Community collaboration, open calls, and invitations
Alces collaborates with the national initiative Celebrate People’s History poster series stewarded by artist Josh MacPhee and the Just Seeds collective. Our Black 14 poster will be produced for the series late summer, 2025.
We are thrilled to launch the subset of Celebrate People’s History Poster Series: Celebrate Wyoming People’s History. We are currently looking to collaborate with 2D artists to uplift the people’s histories below. Please note, we prioritize artists who have regional connection to the respective people’s history. Collaborating artists are paid $250 for their design and will receive 100 prints of their poster.
Please reach out to Alces if you are interested in designing a poster below, or if you have a people’s history not listed here. Email alcesworks@gmail.com
The Black miners of Dana
Carbon County
One of two Wyoming communities to have a Black-majority population. The miners refused to strike break while advocating for labor reform and Black settlement in the West.
Johnson County Cattle Wars
Johnson County
Class warfare and grazing rights. When invaders came to Johnson County at the behest of cattle barons to steal land and murder small ranching resistors.
Helen Bardo
Niobraba County
Helen Bardo of Lusk, worked tirelessly to break down the barriers for people with disabilities in the state.
Grace Raymond Hebard
Albany County
Grace Raymond Hebard spent her queer life breaking through glass ceilings in the state. Historian, feminist, suffragete.
Judgement at Cheyenne
Laramie County
600 protestors “mourn” deployment 50 MX missiles in the state. Protestors drove a mock funeral procession to the missile silo north of Cheyenne.
