Exhibitions are the primary means by which CSPG exposes audiences to the artistic, cultural, and historical value of its collection. We produce new exhibitions yearly, and more than 60 have traveled to over 400 venues throughout the U.S. and abroad. They are BIPOC-focused and represent marginalized communities, including immigrants, the incarcerated, the unhoused, and people with disabilities. The Los Angeles Times twice cited CSPG exhibitions as among the year’s ten best produced by a nonprofit.

In addition to our active traveling exhibition program, we frequently loan posters to augment exhibitions curated by other institutions. CSPG has loaned posters to more than 100 museums worldwide.

In 2011, we developed Exhibitions-to-Go, using laminated reproductions instead of original posters. ETGs can travel to venues lacking the security and environmental controls needed to protect the fragile originals, such as high schools, community centers, and outdoor festivals. ETGs are thus more accessible to the communities represented in the posters and have greatly expanded our audience. Nine ETGs are currently available, addressing the prison-industrial complex, environmental justice, immigration, affordable housing, police violence, boycotts as economic activism, opposition to the death penalty, and health care as a human right.

Through its Preservation and Access project, CSPG has embarked on an ambitious project to digitize its entire poster collection and put it online. CSPG currently houses over 90,000 domestic and international human rights and protest posters, dating from the 19th century to the present. CSPG makes these posters available for research and study both online and in-person at our offices. To date, CSPG’s archivists have digitized over 25,000 posters according to archival standards. To provide access to these images and our database, we are working to replace CSPG’s current website with an upgraded viewing platform for artists, activists, students, scholars, educators, and the general public.