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Local artist designs poster for presidential nominee
Local artist designs poster for presidential nominee
By Port City Daily Staff
October 24, 2024
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — The work of one local graphic designer and printmaker has become revered in Wilmington for its whimsy and color, particularly as fans scoop up one-of-a-kind limited concert posters at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater and Live Oak Bank Pavilion. More times than not, it’s the creation of Tom Shaw from T. Shaw Designs.
Shaw has created posters ...snip...But recently Shaw took on a different clientele.
Mid-October, the artist was commissioned by the state’s Democratic Party to do an official poster for a Kamala Harris rally. It was hosted in Greenville at East Carolina University.
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Shaw said he was surprised to see his poster — “Carolina for Kamala” — waving across crowds of students and then snapshot across so many media platforms.
“I was scrolling through Instagram, and I noticed a photo from the rally with someone holding my poster in the background,” he said. “Similar images [appeared] in The New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, and countless other national news outlets. A friend even sent me a photo of it appearing in the newspaper edition of The Washington Post.”
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https://portcitydaily.com/news-briefs/2024/10/24/local-artist-designs-poster-for-presidential-rally/
By Port City Daily Staff
October 24, 2024
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — The work of one local graphic designer and printmaker has become revered in Wilmington for its whimsy and color, particularly as fans scoop up one-of-a-kind limited concert posters at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater and Live Oak Bank Pavilion. More times than not, it’s the creation of Tom Shaw from T. Shaw Designs.
Shaw has created posters ...snip...But recently Shaw took on a different clientele.
Mid-October, the artist was commissioned by the state’s Democratic Party to do an official poster for a Kamala Harris rally. It was hosted in Greenville at East Carolina University.
Snip...
Shaw said he was surprised to see his poster — “Carolina for Kamala” — waving across crowds of students and then snapshot across so many media platforms.
“I was scrolling through Instagram, and I noticed a photo from the rally with someone holding my poster in the background,” he said. “Similar images [appeared] in The New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, and countless other national news outlets. A friend even sent me a photo of it appearing in the newspaper edition of The Washington Post.”
Snip...more...
https://portcitydaily.com/news-briefs/2024/10/24/local-artist-designs-poster-for-presidential-rally/
Learn more about T. Shaw Designs here: https://www.tshawdesigns.com/?origin=serp_auto
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Thanks so much for your reply. ❤️
