The Berkshire Eagle
Norman Rockwell Museum’s 2024 Unity Project aims to get Americans to the polls on election day
STOCKBRIDGE — As the 2024 election season enters its final moments, you can inspire friends, family, neighbors and strangers to cast a ballot with one of six digital get-the-vote-out campaign posters courtesy of The Unity Project 2024.
An initiative of the Norman Rockwell Museum, The Unity Project 2024 campaign features six striking images by contemporary illustrators — Monica Ahanonu, Lisk Feng, Timothy Goodman, Edel Rodriguez, Gary Taxali, and Shar Tuiasoa/Punky Aloha — that can be downloaded and shared over social media. The original artwork also can be viewed in the lobby of the museum through Nov. 8.
“Drawing on the rich history and vibrant contemporary relevance of illustration art, this project engages and inspires people through published imagery, affirming its power to reflect and shape our world.” –Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, chief curator, Norman Rockwell Museum
“Voting is an essential act of democratic participation, one that Americans have fought for generations to preserve and expand. As part of our public mission, Norman Rockwell
Museum is honored to bring together art and civic engagement in a fresh, meaningful, and artistically captivating campaign to encourage Americans, especially younger Americans, to use their voices and vote,” Laurie Norton Moffat, museum director and CEO, said in a news release. “This initiative carries forward and deepens our museum’s commitment to a broadly inclusive dem
ocracy in which the voices of all people are valued and heard.”
The non-partisan images, which focus on the act of voting, can be found at unity.nrm.org/share. Each has a suggested message, such as, “The future is in your hands. Vote,” and includes a request to tag the image’s artist and a list of suggested hashtags: #Vote #NRMUnityProject #Vote2024 #YourVoteMatters.