Center for preservation of protest art receives federal funding
Submitted by Steve on July 18, 2012
From Chris Barton at the Los Angeles Times:
In a move whose timing feels appropriate as we head into an election season sure to draw many voices to campaign rallies, the Center for the Study of Political Graphics announced that it received its first federal funding to present protest posters in exhibitions and online.
The $132,918 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission came in support of a new, road-ready format called Exhibitions-to-Go, which allows the center to present exhibitions from its more than 80,000 pieces of vintage protest posters using digital reproductions.
The funding is a matching grant that comes with additional support from the James Irvine Foundation and the California Arts Council.