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Design Lecture Series: Emory Douglas

Design Lecture Series: Emory Douglas
Friday, September 16, 2016
The Seattle Public Library - Central Branch
Doors at 6:30 PM | Lecture at 7 PM
Please be prompt - standby tickets become available at 6:50 PM

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense we have invited the party's Minister of Culture, Emory Douglas, to give a free lecture and share stories from his life's work.

Over the course of his career as a graphic designer, illustrator and activist Emory Douglas has created decades of design work that has activated communities, inspired change and came to represent black American struggles in the 60's and 70's. Douglas was the art director and main designer of The Black Panther, the party's official newspaper from 1967 to roughly 1980. The newspaper used bold graphics, photograph collages, and illustrations to voice opposition to police harassment, poor living conditions, and systemic racism and poverty. Those same graphic pages with their bold calls to action were ripped out of the newspaper and wheat-pasted around neighborhoods on buildings, billboards and sidewalks, sparking community activism.

The lecture will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Marissa Jenae Johnson of Black Lives Matter. Q&A will be run on Twitter - please post your question with #designlectures.

The Design Lecture Series is brought to you by CIVILIZATION and made possible by our sponsors.

Two ticket limit per person. Multiple orders are not allowed.