Arts and culture
Palestine Poster Workshop (2): History, Graphic Design, Political Solidarity
- Judith Naeff and Andrea Reyes Elizondo
- Date
- Friday 19 September 2025
- Time
- Address
- Lipsius (lecture) and Herta Mohr (workshop)
Open to students and staff of Leiden University.
After the successful Palestine Poster Workshop in November 2024, we will offer the same event, with a slightly different focus. We will delve again into the long tradition of political posters for Palestine. In the seventies and eighties, the Palestinian Liberation Organization regularly commissioned Palestinian, Arab, and international artists, building an impressive collection of political posters, characterized by innovative graphic design. In this workshop we will focus on the relation between text and image, looking at slogans and poetry, but also calligraphy and Letterism.
The workshop consists of two parts. The lecture discusses the design history of Palestine posters. After the break, we will take inspiration from this legacy in designing our own posters. We will work with analogue methods such as collage, lino print and paint.
Lecture on design history of posters for Palestine | 11:15-12:45 Lipsius 1.28
Atelier | 13:15-16:30 Herta Mohr 1.80
Costs: €3,00 for materials: cash or by tikkie (atelier only, lecture is free)
You will receive your original poster and a quality scan for printing copies.
Please bring your own lunch for the break.
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