Sinclair, John; Eichele, Robin; Harris, Bill; Moore, Charles

Broadside: The Detroit Artists' Workshop Presents a Symposium on Contemporary Social Issues & the Artist

Detroit, MI: Detroit Artists' Workshop, 1965. First Printing. Single Sheet. Offered today is another Detroit Artists’ Workshop rarity, the flyer, The Artists’ Workshop Presents: A Symposium on Contemporary Social Issues & The Artist. Set to be held on Saturday, April 3, 1965, the event was primarily a panel consisting of John Sinclair (1941-2024), the musician Charles Moore (1941-2014), Robin Eichele (b. 1941), poet & filmmaker, and Bill Harris (1933-2018), novelist, focusing on the intersection of the Artist and social issues. The social issues particularly in focus for the panel were both the Vietnam War (which had started in earnest the year prior) and the burgeoning Civil Rights marches in Selma against Jim Crow and segregation. The event was organized and conducted by the legendary Detroit Artists’ Workshop and, aside from the main panelist symposium, was not only a free open event to the public but also had an open Q & A after the panel. Just one of the many, many events that the DAW would organize in order to get poetry and radical politics directly to the people, The Artists’ Workshop Presents: A Symposium on Contemporary Social Issues & The Artist, focused on the role of the artist as both a bull-horn for and mirror of social issues–the artist as cultural critic, satirist, and activist. This rarity is not just a cultural artefact, but also an effigy of the sort of revolutionary praxis that DAW was the vanguard of in its time. From the collection of scholar, poet and our dear friend Robin Eichele (b. 1941), noted Mimeograph Revolutionary & co-founder (with the late, great John Sinclair [1941-2024]) of the Detroit Artists’ Workshop. Single sheet broadside. First & presumably only printing. In very fine condition with only minor wear to fine edges and slight discoloration due to age-toning. Otherwise substantially mint! Very Fine. [Item #8083]

Price: $75.00