January 11, 2009, Sunday
I am giving thought to how I might make art that has a political message with current perhaps symbolic statement/s of my wishes for the state of the world today. So far, I have some scribbles on a page, and a blank woodblock with a pencil line border drawn on. I spent some time reading internet images and articles about 20th and 21st century American artists. The federal art project in the 1930’s employed 5300 visual artists to create works that reflected the local life, such as the compelling dust bowl photographs by Dorothea Lange. Read More!

Woodcuts in the west have a history of political content. Printing was what brought a voice to the people.

Thinking of symbols, most countries have a national bird, and a flag. Fred and I talked about having his students use the Ugandan flag as part of the images that they make next week. My assignment from Fred is to make something about the inauguration. Stay tuned.