The following set of posters comes from a very intentionally designed and unique series of works associated with William Bronston teaching a semester demonstration course for both undergraduate and graduate students at Syracuse University, called "Health Advocacy for Children." The posters were created to demonstrate a sharply anti-pity, anti-charity, anti-stigmatizing imagery associated with people with disabilities, as a principled departure from universal charity imagery that defined public outreach and marketing in the field of disability services.
Each poster was designed to announce a particular topic presented in the series of lectures. The topic was printed in a detachable margin that would allow the posters to be kept as permanent art works. The posters announced each class and were distributed and exhibited throughout the university campus and surrounding community.
Each poster, beginning with the call to attend the class (the red and white "A New Course of Action"), was illustrated by a different artist; the earlier ones (dates are on the posters) by professionals who donated their time and creativity, the latter by Syracuse's high school art class students competing to have their design chosen for publication.
Each poster, with its particular slogan and creative design, was printed in a limited edition of 250. The field has not produced such an innovative and concentrated set of works aimed at shifting the paradigm of how people with disabilities represent a leading edge of experience, and values applicable to the civil and human rights and needs of the general population. |
