2. Linocut Planning

3. Project Planning THEME: Social Activism 3 color reduction print
OR 1color if Design is Complex
Stylization and Design (doesn’t have to be realistic)
Bold/Contrast
Black and White images work best

4. Social Issues Library of Congress list of Social Issues
Just Seeds is a network of 30 artists committed to social, environmental, and political engagement. The list below reflects themes that they have worked on over the years with examples. However, you are NOT LIMITED to just these prompts.
Poverty
Clean Water
Climate Change
Immigration
Education for All
Veterans
Reproductive and Gender Rights
Natural Resources
Endangered Species
Library of Congress list of Social Issues
United Nations List of Social Issues
University of Maryland List of Social Issues -

5. Planning in Sketchbook
Challenge: To effectively communicate your social issue through a dynamic composition.
This print will be SMALL, so you must utilize your space effectively!
Chosen Social Issue:
In one sentence explain why you feel strongly about this issue – be specific.
List 3 FACTS that support that stance.
Brainstorm at least 5 images and text that could represent those facts.  
What do you want to communicate? Will your imagery and message be understood by someone unfamiliar with it?
Find a minimum of 5 reference images
Create a minimum of 4 thumbnails
Have a peer critique, then an instructor critique
Planning in Sketchbook

6. Other Related Search terms
Relief Printing, Linoleum Printing, Block Printing, Reduction Printing, Woodcut
Art Deco (scene, landscape, interior, building, poster design)
Folk Art
Illustration
Art Deco Patterns
Art Nouveau Patterns
Skateboard Design
Tattoo Design

7. Social Commentary Artists
Shepard Fairey
Swoon
Favianna Rodriguez
Leopoldo Mendez
Paul Kuczynski
Sue Coe
Banksy
Gorilla Girls
Gilbert and George
Ai Wei Wei
Marta Minujin
Shirin Neshat
Kara Walker
Barbara Kruger
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Judy Chicago
UN Women Ad Series
Oakland Museum Political Poster Collection
The Beehive Collective
Just Seeds Artist Collective
Posada Art Foundation
UC Berkeley Print Collection
Eli Jacobi
Jay Ryan
Jenny Robinson
Elizabeth Catlett
Helen Siegl
“Know Where You Stand”
Seth Taras
Sue Coe
John Muafangejo

8. Shepard Fairey:
An American contemporary graphic designer/illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (…OBEY…) sticker campaign. His work became more widely known in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, specifically his Barack Obama "Hope" poster. 

9. Shepard Fairey: Obey this Film 11:30min
What effects can placing artwork in an unexpected place create?
How does the artwork of Shepard Fairey communicate to a large, diverse audience?
What types of materials/processes does he use?
What do you think it means when Fairey says that “a picture can make their [viewer’s] head follow their heart”? How does this align with our project?

10. Banksy:
an anonymous England- based street artist/vandal/political activist
Satirical street art and distinctive stenciling technique.

11. Artist Spotlight Video: Favianna Rodriguez

13.  Molly Fair: transformative justice, self-defense, forgiveness, self-reflection, surviving and thriving, love
Fernando Marti: A quetzal, migrant, flying free with no regard to border walls. 

14. Sue Coe

15. Stephen Alcorn
Odetta
Joan Baez – singer

16. Elizabeth Catlett

21. Student Examples