Create Protest has mailed out over 80,000 artist-designed postcards to voters across the country, who have then handwritten notes on and sent them out to more voters across the country. It is what Create Protest does: It is a community marketplace of message makers — individuals with something to say and a will to act. The artists live around the U.S., many are based in LA, and the items include hoodies, hats and mugs. Certain items are of the moment and others are more evergreen.
Juliette Bellocq, who runs Handbuilt Studio, designed the “Truth Matters” merchandise. Deaf and unable to speak as a child, art became Stephen Glassman’s primary means of communication. He created the “We” items, referencing the first word in the U.S. Constitution. Man One’s designs read “Vote.” His work has been exhibited at MOCA LA, The Getty and LACMA and in 2002, he founded Crewest Gallery in LA to legitimize graffiti. . . .
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Jessica Koslow 