By Sophie Zhang

While voters across the nation cast Super Tuesday ballots, Columbia College Chicago students merged their artistic talent with political activism through a free poster giveaway depicting candidates in the 2016 presidential election.

The Art + Activism student group provided potential young voters with detailed voting information and tries to persuade people to register to vote. To capture their peers’ attention, organizers gave out 10 posters that mimic the style of artist Shepard Fairey’s iconic Barack Obama poster, according to Lane Hedler, president of the organization.

“This year’s election is kind of theatrical and the candidates are kind of wild and have their own personalities. We want to utilize that to spark this conversation among young people about the election,” said Emily Gallaugher, member of the project.

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