•If you could change one thing in this world to make it a better place....what would it be and why?

Name the Type of Poster!!

What makes an effective poster?Tells a story

Can be read from more than 5 feet awayIs interesting and eye-catchingHas a simple, uncluttered designUses clear language and images in a

logical sequenceSummarizes key points without excess

detail

Social Issue Posters!!

We all choose which traditions to follow and which to challenge…

ART has the power to provoke, promote, protest,

proclaim, preach….

Pablo Picasso – Guernica

1937 – 12’x26’ – Madrid, Spain

I don't believe in an art that is NOT born out of man's need to open his heart. - Edward Munch -

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops..

- Hans Hoffmann -

Moneta Sleet Jr., Rosa Parks, Dr. and Mrs. Abernathy, Dr. Ralph Bunche, and Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. leading marchers into Montgomery, 1965

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), "Race Riot," signed and dated 'Andy Warhol 64' (on the overlap of the upper left panel), acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, in four parts, overall: 60 x 66 in. (152.4 x 167.6 cm.) Painted in 1964.

Social Issue Posters•Communicate a message

•Reveal issues that are found around the world.

•Often call for a response or movement.

• Can be political, personal, religious, racial, environmental, etc.

• Visual images that relate to the topic. • Simple and to the point, clear for the

audience • Words and images contain information or

facts about the the social issue be revealed through the poster.

• Could tell us what we need to do.

Social Issue Posters

Project Examples

Voices Be Heard!- Pollution- The environment- Abortion- Racism- Terrorism- Homelessness- AIDS/disease- Technology- Religious Wars

- The Wars in Iraq &

Afghanistan- Poverty- Corporations- The Global Economy

- Verbal or physical abuse

- Bullying- Depression- Suicide- Discrimination- Drug abuse

- Alcoholism- Immigration- Medical research- The media- Family issues

What are you thinking ?What is wrong with the world?

What is the biggest problem that you have to deal with?

Why do you care?

Why should anyone else care?

What should we do about it?