One of my favorite parts of the Blues Project each year is the poster design. We have a school wide contest to see whose artwork might represent the theme the best. Honestly, I'm always surprised at how few submissions we get, but there always seems to be one or two that really stand out. And from there, Zach Hall (who also plays a mean guitar, by the way), puts it through photo shop and "posterizes" it, if you will. Inevitably, I'm amazed at what we we end up with. This year was no different. The poster contest winner was 8th grader Emma Adams, whose vivid, colored-pencil artwork rose to the top. After Zach worked his magic on it, here's the final design. I love how it captures the Civil Rights theme of the music this time around. And I especially love the signs the protesters are holding. They are the "I Am a Man" posters from the sanitation workers strike in Memphis that Martin Luther King Jr was attending when he was assassinated. I love the pith of the slogan, the way it places you at a significant moment in history, and, of course, its similarity to the Bo Diddley/Muddy Waters tune, "I'm a Man." Dig it. Share it.
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