Cause Poster WorkshopsArticulate. Amplify. Take up space.
That’s what these workshops are for.
Whether you’re seven or seventy, stepping over the internal thresholds of inhibition and propriety to make a sign that means something is a powerful act. Artists and designers especially—trained to convey nuance and emotion—should be leading the charge. Yet many of us hesitate. Why?
There’s a gap between creative practitioners and public discourse—a disconnect I refuse to accept. Instead of wringing my hands about it, I roll up my sleeves and teach. I build workshops that help people, especially artists, find their voice in public space and use it well.
Because the obstacle is the way.
- How to distill a message that matters
- The history of protest graphics and ethical messaging
- Design principles for public visibility and emotional resonance
- Consensus-building in diverse groups
- Hands-on printmaking: screen printing, quickset letterpress, or collage
- How to keep the message on the right side of history (Rule #1: if your message dehumanizes anyone, start over)
Design protest graphics that raise the alarm and demand attention!
May 1, 2025, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Maplewood Community Center, Art Room
120 Burnet Ave, Maplewood, NJ
Central Print Residency
Artist in Residence, 2019
Workshop: Pocket Protest Posters
This community workshop invited people of all ages to explore protest poster-making through quickset letterpress. We created tiny, portable signs—pocket-sized placards that could be mailed, posted, carried, or shared.
Participants learned about the history of protest design, brainstormed slogans, set type, and pulled their own editions. We closed with a print exchange—each person leaving with a handful of ideas, some fresh ink, and a renewed sense of agency.
Previous Workshops
Summer 2022 — Making Protest/Support Posters: A Family Affair
During COVID, I offered this online workshop for families. The joy of watching young kids articulate their causes was pure gold.
Central Print, 2019 — Resistance
for the Rest of Us
I gave a talk on my work as an artsit, from my beginnings to Go High Signs
Family Week with Family Equality Council
I’m a proud regular volunteer for this annual LGBTQIA+ family event. Poster workshops are always part of the love.
Graphics for Change: Artists with a Cause
Informal sessions to help emerging artists develop their own protest visuals, one-on-one and in small groups.
California State University, Northridge
I led students through several days of protest design—group critiques, single-color screen prints, editioned and exchanged.
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center — Protest, Propaganda & Public Art
A deep dive into silkscreen as a truly social medium. Students created group designs, printed editions, and took home the tools to do it again.
Interview:
Outspoken Voices Podcast
"How do LGBTQ+ families fit into protest movements?" I joined to talk about how and why protesting must be a family affair.
Listen to the episode ›
Protest Poster Making
Explore messaging, lettering, history and design!
Why Posters? Why Now?
Because protest posters teach. They force clarity, demand collaboration, and bring public ethics into sharp focus.
In my group workshops, participants research issues, debate ideas, and develop visual language as a team. They print editions of their designs and exchange them with each other. They learn that communication—real, respectful, collective communication—is still possible. And they leave with the skills to do it again.
In times of friction, we have to remember how to send and receive messages. We don’t need full agreement to move forward—but we do need honest expression and mutual recognition. That’s what these workshops make possible.
This is how I contribute to the great, messy, necessary conversation that is the United States.
In my group workshops, participants research issues, debate ideas, and develop visual language as a team. They print editions of their designs and exchange them with each other. They learn that communication—real, respectful, collective communication—is still possible. And they leave with the skills to do it again.
In times of friction, we have to remember how to send and receive messages. We don’t need full agreement to move forward—but we do need honest expression and mutual recognition. That’s what these workshops make possible.
This is how I contribute to the great, messy, necessary conversation that is the United States.
Protest Posters as a Teaching Tool
Hand-Hewn & Digital Posters
I teach this lesson to any student I can. I make sure to emphasize my one criteria for message-making: if my signal depends on the dehumanization of any one person or group of people, I have failed and must try again.