"Times of national emergency require a call out to everyone to speak out and take the necessary action," Brodner says. "Artists are no different. The long tradition of graphic commentary has seen us through the best and worst of times. The need for this collection has only grown with the increasing immensity of our national crisis. While the main focus is on illustration, the variety within that discipline takes us to wild and unexpected places. In a time of editorial instability, the work in this discipline may, on the whole, be at an all-time peak."

"Art as Witness" features a diverse group of artist-activists, many of them also SVA faculty or alumni. The participating artists include Najeebah Al-Ghadban , Gail Anderson (BFA 1984 Graphic Design), Marshall Arisman, Andrea Arroyo, Istvan Banyai, Melinda Beck, Louisa Bertman (MFA 2015 Visual Narrative), R.O. Blechman, Barry Blitt, Steve Brodner, Nancy Burson, Harry Campbell, André Carrilho, Roz Chast , Seymour Chwast, Joe Ciardiello, Sue Coe, John Cuneo, Nathan Fox (MFA 2002, Illustration as Visual Essay), Felipe Galindo, Sally Gardner, Milton Glaser, Robert Grossman, Brad Holland, Frances Jetter , Victor Juhasz, Viktor Koen (MFA 1992 Illustration as Visual Essay), Stephen Kroninger, Anita Kunz, Peter Kuper, David Levine, Nicole Licht, Zoe Matthiessen, Mike McQuade , Oliver Munday, Christoph Niemann, Tim O'Brien, Glenn Palmer-Smith, Hanoch Piven (BFA 1992 Graphic Design), David Plunkert, Bill Plympton (1969 Cartooning, in collaboration with Billy Shebar and David Roberts), Melanie Reim, Rob Rogers, Edel Rodriguez, Chloe Scheffe, Jeff Scher , Nasrin Sheykhi, Yuko Shimizu (MFA 2003 Illustration as Visual Essay), Edward Sorel, Art Spiegelman, Brian Stauffer, Seth Tobocman, Armando Veve , and Olimpia Zagnoli.

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