The Future is Georgia with Gabrielle Mertz

Gabrielle Mertz from Drawing out the Vote is hosting this conversation with PS122

The Future is Georgia

A discussion with Gabrielle Mertz about the upcoming Senate runoffs in Georgia, the creative community’s engagement on voter turnout, and implications for the future of the election landscape. Mertz is the Director of Drawing Out The Vote, the voter education and mobilization campaign focused on Georgia and the creative sector. The outreach campaign reached more than 40,000 voters in the state during the general election and is continuing in support of the upcoming Senate runoffs. The project is in partnership with the Open Society Foundation and Center for Artistic Activism, with additional support from the ACLU, Power The Polls, and other organizations.A discussion with Gabrielle Mertz about the upcoming Senate runoffs in Georgia, the creative community’s engagement on voter turnout, and implications for the future of the election landscape. Mertz is the Director of Drawing Out The Vote, the voter education and mobilization campaign focused on Georgia and the creative sector. The outreach campaign reached more than 40,000 voters in the state during the general election and is continuing in support of the upcoming Senate runoffs. The project is in partnership with the Open Society Foundation and Center for Artistic Activism, with additional support from Power The Polls, and other organizations.

Gabrielle Mertz is an artist and public policy advisor who has worked across Georgia and nationally on cultural policy, nonprofit sector impact, and voting issues. She serves as an advisor and on the Leadership Council for Fair Fight and Stacey Abrams, as well as having worked with former President Carter and The Carter Center, The Coalition for the International Criminal Court, and Obama for America, among others. Her work has been exhibited in the United States and internationally, including at the New Museum, The Cultural Olympiad, American Dance Festival, and Cultural Center of Krakow, among many others.