Art for Democracy 2024 VOTE Campaign

Team fundraiser

Hope Meng and Lena Wolff are organizing this fundraiser to benefit SaveArtSpace.

Tax deductible

The 2024 Art for Democracy fundraiser is on! Brought to you by artists Lena Wolff and Hope Meng, donations to the project this year are fully tax deductible through a partnership with our fiscal sponsor SaveArtSpace. (SaveArtSpace partners with artists to transform advertisement space into public art.)

Our public art campaign encourages people to vote for meaningful reasons related to the critical issues of our day – democracy, reproductive freedom, the freedom to read, the fate of the planet, and more.

For this election year, we’re prioritizing placement of the messages on billboards and bus shelter locations in the must-win swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.

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2024 Images + Text

This year our full color images are being produced with the following messages:

VOTE for Democracy
VOTE for Reproductive Freedom
VOTE for the Freedom to Read
VOTE for the Planet

Free downloadable files for posters are also available with the following issues (in addition to the above):

VOTE for Trans Rights
VOTE for Affordable Housing
VOTE for Gun Reform
VOTE for Racial Justice
VOTE for Student Loan Debt Forgiveness
Translations in Spanish, Mandarin and Tagalog

How the Funds are Used

Funds raised go directly to project development and production. Billboards and bus shelter placement ranges from $1500-4500 per site, depending on location. The more we raise, the more we can circulate the messages! If we reach above our fundraising goal, we'll place more of the images in places where we most need to get out the vote in November.

On Poster Distribution

Democracy should not have an entry fee! The poster versions of our messages are never sold and always given away for free. This year, downloadable files for independent printing will be shared with anyone who wants to use them in cities from coast to coast.

Thank you for participating! Democracy is a collective effort and we couldn't do this without you!

Project History

Lena Wolff sparked the VOTE campaign in 2018 on the heels of a widespread anti-hate initiative she released in 2017 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Between 2018 and 2022, over 100,000 free VOTE posters circulated across the country in over 100 cities, with a focus on swing states. Through a partnership with SaveArtSpace, we placed 11 VOTE for Reproductive Freedom billboards in 7 swing states ahead of the 2022 midterms.

To learn more about the project, visit our website