Portland, OR, United States
Alec is a printer and illustrator living in Portland, OR. He is a nurse who works in critical care and harm reduction. He co-edits Signal: A Journal of International Political Graphics & Culture along with Josh MacPhee.
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It’s been hard to know to make graphics and art that responds to the terrible and evolving situation that we are in. Our realities shift so quickly that an idea…
Erin Yanke and I recently finished up a recent edition of our newest podcast about harm reduction. In this episode we interviewed Michael Gilbert- a public health technologist and harm…
Hey! I wanted to share with you some information about a great project from two friends of mine, please support it if you can: Up on the Mountain is…
Erin Yanke and I completed the first two episodes a new podcast about harm reduction called Bright Spark. With this podcast we will focus on people doing creative work in…
Fresh from the printers is the sixth and latest issue of Signal: A Journal of International Political Graphics & Culture. Signal is edited by Josh MacPhee and I and it…
Pangrok Sulap is an activist print-arts collective based out of Sabah, Malaysia. They are an amazing group that does movement based art works with local communities, particularly on issues of…
In 2016, I was invited to contribute art to the re-opening of the Robert Morris University School of Nursing. It was a great opportunity to explore some ideas around nursing,…
“Up above the land, in the clouds, borderless.” A new short video from long-time Justseeds friend and comrade, Portland based filmmaker Vanessa Renwick.
Here’s a link to an article about a cool political art project that took place on the London subway. The action was conducted last month by London Palestine Action: We…
I made this sign for the local needle exchange and learned three things:
The review is here.
Signal is journal of international political graphics and culture and is edited by Josh MacPhee and myself (Alec Dunn). We produce Signal because we believe that art and culture…
WolfPatrol.org is having an online benefit for their organization which “works on the ground to document and report on wolf hunts and illegal poaching, in the face of the removal…
Wheat paste found in Pittsburgh, PA, picture taken last November.
Last summer I was in lower Manhattan and had 6 hours to kill before a meeting Washington Heights. l took the opportunity to visit the Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson…
Rockwell Kent has been a big influence on more than a few of us here at Justseeds. He was a prolific draftsman whose illustrations dominated book design and advertising in…
Here is another studio visit, in which I ask Justseeds members to describe their current studio and to talk about their ideal workspace. This time with Shaun Slifer from Pittsburgh:…
The ongoing blog series where I ask Justseeds members for five things that have been inspiring them lately. This one from Josh MacPhee in NYC:
This post is part of an effort to do online studio visits with every member of the Justseeds collective. I’ve asked people to describe their current studio set-up and also…
Signal:03 Editor’s Round Up We start this issue with a reproduction of a silkscreened portfolio, titled Jeu de Massacre, which was produced in 1930 by an anti-fascist/anarchist/surrealist printmaker by the name…