<I>Reclaiming My Time</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2018
name: label: Designed by
content: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Rep. Maxine Waters, American, born 1938
notes: label: Caption
content: Gail Anderson is a New York based designer and partner at Anderson Newton Design. Since 1987, Anderson has worked in the field of design at design firms, advertising agencies, and publications. Her work has received awards from major design organizations, including the Society of Publication Designers and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). In 2008 she received a Lifetime Achievement Medal from the AIGA. Anderson currently works as Creative Director at the School of Visual Arts Press and is on the Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee for the US Post Office. In 2013, the US Postal Service commissioned Anderson to design the commemorative stamp for the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Anderson was only the second African American designer tapped to design a commemorative stamp, the first being Georg Olden who designed the Proclamation’s 100th anniversary stamp in 1963.
label: Description
content: A signed print by Gail Anderson titled "Reclaiming My Time." Against a navy-blue background, it features a quote by Congresswoman Maxine Waters in bright yellow text. The text is in large bold block letters in various fonts and fills the page. The text reads “RECLAIMING / MY / TIME / Maxine Waters.” The primary quote is superimposed over shadow images of the same quote done in different, fainter fonts scattered across the print’s surface and superimposed over each other. The fonts are all in various shades of yellow and orange.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Feminism
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gail Anderson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.11.11
objectType: label: Type
content: prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Gail Anderson
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)