Political Posters

The “All Of Us Or None” (AOUON) archive project was started by Free Speech Movement activist Michael Rossman in 1977 to gather and document posters of modern progressive movements in the United States. Though some early works are included, its focus is on the domestic political poster renaissance that began in 1965 and continues to this day. When Rossman died May 12, 2008 his family donated the collection to the Oakland Museum of California. More …

The Archive gathered posters from all streams of progressive activity — from movements of protest, liberation, and affirmative action, trade union and community struggles, to electoral and environmental organizing, community services, and visionary manifestos. It is strongest in work from the San Francisco Bay Area, but its scope is national: approximately one-quarter of its holdings come from out of state, primarily New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. These are complemented by a representation of international work. The collection consists of approximately 24,500 distinct titles.

The collection includes examples from well-known graphic artists including Malaquías Montoya, Emory Douglas, Rachael Romero, Rupert Garcia, Yolanda Lopez, Favianna Rodriguez, Carlos Cortez, Nancy Hom, Juan Fuentes, and Jos Sances, as well as material from seminal collective workshops such as La Raza Silkscreen, the Royal Chicano Air Force, Japantown Art and Media, Kearny Street Workshop, and Inkworks Press. Perhaps more important, the depth and breadth of the collection reveals the contribution of numerous lesser known or even anonymous artists whose cumulative impact on this democratic public art form has yet to be properly understood.

The cataloging of the AOUON Archive was made possible by a generous grant from the Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation.

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Fiesta 1986 1986 Poster printed on white paper. At the top is a stylized color image of North American Indian figures and imagery. At the bottom of the poster is "Fiest 1986 / Laguna Gloria Art Museum / Fiesta, An...	Red Earth 1994 Poster has a black printed background. At the top is a color image of a man in a brown skirt and boots, wearing an elaborate sun and moon headpiece over the fabric draped over his head and holding...
Silver Star Pow Wow & Indian Market 1994 Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is a photo of a group of North American Indians sitting on horses in front of a hill beneath a black sky with white stylized stars. At the...	International Powwow 1995 Poster has a blue printed background, darker at the top and lighter at the bottom. At the top is a shape of an eagle, outlined in white, with images of a night sky with buffalo in white clouds. At...
Maynard Dixon Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a red printed background. At the top is a horizontal white bar with "Maynard Dixon" in blue. At the center is a stylized woman wrapped in a shawl/blanket over her shoulders and head,...	10th Annual American Indian Music Festival & Pow-Wow Alliance Graphics 1994 Poster printed on white paper. At the top is a stylized image of a blue figure in an orange headpiece and belt and white necklace playing a slender, flute-like instrument. Musical notes emerge...
Alcatraz circa 1973 Poster has white unprinted edges. At the top is a color photo of a tipi set up among bushes and flowers, on an island overlooking the San Francisco skyline. At the top right is "Alcatraz...	Leonard Peltier Mission Grafica 1990 Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a black background at the top and a yellow background at the bottom. At the top of the black is "Internation Day To Resist The Imprisonment Of:" in white...
The First American Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster has a color image that is meant to look like a painting on horizontal wood planks. At the top, the planks are left their natural brown color, while at the bottom they are red. The image...	The Circle is My Path 1989 Poster has color ink printed on white paper. At the top and bottom are horizontal images of bracelets or textiles with wiven geometric designs, with remaining thread on the left and right sides....
The Circle is My Path 1989 Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top and bottom are horizontal images of bracelets or textiles with wiven geometric designs, with remaining thread on the left and right sides....	untitled (wolf and man) 1982 Poster has a wispy stylized image of the face of a wolf on top with a man below. The man has braids and feathers in his hair andand is wearing a dragonfly necklace. \|
Four Our Future: Alaska Natives--Be Counted Bureau of the Census, publisher, Institute of American Indian Arts, publisher 1990 Poster published by the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census to encourage Alaska Natives to answer the census. Background is black. Image is a photograph of a King Island dancer belter...	Famous Indian Posters Silver Cloud Indian Council on Education, publisher 1976 Poster showing four posters of famous Native Americans (Indians) that can be used as teaching aids. Posters include Red Cloud (Sioux), Osceola (Seminole), Joseph Brant (Mohawk), and John Ross (...
Amado Maurilio Pena Jr. Amado Maurilio Pena Jr., artist, El Taller Publishing, publisher 1984 Poster showing a piece are art titled "La Antiqua" by Amado Maurilio Pena Jr. The image is a Native American figure howding a painted vessel on lap. Top half of image has diagonal colored linework...	Seattle Art Museum: Northwest Coast Native Art Seattle Art Museum, publisher Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster for the Seattle Art Museum, showcasing its Northwest Coast Native Art collection. Poster is black with red text, and a color photograph of four Nauxalk masks. The masks are painted wood,...
Untitled (Two Native American Girls) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster showing a black and white photograph of two Native American girls wearing indigenous clothing. The poster is a photocopy on white paper. \|	Untitled (Native American male) Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster printed on dark orange paper with red, black, blue, and yellow geometric designs in the background and a Native American male in black ink with single feather in his hard and object in...
KILI FM Radio Donald Monteleaux, artist, Lakota Communications, publisher 1991 Poster for KILI FM Radio with a 1991 calendar and an illustration by Donald Monteleaux of three Native Americans on horses, with a reflection below. The horse at left is yellow, the horse at...	58th Annual Indian Market Gilbert Atencio, artist, Southwestern Association on Indian Affairs, publisher 1979 Poster for the 58th Annual Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with an illustration of three women with painted pottery on their heads and wearting colorful cloaks. The woman in the center has...
Untitled R. C. Gorman, artist 1979 Gallery poster of R. C. Gorman painting at the Navajo Gallery in Taos, New Mexico. \|	Maynard Dixon: Images of the Native American California Academy of Sciences, publisher 1981 Poster for a California Academy of Sciences exhibition titled "Maynard Dixon: Images of the Native American." Background in navy blue. Painting titled "The Wise Men" shows Native American men--...
Listen to the Drum Jerry Ingram, artist Late 20th Early 21st Century Poster showing reproduction of a painting with a Native American male wearing a headdress with horns and feathers, holding a hexagonal drum in proper right hand and hitting the drum with a...	Southside Lance Carrier Charles W. Chapman, artist 1988 Poster with 1.5 inch white border with reproduction of painting of several Native Americans astride horses and carrying lances. Figures have painted white faces, feathers in hair. Horse in front...