by Greg 'Biskakone' Johnson | June 3, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project
Greg 'Biskakone' Johnson is a member of the Lynx Clan and an enrolled member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. His home on the Lac du Flambeau reservation, established by the Treaty of 1854, is also known as Waaswaaganing, “the place of the torch.” Greg lives his life according to the four seasons, as did his ancestors. He harvests deer, fish, maple sugar, berries, wild rice, and wild plants. He is passionate about keeping the traditional ways alive, and he takes every opportunity to teach these ways to others.... (Continued below.)
By Tonia Klein | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project | Phase 2
Tonia Klein started the Cudahy Art Coalition LLC in 2020 with co-founder Joan Houlehen. Her poster design is based on an actual event that happened when isolated due to Covid-19. Learn more, below.
by Renée Graef | July 1, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project
Renée Graef has illustrated over 80 children's books, including the "Kirsten" books (American Girl), books in the "My First Little House" program (Laura Ingalls Wilder) and "B is for Badger; A Wisconsin Alphabet." She splits her time between Milwaukee and Los Angeles. Continued below.
by Colin Matthes | May 27, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project
Colin Matthes (Milwaukee, WI) is an artist. He combines improvised utilitarian construction techniques with instructional drawing, spectacle, and civically minded projects that range from group knowledge archiving sessions to “eco” demolition derbies. He always shows the means of production - the process, the fingerprints, the screwups.
by Jolyn Sandford | June 10, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project
Jolyn Sandford is a Madison-based artist and software developer who seeks to celebrate the things she loves through illustration. With roots in the fine arts and computer science, she enjoys examining the intersection of art and tech....(Continued below.)
Sonia Vasquez is an artist living and working out of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. For this piece, she was inspired by Victorian advertisements and medicine - imagining what a Covid vaccine poster might look like in the 19th century.
By Kerrianna Rought | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project | High School Student
Kerrianna Rought is from Capital High School (East). Kerrianna uses art to entertain and educate. For this poster, they wanted to do their part to follow COVID precautions and also educate others on doing the same.
by Ashley Town | April 29, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project
Keep Your Distance is printed on an antique press at Bay View Printing Company, a 103 year old, female-owned business in Milwaukee. Prints are custom designed and printed by hand, one at a time, on an antique printing press – a process that takes time, attention to detail and meticulous care.
by Jerry Jordan | May 6, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project
Jerry Jordan is part of a growing movement of painters that are reinterpreting classical painting into what they call contemporary realism. He counts such painters as John S. Sargent, Anders Zorn, William M. Chase and Joaquin Sorolla as major influences in his artistic growth. However it was the artist of the Harlem Renaissance that fueled his desire to pursue painting.
By Bao Xiong | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project | Phase 2
Bao Xiong is an author and artist based out of Wisconsin. Growing up with Hmong folklore and true ghost stories inspired her books Folklore and The Butchers published through Moth House Press. Her poster illustrates that science finds a way to address life's challenges.
by Yeonhee Cheong | May 13, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project
Yeonhee Cheong is a visual artist who studies the social language of women’s bodies and outfits. She is a lecturer at Design Studies department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Describing her poster, she reflected that "the war against COVID-19 virus has disrupted the conventional way of how we unite to fight. We should keep apart and protect selves from others, in order to protect others as well. Though against our natural instinct, this is the knowledgeable and effective way to win this war that everyone should follow."
By Martha Liang | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project | High Schoolers
Martha Liang is from Cambridge High School. Martha loves taking every opportunity to create and be involved in the community. Restricted outings during the pandemic provided time to practice and learn.
by Becca Bryant | July 9, 2020 | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project
Becca Bryant is the Creative Director and Founder of local design studio, Urban Root Creative. She specializes in custom designs for branding, campaigns, and marketing. Continued below.
Stephanie Carpenter is a letterpress printer, educator, and graphic designer. This poster is about finding reliable information to learn about staying safe and healthy during the pandemic.
By T.L. Luke | WHS COVID-19 Poster Project | Phase 2
T.L. Luke is an artist based in Madison, Wisconsin. The poppies in the background of her poster allude to the Bubonic Plague in an effort to stress the omminous threat of Covid-19.
In this piece, inspired by vintage video games from the 80s and 90s, Jay explores the impact a vaccine has on a virus and evokes parallels to way the pandemic has be taken frivolously.