The Whitman Effect
On the occasion of Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday in 2019, Whitman at 200 hopes to catalog the good gray poet’s lasting effect on us all. To date, hundreds of creatives have joined together to share their interpretation of Whitman’s effect on them and their communities.
If you want to tell us how America’s “poet of democracy” has influenced you, share your Whitman-inspired artwork on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with hashtag #TheWhitmanEffect, and tag us at @whitat200.
Whitman Sampler
Mixtape Series
Produced by Homer Jackson
Heather Galler, Whitman. Courtesy of the artist
María Verónica San Martín, Dignidad, 2019, performance featuring Paloma Estevez and the artist at The Center for Book Arts, New York. Photo courtesy of the Artist. Photo: Wonwoo Lee. Provided to Whitman at 200 courtesy of The Print Center
Joe Plageman, Sonograph 3, courtesy of Camden FireWorks. Photo by Robert Young
Lilly Zuckerman, Is, Was, and the In Between, porcelain, 2017. Courtesy of The Clay Studio
Tony Rocco, Children of the Mountain, archival digital print, 2005. Courtesy of Da Vinci Art Alliance
Jennifer Kaplan, Water on Mondays, umbrella, soil, plants, 2019. Courtesy of The Clay Studio
Marcus Branch, Danny, digital photograph. Courtesy of Da Vinci Art Alliance
Image: Keith Carter. Tea Stain, 2018-2019, from the series “Walt Whitman: ‘Beautiful Imperfect things.’” Courtesy of the Artist.
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Silvère Boureau, Young Growth, acrylic. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
N. Dia Webb, Finding God, ceramic, resin, plastic, 2019. Courtesy of The Clay Studio
Liisa Nelson, How I Carried All of My Regrets, ceramic, 2018. Courtesy of The Clay Studio
Ann Hartzell, Unsolved is Unjust!, mixed Media, acrylics, decoupage. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Left: Mario Nascati, Untitled, digital photograph; Right: Nanci Hellmuth, Like it is, digital photograph. Courtesy of Da Vinci Art Alliance
Robert Lacy, Walt Whitman. Courtesy of the artist
K McQuain, Faun in a field of flowers, watercolor and ink. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Keisha Whatley, Queen Culture Portrait, oil on canvas. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Uta Fellechner, Her Hand and Mine, archival photograph. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Thomas Eakins, Walt Whitman, oil on canvas, 1887-88. Courtesy of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Grace Tessein, You, earthenware, porcelain, unfired porcelain clay mixed with the artist's partner's hair, 2018. Courtesy of The Clay Studio
Jeleata Nicole, 3 Generations of the Kings, oil painting. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Katie Sleyman, Perfect Posture, porcelain, piano wire, kanthal wire, shrink tube, 2018. Courtesy of The Clay Studio
Dan Miller, Walt Whitman, three-color woodcut on laid rice paper, 1981. Courtesy of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Sarah McEneaney, Untitled, from the series “#wehavenopresident”, 2016 – present, inkjet print, 11” x 8 ½”. Photo courtesy of the Artist. Provided to Whitman at 200 courtesy of The Print Center
Image: Keith Carter. Song of Myself, 2018-2019, from the series “Walt Whitman: ‘Beautiful Imperfect things.’” Courtesy of the Artist.
Image: Keith Carter. Verso, 2018-2019, from the series “Walt Whitman: ‘Beautiful Imperfect things.’” Courtesy of the Artist.
Karen Hunter McLaughlin, Hunter Ghosts: Feminine Tree 1865, rust, craborundum, mono print and chine collé on paper. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Allen Crawford, page from Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself, 2014
Mark Stockton, The Poet in His Bedroom of Walt Whitman in repose amongst a chaos of papers, graphite drawing, 2019. Courtesy of The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Andrea Walls, Lit, photography/digital inkjet print. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Constance Culpepper, American Flag, oil on canvas. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Elizabeth Guignino, Curious, clay and wood, 2019. Courtesy of The Clay Studio
Image: Keith Carter. The Word is Become Flesh, 2018-2019, from the series “Walt Whitman: ‘Beautiful Imperfect things.’” Courtesy of the Artist.
Allen Crawford, page from Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself, 2014
Mindy Flexer, Spiral Blue 2, oil paint on linen mounted on panel. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Tim Barton, Recycled, found object assemblage. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Gary Grissom, Piggyback Riders, Mural, Chants Democratic, archival pigment print. Courtesy of City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
Joe Plageman, Sonograph 1, courtesy of Camden FireWorks. Photo by Robert Young
Image caption: Didier William, Godforsaken Asylum, 2017, wood carving and ink on panel, 60” x 48”. Collection of Michelle and Pete Scantland. Photo courtesy of the Artist and Anna Zorina Gallery, New York. Provided to Whitman at 200 courtesy of The Print Center
Joe Plageman, Sonograph 5, courtesy of Camden FireWorks. Photo by Robert Young
Barbara Henry, Walt Whitman’s Faces, linocut, 2012