ACLU Art Collection
NEW YORK OFFICE
ACLU Art Collection, New York Office; 2021-2023
The ACLU Art Collection comprises more than 70 works of art housed in the American Civil Liberties Union’s Headquarters in New York City. Art was introduced to the space to inspire and engage the staff, visitors, members, activists, and supporters of the ACLU’s mission that work across our three floors each day, defending America’s core liberties for all individuals. The artists and creators who have contributed to the collection represent the voices of the communities we serve as well as the ACLU’s commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging. Artworks were selected based on 17 themes reflective of the ACLU’s mission to defend and preserve the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and US law. The most important goal achieved by this collection was the curation of art selections that honor the communities that we serve, celebrate past and present leaders in matters of civil rights, and celebrate our mission and impact.
We also built the collection by supporting projects and commissioning works from organizations whose missions stand in line with the ACLU’s such as: Artolution, Art Enables, Fountain House Gallery, Gender Portraits, Frontline Arts, DRAWdown Design Project, and the Heliotrope Foundation.
So many works, artists, and organizations beyond those highlighted here came together to strengthen this collection in its ability to speak to the themes embodied by this more than 100-year-old institution and to use art as a gateway for education, advocacy, and celebration.
Pamella Allen
What She Saw 2021
Acrylic, oil, encaustic and mixed media on paper (20" x 15")
What She Saw 2021
Gavin “DubbleX” Alleyne
We the People Stand Invisible 2019
Acrylic and marker on canvas (20" x 20")
We the People Stand Invisible 2019
Ashira
This Place Feels Like Home 2015
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle 210gsm 50% rag watercolor paper (13″x19″)
This Place Feels Like Home 2015
Eric Ayotte
October 22, 1963 2008
AP on gallery stretched canvas, resin pour (19.5" x 28" x 1.5")
October 22, 1963 2008
bARBER
b and e 2021
Collagraph and relief with chine collé on Hahnemuhle Copperplate paper, edition of 12 (36” x 30”)
b and e 2021
Susan Chen
Chinatown Block Watch 2022
Hand-embellished archival pigment print, edition of 20 (18.5" x 20.5")
Chinatown Block Watch 2022
Jeremy Dennis
Choknanipok (Man of Flint) 2015
Archival inkjet print (11” x 17”)
Choknanipok (Man of Flint) 2015
Jeremy Dennis
The Point, Shinnecock Indian Reservation 2017
Archival inkjet print (11" x 17”)
The Point, Shinnecock Indian Reservation 2017
Greg Dubois
This is What Systemically Equal High-Speed Internet Access Looks Like 2021
Print on paper (20” x 20”)
This is What Systemically Equal High-Speed Internet Access Looks Like 2021
Dr. Max Frieder, Ed. D - Artolution, Students of I.S. 145
Belief to Action 2022
Acrylic paint, chalk, pencil, aerosol paint on pre-primed cotton duck canvas (48" x 168")
Belief to Action 2022
Rico Gatson
Harriet 2018
Photo lithography and photo polymer gravure, edition of 25 (33" x 26")
Harriet 2018
Luis Gutierrez
La Calma Después de la Tormenta 2021
Oil paint, oil pastel, thread, inkjet printed image on paper and canvas (28" x 21")
La Calma Después de la Tormenta 2021
Adam Himoff
Frederick Douglass 2021
Hand-printed image on paper, edition of 40 (26” x 33”)
Frederick Douglass 2021
Sasha Huber and Petri Saarikko with Debbie-Ann Paige
Remedy for Freedom - The Underground Railroad on Staten Island 2019
Reproduction, pigment print on canvas (47” x 172”)
Remedy for Freedom - The Underground Railroad on Staten Island 2019
Icy and Sot
Unforced Hijab 2017
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle 210gsm paper (13″x19″)
Unforced Hijab 2017
Payman Jazini
Listening to the Bird 2022
Oil pastel on paper (18" x 24" x 0.75”)
Listening to the Bird 2022
Baseera Khan
I’M AS GOOD AS YOU ARE 2020
6-Color screen-print, edition of 50 (24" x 18")
I’M AS GOOD AS YOU ARE 2020
Candice Kwan
Anna With Silk Flowers, No. 1 2021
Archival pigment print on velvet fine art paper (Paper size 17” x 22”, image size 15” x 20”)
Anna With Silk Flowers, No. 1 2021
Candice Kwan
Anna With Silk Flowers, No. 2 2021
Archival pigment print on velvet fine art paper (Paper size 17” x 22”, image size 15” x 20”)
Anna With Silk Flowers, No. 2 2021
Heidi Lanino
Four Women, Folded Females 2020
Fragmented paper forms pieced back together, acrylic and charcoal on paper (35" x 47" framed)
Four Women, Folded Females 2020
Ann Lewis
Hooker v. the Illinois State Board of Elections 2017
Ink on cold pressed paper (18" x 22")
Hooker v. the Illinois State Board of Elections 2017
Ann Lewis
I am You (Beirut) 2017
10-color screen-print on coventry rag (21" x 25.75")
I am You (Beirut) 2017
Ann Lewis
Empower Equality 2012
5-Color hand pulled screen-print on coventry rag (30" x 20")
Empower Equality 2012
Chella Man
Stop Waiting For This To Open And Create Your Own Space 2020
Acrylic on wooden door, with brass hardware (78.5” x 24” x 6”)
Stop Waiting For This To Open And Create Your Own Space 2020
Claire Marcus
Warm Welcome I 2021
Relief print on Frontline Paper, digital photo on silk, stitched (5" x 7")
Warm Welcome I 2021
Claire Marcus
Warm Welcome II 2021
Relief print on Frontline Paper, digital photo on silk, stitched (5" x 7")
Warm Welcome II 2021
Karmimadeebora McMillan
Why you got to be starting something 2010
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle 210gsm 50% rag watercolor paper (13″x19″)
Why you got to be starting something 2010
Mark Oldland
A Hero’s Painting – A Tribute to John Lewis 2020
Oil on board (30" x 20")
A Hero’s Painting – A Tribute to John Lewis 2020
Vicente Ortiz-Cortez
Amor (Love) 2021
Archival pigment print on cotton rag, edition of 25 (20" x 24")
Amor (Love) 2021
Vicente Ortiz-Cortez
Violet Heart 2021
Archival pigment print on cotton rag, edition of 5 (24" x 24")
Violet Heart 2021
Vicente Ortiz-Cortez
Blue Heart 2021
Archival pigment print on cotton rag, edition of 5 (24" x 24")
Blue Heart 2021
Vicente Ortiz-Cortez
Gold Heart 2021
Archival pigment print on cotton rag, edition of 5 (24" x 24")
Gold Heart 2021
Vicente Ortiz-Cortez
Green Heart 2022
Archival pigment print on cotton rag, edition of 5 (24" x 24")
Green Heart 2022
Jared Owens
The Go Back #5 2022
Mixed media on panel, soil from prison yard at F.C.I. Fairton (40" x 40")
The Go Back #5 2022
Mia Saine
Accessibility Grants Freedom 2021
Print on paper (20 x 20)
Accessibility Grants Freedom 2021
Chris Schallhorn
Framed Shapes to Come 2022
Acrylic and ink on canvas (18" x 24" x 0.75”)
Framed Shapes to Come 2022
el Seed
Sunshine III 2021
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle 210gsm 50% rag watercolor paper (13"x19")
Sunshine III 2021
Jess X Snow
We Carry The Distance Migrated By Our Mothers 2020
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle 210gsm (13″x19″)
We Carry The Distance Migrated By Our Mothers 2020
Kahlief Steele
Do You See/Hear/Feel Me? 2021
Print on paper (20” x 20”)
Do You See/Hear/Feel Me? 2021
Justine Swindell
Closing the Racial Wealth Gap 2021
Print on paper (20” x 20”)
Closing the Racial Wealth Gap 2021
Swoon / Caledonia Curry
Nee Nee 2012
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle 210gsm 50% rag watercolor paper, hand numbered edition of 175 (13″x19″)
Nee Nee 2012
Adrienne Elise Tarver
Manifesting Paradise: High Priestess 2020
Archival pigment print (11" x 8.5")
Manifesting Paradise: High Priestess 2020
Chip Thomas
I am the Change 2015
Photograph of wall mural using paper, acrylic and gel medium, printed on dibond (30” x 143.75”)
I am the Change 2015
Basco Vazko
Untitled 2016
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle 210gsm 50% rag watercolor paper (13″x19″)
Untitled 2016
