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Posters of Discontent: A Political Expression In Graphic Art On The EMU Campus

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The gallery set up in EMU's Student Center

There’s a special graphic art exhibition on display inside the Eastern Michigan University Student Center, featuring 74 politically based posters from artists around the world.

The “Posters of Discontent” exhibition was organized by EMU professor of graphic design in the school of art and design, Andrew Maniotes.

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Andrew Maniotes is a professor of graphic design in the school of art and design at EMU.

I spoke to him about the graphic art display…

In addition to the 74 posters from artists around the world, Eastern Michigan University graphic art students were asked to express how they felt about the racist graffiti found on the EMU campus.

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An EMU student expresses their reaction to racist graffiti found on the school's campus in a special poster included in the exhibition.

Those posters have been added to the exhibition which can be seen in the EMU Student Center Gallery through October 12.

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— Lisa Barry is the host of All Things Considered on WEMU. You can contact Lisa at 734.487.3363, on Twitter @LisaWEMU, or email her at lbarryma@emich.edu

Lisa Barry was a reporter, and host of All Things Considered on 89.1 WEMU.
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