Vote! Your Vote is Your Voice ¡Vote! Su Voto es Su Voz

Vote! Your Vote is Your Voice
¡Vote! Su Voto es Su Voz

In Memory of Bob Fitch

Exhibit dates: April 3 – May 26, 2019
Opening Reception: April 7
2:00 – 4:00PM
Information contact
Curator: Maria Gitin: [email protected]
Exhibit Designer: Judy Stabile: [email protected]

Vote! Your Vote is Your Voice / ¡Vote! Su Voto es Su Voz is inspired by images and stories from Monterey Bay artists and activists who worked in the Southern Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and in Latinx voting rights issues in Watsonville in the 1970-80’s. Contemporary art, historical images, artifacts, educational events and films illustrate ordinary people taking courageous stands for democratic values.

As you walk through the gallery you will understand the pain of those who have fought for our rights to vote; experience the impact of current day issues on our artists and community; and feel gratitude for our freedoms. This exhibit features selections from the Stanford Libraries Bob Fitch Photo Archives and Maria Gitin’s civil rights archives from their experience as young voting rights workers in the Deep South; displays by County of Santa Cruz Elections and City of Watsonville; and contemporary art.

Artist participating in this exhibit are:
Jessica Carrasco, Sandra Cherk, Kathleen Crocetti, Myra Eastman, Jane Gregorius, Lidia Hasenauer, Matt Herron, Manuel Jimenez, Margaret Kinstler, Lucien Kubo, Kathryn Mayo, Don Monkerud, Dawn Motyka, Elijah Pfotenhauer, Andrew Purchin, Lauren Ringelman, Jaime Sánchez, Kanyon Sayers-Roods, Sandra Takashima Shaw, Cynthia Siegel, Peggy Snider, Ana Paula Teeple, Susan Vaughan, T. Mike Walker, Eike Waltz, and Melissa West.