Tote bag and button for "Art & Activism" designed by Gail Anderson
date: label: Date
content: 2018
name: label: Designed by
content: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: School of Visual Arts, American, founded 1947
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: This is a tote bag with a pin-back button attached to the front top left-hand corner. The black cloth bag (.1) has two cloth straps for carrying and an open top with no fastener. Its front has a printed design in red, black and white. In the center of the front canvas is a red square. Within the square is white block text that reads “ART &.” The following line has black text within individual white rectangle boxes that read “ACTI/VISM.” Below the red square is one word in white and red ink “CONTINUED” with the ‘continu’ in white with a white line over it and ‘ed’ in red with a red line over it. Superimposed over the ‘T’ is a small red circle with petal-like edges. Within the circle is white text that reads “SVA/NYC.” The back of the tote bag is blank. The pin-back button (.2) is round with a red background. On it is white block text that reads “ART &.” The following line has black text within individual white rectangle boxes that read “ACTI/VISM.”
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
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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: 2020.11.7.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: tote bags
label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © School of Visual Arts
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cloth , ink on paper (fiber product) on metal with plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (tote): 16 × 15 in. (40.6 × 38.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (pin): 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)