Ethnic Studies is a framework for teaching history that highlights the people in the United States who’ve been ignored or erased from school curriculums. It focuses on African American, Native American, Latinx/a/o, Asian American. and Middle Eastern people. More on my reasons for painting it here. Want a print? Cop that here.
I illustrated this one in collaboration with Design Action Collective. The client (Sierra Health) asked for three sections containing multiple illustrations illustrating their theory of change. Each section would feature a diverse array of characters and actions or scenes. I did this while adding a contrast of scale of size and composition.
Here’s a a series of illustrations I created for the California Domestic Workers Coalition in collaboration with Design Action Collective. The goal of this project was to illustrate various types of domestic workers as the illustrations would be used to create posters. These posters would provide vital multilingual “know your rights” information. More information about the organization here.