47 results for: Protests and Demonstrations
War protest art assemblage, guitar covered with paint and army toys, 2004
This guitar assemblage was made by local Seattle artist Scott MacIntire in 2004 in protest of the US-led invasion of Iraq, and subsequent Iraq War. The piece was created in conjunction with a 2004 fundraiser for the Hope Heart Institute, for which Art Institute of Seattle students and faculty embellished 30 electric guitars with various messages. The invasion and war…
ID Number:2009.7.1
Date:2004
One of two Motorola handheld radios, used by Direct Action Network during the WTO protests, 1999
The Direction Action Network (DAN) purchased these Motorola radios which were originally use by the Seattle Police. The members of DAN re-channeled the radios to GMRS frequencies for use during the anti-WTO demonstrations in 1999.
ID Number:2009.78.Ref
Date:Circa 1999
Gouache painting depicting the protest movements in the 1960s by Lorene Spencer
The 1960s was a turbulent time for civil unrest and here it is captured in a way that shows movement, vibrancy and human action. The artist, Lorene Spencer (1923-2016), was more well known for her pottery and clay sculptures. She and her then-husband Ralph owned a studio in south Seattle in the 1950s and 1960s. Lorene also produced "painted" ceramic…
ID Number:2010.43.1
Date:Circa 1960
Picket sign from Seattle newspaper strike, 2000
In November 2000, the members of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild Local 82 went on strike against the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer over issues concerning salaries and the use of a merit-based pay system. Other groups joined the strike including the Teamsters Local 174 and the members of Local 2001 SPEEA IFPTE (International Federation of Professional and Technical…
ID Number:2011.20.2
Date:2000
T-shirt from the Seattle newspaper strike, 2001
This t-shirt was donated by a 15+ year employee of the Seattle Times who participated in the 49-day newspaper strike from November 2000 to January 2001. The strike was voted on by Pacific Northwest Guild members. The Seattle Union Record, featured on the shirt, was originally a local labor newspaper that ran for thirty years from 1899 to 1928. It…
ID Number:2011.20.3
Date:2001
Life-sized cutout figure from the Seattle Newspaper Guild strike, 2000
In November 2000, the members of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild Local 82 went on strike against the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer over issues concerning salaries and the use of a merit-based pay system. This cutout figure was constructed and painted by a striker in response to the Seattle Times hiring Vance International, a known union-busting company used…
ID Number:2011.20.6
Date:2000
Street sign for Union Way, temporarily posted on Pine Street during the World Trade Center (WTO) conference in Seattle, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as the WTO's favoring of corporate interests over social and environmental concerns. Heavy police response included the use of riot gear, tear gas, and rubber…
ID Number:2013.109.3
Date:1999
Button pin, protesting the Trident nuclear submarines, ca. 1970-1980
At the end of the Vietnam War era, antiwar activists protested against the Trident nuclear submarines stationed at Bangor Naval Base on the Kitsap peninsula.
ID Number:2014.56.14
Date:Circa 1970-1980
Pair of bell-bottom jeans with patches, 1968-1980
Janet Hesslein bought these bell-bottom jeans in 1968 and continued to wear, embroider, and add patches to them as late as 1980. The hippie counterculture of the 1960s was a political movement with an identifiable clothing style. Making and modifying clothes reflected a rejection of the consumerist idea that it is important to constantly buy new things. The look resonated…
ID Number:2015.47.7
Date:1968-1980
Picket sign for Seattle Teachers Strike, 2015
Olivia Geffner, Seattle teacher at Franklin High and previous MOHAI employee, was a union rep for her school from 2014-2015. She participated in the Seattle Teachers Strike in September 2015. A three-year agreement ended a nearly week-long walk-out of teachers throughout the district. At issue were pay raises, compensation for adding time to the school day, and linking teacher evaluations…
ID Number:2015.87.1
Date:2015