St. Louis Anarchist Poster Collection

The St. Louis Anarchist Poster Collection is a library of anarchist propaganda and art from all over the world archived at the Community Arts and Media Project's community center in St. Louis. We have cataloged the collection in an archive that already contains over 60 posters mostly from North America. Our mission is to showcase the variety of anarchist ideas & activities as well as poster/propaganda styles & techniques, including photocopied, silkscreened and printed. We want to balance current material with historical, popular with obscure, English with other languages, events & actions with ideas, etc. We have enough material to rotate off and onto the walls and have other means by which people can view the archive.

We are looking for anarchist art, propaganda, drivel, doodle, collage, silk screens, prints, posters, flyers, leaflets, block prints, broadsides, book, zine & album covers, etc. The material can publicize gatherings, protests, events, etc. It can be about anarchist issues and or at least of strong interest to anarchists; it can be material that is made by anarchists while not necessarily about anarchy. So please send a bit of biographical information about the designers &/or back ground about the posters themselves in English if possible (we have some ability to translate Spanish). Who made this poster & why, how was it made, what size is it, how would you classify the style (i.e. 2 color block print), when & where is it from, what else has the designer done, background about the issue, event or action that this poster is addressing. Descriptions via e-mail or disc would be helpful.

CAMP "aims to create a community center that focuses on art, media, and popular education as tools to connect local and global struggles in a space that is open and accessible to the community. " We are also looking for donations of picture frames, glass, and other poster holding devices or cases particularly from those in the St. Louis area. All submissions are considered donations and cannot be returned.

Send materials or inquiries to:
Poster Collection C/O Confluence
P.O. BOX 63232
ST. LOUIS, MO 63163 U.S.A.
confluence (AT) lists.indymedia.org

Austin Anarchist Black Cross
Silkscreen on paper, 2003