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• Constructed a mockup of a gallery space for an art show and managed the layout and spacing of the pieces on the walls

• Set up the art show, including hanging the art on the walls and creating artwork labels

• Designed and managed a website (SeanBergArt.com) to host a secondary online interactive art show to increase the exposure of the artist’s work during Covid

• Designed the layout for the brick wall

• Constructed the brick wall using pieces of paper individually cut and glued down

• Assisted in pulling the screens

• Collaborated with the artist to decide on the layout of individual pieces and the larger combined piece

• Collected and created imagery to be transferred onto the piece

• Assisted in transferring the imagery onto the piece using a transfer medium

• Collaborated with the artist throughout the entire piece

• Created printed collages of the artist’s past work to transfer onto the piece

• Assisted in transferring the prints onto the piece using a transfer medium

• Curated printed images to be used throughout the piece

• Assisted in transferring the images onto the board

• Created the 8 layers making up the screenprint in photoshop using a drawing made by the artist.

• Aided in choosing and mixing the colors for every layer

• Assisted in pulling the screenprints and selecting the final pieces for the gallery

• Created the screenprint layers (the base, words, and word outlines) from drawings made by the artist using Photoshop

• Chose, tested, and mixed the colors

• Assisted in pulling the prints and selecting the final pieces

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Screenprint on Paper

2020

19” x 13” each

• Designed and produced the entire video, using images of protest posters supplied by the artist

• Edited images of 200 protest posters for the video

The images displayed in this video are photo captures of real physical protest posters. Many of these were inspired by identical posters seen across the United States throughout 2020. The physical copies were distributed across the cities of Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Hudson. For a list of sources, click here.