The Courtroom Sketch Favorite 

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Date: 

Feb 1 2021

Location: 

Los Angeles CA

Courtoom sketches were, for many cases, the only glimpses into high profile trails that captivated the nation. Now, over 200 of these sketches by artists will be in the Library of Congress, ranging from cases such as The Rodney King trial, the Watergate scandal, and the Allen v. Farrow custody battle. While the Nation's Library will be collecting these sketches for their historic value, many seek to buy the "art" as an investment. Art collectors say that the infamy of the trial or the persons involved and detailed in the sketch, along with which sketch artists cover it, can drive up its market value and popularity for acquirement. Another reason these sketches draw buyers' interest is due to the fact that they are once in a lifetime pieces that literally encapsulate real life events.

External sources: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/us/courtroom-sketch-value.html
Posted by nahlahabdur on Apr 13 2021

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Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Activates (people)Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
Amplifies (issue or campaign)Brings public and political attention to an issue or campaign.  Can include prefigurative action, making the invisible visible.

Timeframe For change

This project seems to be part of a campaign with a clear long-term goal. Long-term goals tend to be things like: end racism; end homophobia; make the sun stand still in the sky. A campaign with a long-term goal also needs to have some kind of theory of change.
To memorialize pieces of history in our american judicial system.

Notes

Could help people remember injustices in America's history, or promote change to the criminal justice system. Important to have visual reminders of history so as to learn from it.