2020 marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote in 1920. It was the first legislation for women’s voting rights. Not until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 were voting rights of ALL women protected and enforced, and intimidation tactics progressively eliminated.
The Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote poster campaign, in partnership with the League of Women Voters, commemorates this milestone. A core group of invited women of design submitted the first 64 non-partisan posters, to launch the initiative with their vision and voices. Through these posters, these women joined forces to collectively contribute to dialogue in design and society. This moment in history is an incredible opportunity to catalyze women in design, voting rights, citizenship, community, and diversity. The collection aspires to not only support present-day voter participation, but to also serve as a backdrop for discourse and examination of the history of voting rights and women’s fight for equality.
The poster initiative continues at aiga.org/vote, where AIGA members can contribute posters to motivate the American public to register and turn out to vote in the 2020 general election, as well as local elections to come.
Public Programs
Artists Panel
Friday, August 28 | 12:00pm CST
Curators Nancy Skolos and Kelly Salchow MacArthur lead a Zoom panel discussion with participating artists Karen Cheng, Renée Seward, and Shanti Sparrow. The event is FREE and open to all.
Poster Galleries
View and print posters in the AIGA Get Out the Vote campaigns:
2020 Get Out the Vote | Empowering the Women’s Vote
Voting Resources
vote 411 | Register to vote in TX
This exhibition is funded in part by AIGA: the professional association for design and The City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.