Tracey Nautel Blog

The topic I chose for my awareness poster is immigration, specifically the defense of DACA.   My work as a volunteer at an organization that provides support services to refugees and immigrants has helped me to really see The topic I chose for my awareness poster is immigration, specifically the defense of DACA.  My work as a volunteer at an organization that provides support services to refugees and immigrants has helped me to really see firsthand that the children of our clients have many of the same dreams as my own children.  They are in the country through no fault of their own and I strongly believe that for them someday there should be a path for them to remain here legally. I plan to find an image on Shutterstock that shows a diverse group of children - primarily their faces.  I want them to be smiling.  I will use a very simple sans serif font to put a message above the image challenging the reader to find the one that wasn’t born here – or som...

I STRUGGLED with this image.  In the end I am not happy with it and wish I had gone with the Fearless Girl statue idea but alas I had already put effort into this one.  I do think it might be cool as a web image with animation - maybe when you hover over the flags or a star it could bring up a blurb about the person or people from that country.  Not my best work - tedious and uninspiring... I feel very strongly that we have to always remember that we are a nation of immigrants (and refugees) and that diversity gives us great strength.  I think that this image could be used perhaps at a rally for immigration issues?  I volunteer at an immigrant and refugee support center and I was thinking that this might be a cool thing to re-create with some of the students there.  Use their pictures, their flags and their native languages?  Then I could see it being used as perhaps a poster there?

Oh my goodness, this assignment took me far outside my comfort zone - I really can't draw!  But here it goes.. My first political issue is the debate on immigration.  My idea is to alter the image of the american flag to represent all of the past immigrants that helped shape this country. My next issue is fighting for women's rights.  I chose the "Fearless Girl" stature that appeared in front of the Wall street bull.  My idea would be to alter her image by putting a logo on her dress (and maybe a pink pussycat hat on her?) and then make it look as thought she is leading a women's march.  I would find different pictures from past marches that include iconic signage.  Things like 'NASTY WOMAN', 'Women's rights are human rights', 'A women's place is in the resistance'.  I am happiest with this idea. My third idea is to somehow show how blind and deaf we have become to "news".  I would use the iconic See No Hea...