2010.54.2379

...In Every Grain of Sand There is a Story of the Earth
n.d.
11.00 in HIGH x 28.00 in WIDE
(27.94 cm HIGH x 71.12 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.2379

The right side of the poster has: "The Poster Project: Celebrating Woman / This poster is one in a series produced for buses / and other public places. The project was made / possible through the generous support of the / California Arts Council, the National Endowment / for the Arts, the Atlantic Richfield Foundation, / Standard Brands, & the Woman's Building. / The posters were produced by letterpress on a / Vandercook 219P using the Women's Building / graphic studio. Two hundred copies were printed / for public display, along with a signed limited / edition on Arches cover paper. / The Poster Project was directed by Cheri Gaulke, / CAC artist-in-residence at the Woman's Building / working with collaborating artists: Susan Gitlin / Emmer, Sandra Golvin, Nancy Ann Jones, Jennifer / Lockwood, Vilma Mendillo, Marge Oderberg, Julie / Santoro and Laura Stickney; with technical advice / by Bonnie Thompson Norman; Spanish transla- / tion by J. Michael Walker. This poster was de- / signed by Harriet Sherry Smith.".

The left side of the poster has a stylized drawing of a female figure holding the earth or a small globe in her hands. The right side of the poster has the text: "...in every grain of sand / there is a story / of the Earth / Environmentalist Rachel Carson / 1907-1964 awoke the world to the threat that / dangerous chemicals pose to all life.". Below this is text in Spanish. The far right side of the poster has a large inscription.
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