) $500
