These posters were created for Front Range Community College Westminster Student Life to provide education about various Winter Holidays for students, staff, and faculty.
YULE (NEOPAGANISM)
Yule is a celebration of the winter solstice (occurring each year on December 20,
21, 22, or 23) by practitioners of contemporary neopagan religions such as Wicca, Pantheism, Asatru, and Druidism. These religious beliefs center upon humans’ inseparable partnership with the earth. Yule traditions focus on the concept of renewal and the symbolic nature of winter as a part of the cycle of life and the precursor to the growth inherent in spring. In this poster I collaborated with Maddison OConnell to display some of the rich symbolic elements of this holiday.
21, 22, or 23) by practitioners of contemporary neopagan religions such as Wicca, Pantheism, Asatru, and Druidism. These religious beliefs center upon humans’ inseparable partnership with the earth. Yule traditions focus on the concept of renewal and the symbolic nature of winter as a part of the cycle of life and the precursor to the growth inherent in spring. In this poster I collaborated with Maddison OConnell to display some of the rich symbolic elements of this holiday.
KWANZAA (AFRICAN AMERICAN/PAN AFRICAN)
Celebrated between December 26 and January 1, Kwanzaa (from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, or “first fruits”) was established in 1966 by Dr. Maulana “Ron” Karenga, a UCLA professor from Nigeria. He developed Kwanzaa as a response to the Watts Riots of August of 1965, a large-scale civil disturbance in Los Angeles triggered by a racially charged altercation between an Anglo-American police officer and an African-American man. Karenga intended to create a holiday for people of African descent to celebrate their heritage, an alternative to the traditional holidays celebrated by Caucasians such as Christmas. In my poster I included the aspects I was most curious about, the principles that are celebrated each day.