Voices & Votes:
Democracy in America
Voices & Votes: Democracy in America is a traveling Smithsonian exhibition that explores the action, reaction, vision, and revision that democracy demands as Americans continue to question how to shape our country. It traces the bold American experiment of a government run by and for the people, and examines the influences that shaped its early days and the changes that have occurred in the 250 years since.
We're looking for:
• Your water bottle covered with stickers, or a picture of your sticker covered cooler or car • Local election memorabilia • A yard sign, protest poster or flyer you shared to express yourself • A campaign poster from when you ran for student council in school. • Historical or current photos of friends and family using their voice. • Your ‘I voted’ stickers • Art for a Cause - did you design a Save Our Great Salt Lake poster for example? Make a zine? Write a poem? • Anything else that you think might fit!
Send a photo of your objects to marcadmin@moabcity.gov
Due to limited space, we may not be able to accept all submissions, staff will reach out to you with more information. Objects would be on loan to the MARC from late May through early-August.
Community Voices: from whispers to shouts and the squawks, rumbles and clangs in between.
A Platform for Your Voice: Postcards & Protest Signs
Join Moab Arts and KikiBouba Press for a workshop making postcards and protest signs using traditional printing presses and techniques. This workshop is 18+
Participants will work in groups to create their own ‘campaign signs’ that will be on display for the MARC’s exhibition titled ‘Community Voices’ to accompany the traveling Smithsonian exhibition ‘Voices & Votes: Democracy in America.”
May 12 from 6 - 8 p. m.
Story Slam & Civic Voice Workshop
Celia Alario and the Moab Sun News host a workshop on public speaking & using your voice. This workshop is intended to help people prepare for speaking in front of crowds and feel more confident communicating their thoughts and experiences, whether in advocacy, council meetings and more. Workshop is in-person at the Grand County Public Library
June 6 from 1 - 3:30 p. m.
“Your Voice, Your Vote” stories of a time when you spoke up, took a stand, powerfully exerted your opinion about something that matters to you.
This Story Slam, in partnership with Storied Self Moab and the Grand County Public Library will be held in the Moab Arts Center Stage Room.
June 16 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Exhibition Hours and Event Calendar
Many Thanks to
Voices & Votes: Democracy in America has been made possible in Moab by Utah Humanities. Voices & Votes is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and state humanities councils nationwide. It is based on an exhibition by the National Museum of American History. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.