VOTE! - A Visit to the Norman Rockwell Museum

Vote - It's Your Right by Shar Tui'asoa
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024 is National Voter Registration Day!

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The Norman Rockwell Museum notes that Norman Rockwell's work was influential in bringing the country together at pivotal times. They are continuing his legacy in the Unity Project, an art and civics initiative. The project is dedicated to an inclusive America in which all voices are heard.

Inspired by the rich and continuing tradition of American illustration, this project inspires viewers to consider the integral role that published imagery plays in creating cultural narratives which connect us to our times.

For 2024, six leading contemporary illustrators were commissioned by the Norman Rockwell Museum to create motivational art in the great illustrated poster tradition. This dynamic digital poster campaign aims to inspire citizens to vote. These images reflect each artist's personal voice and a diverse range of artistic approaches and can be seen below and also downloaded at the artists' pages: Monica Ahanonu, Lisk Feng, Timothy Goodman, Edel Rodriguez, Gary Taxali, and Shar Tuiasoa.

Edel Rodiguez is a Cuban American artist who was born in Havana, Cuba in 1971. He notes, ""Having grown up in Cuba, a country without free elections, I have a great admiration for the American electoral process. My family arrived in this country in 1980 and became U.S. citizens years later, eager to exercise our right to vote. These personal experiences inspired my artwork for the Unity Project, a piece which symbolizes the concept of coming together, rising up, and speaking with our votes."

The art will be on view at the Museum through Election Day.

Use Your Vote by Monica Ahanonu
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Vote by Lisk Feng
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Vote - Register - Find - Learn - Explore - Make Sure - Research - Look - Check by Timothy Goodman
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The Future is in Your Hands - VOTE by Edel Rodriguez
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CURTAIN by Gary Taxali
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Vote - It's Your Right by Shar Tui'asoa
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NRM is open year-round, six days a week; closed Wednesdays. Admission is charged, Free for Kids & Teens. For details, visit the Museum online at www.NRM.org.

Note: OpEdNews Managing Editor and author of this article, Meryl Ann Butler, is a professional artist who studied art for seven years in New York with Harold Stevenson, a student of Norman Rockwell.