UNWELCOME:
Art to Resist the Trump Regime
As Trump and his regime prepare to take office we’ll plaster our public spaces with wheat-paste posters, banners and other art to let them know that they are UN-WELCOME here in DC and declare that we are ready to defend our neighbors against their attacks.
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Use the easy form on this page to submit your art work!
Message Ideas:
Counter hate: “Fascists go home” “Hate not welcome here”
Positive future: “Black Lives Matter” “Free DC” “Reproductive Justice” “DC will always be Pro …trans, choice, immigrants, common sense….etc)
Location Specific: “This Hotel supports Fascists” “Protection for Immigrants”
PSAs: “Heads up: Nazis coming”
Resources/safe spaces for residents etc
Exposing white supremacy: “Racists aren’t patriots”
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Check out our library of art! Download your favorite designs and print them out!
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Take those prints out into the streets! Wheat paste posters, hang banners, paint the town to let the Trump regime know that they are not welcome!
HERE’S THE PLAN
The Artwork
More than two dozen artists submitted almost 100 pieces of artwork in response to our call for art work! The gallery download .png files from the gallery below or check out the google folder for all of the art work including alternative versions, page sizes and color schemes!
Hit the Streets!
Tools and resources to help you get started
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ARTICLE: We Wheatpasted 10,000 posters around DC this year. Here’s what we learned
Wheatpasting is LEGAL in DC. Here’s the law: https://casetext.com/regulation/district-of-columbia-administrative-code/title-24-public-space-and-safety/chapter-24-1-occupation-and-use-of-public-space/rule-24-108-signs-posters-and-placards
Short How-to video! https://www.facebook.com/108687773798767/videos/147686163310177
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MATERIAL TIPS for BANNERS:
Light weigh MUSLIN, natural fiber, is cheap to purchase $1.50--$3.00/yd for 36” width (esp’ly if ON SALE at Jo-Anns, or purchased in bulk)
Old BED SHEETS, CURTAINS, TABLE CLOTHS also work fine
Old flags and promo banners made of vinyl can be repurposed
Drop cloths can work, but need priming, are heavy and you need to buy them too!
Plastic tarps can be used-- spell out letters with DUCT TAPE, paint will not adhere well
ATTACHMENT TIPS for banners
use GROMMETS-- either purchase a metal grommet kit ( $10-15 at hardware store) or
MAKE yer own reinforced holes-- reinforce with DUCT TAPE, or add sewn reinforcement
or DON”T make holes, instead ADD LOOPS or TIES to the edges/ corners and SEW them into the banner
sew around the edges/ make HEMS to add integrity and strength to banner edges. PAINTING also adds strength, you can just paint around the edges 1-2” to do that even if not painting whole banner.
IF you need to WEIGHT the bottom: don’t use something that will hurt people if it falls; use a bag of sand, bag of water, and stitch a pocket into the bottom of the banner where you can insert that bag of sand, for ex.
Can also use rolled up newspaper in a sewn, taped or stapled pocket.
USE ZipTies, STRING or ROPE, WIRE, DUCT TAPE to fasten banner to railing or fence
SUGGESTIONS for PAINT for banners;
water based, cheapest HOUSE Paint you can get ( LATEX) -- same for base coat/primer if needed.
art acrylic is waterbased, just more expensive
water based for clean up ease, better for environment, better for breathing while painting too!
DC Capital Beltway Banner Drop Locations:
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Basecamp DC https://www.basecampdc.com/
M13 Graphics - Great print shop for wheat past graphics — Particularly oversized 24×36” posters https://www.m13print.com/printing/wheatpaste-poster-printing?g=4
Quality Printers on Kennedy Street NW http://www.qualityprintersdc.com/
The Printer on Florida Ave and 18th (may be for bigger jobs)
