Advancing the power of art to educate and inspire people to action
MEET OUR TEAM
Carol A. Wells
Founder/Executive Director
Carol Wells earned her B.A. in
History and M.A. in Art History at UCLA. She taught the history of art and architecture for thirteen years at California State University, Fullerton. Wells has published numerous articles and catalogue essays on political poster art and has produced over 100 political poster exhibitions since 1981.
Emily Sulzer
Archives Director
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Emily Sulzer began her time at CSPG as a volunteer in 2015, an experience that fomented her interest in a career in archives. She holds a MLIS from UCLA and a B.A. in Art History and Visual Art from Occidental College. In her mind, preserving and providing access to provocative art is necessary to uncover hidden histories, reveal truths, and change the world.
Summer Benton
Office and Social Media Manager
Summer Benton (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist, community organizer, and arts worker dedicated to serving their community through art and programming. Since 2012 she has volunteered as an organizer for Rock n' Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles, a social justice non-profit that empowers girls and gender-expansive youth through music education. As CSPG's Office and Social Media Manager, they create social media content to connect and share resources with CSPG's digital community. They hold a BA in African American and Gender studies from UCLA.
Lisa Kahn
Samantha Ceja
Archivist
Lisa Kahn is responsible for digitizing CSPG's 90,000+ political graphics. She was first introduced to CSPG through an internship facilitated by the UCLA History Department's Public History Initiative in 2017. Since 2016, she has worked for six different archival institutions including the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives, the Jewish Women's Archive, and Zion National Park. After earning both her BA in History and her MLIS from UCLA, she was eager to begin working at a community-based archive and readily joined CSPG's staff in September 2021.
Project Archivist
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Samantha Ceja is responsible for cataloging CSPG’s collection of posters, digitizing them, and image processing their digital surrogates. In addition, she oversees the accessioning of born-digital posters, working to make these a part of CSPG’s growing collection. Prior to joining the archival team at CSPG, she interned for the Los Angeles Public Library and worked at the Getty Research Institute. She received a B.A. in History from the California State University, Northridge and a Master of Library and Information Science degree from San Jose State University.
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