Frances Jetter

Frances Jetter’s illustrations have been published in the New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The Nation, the Village Voice and The Progressive.
Her work is in the permanent collections of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, Detroit Institute of Arts, The New York Public Library and the Library of Congress.
In 2017-2018, she was a fellow at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library.

June 20, 2019

Nixon’s the One (Hundred-Dollar Bill)

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin blocked placing Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Here’s a more suitable replacement for this administration.

Frances Jetter
May 29, 2019

White Nationalism on the Rise

Our narcissist in chief is also the chief promoter of hate.

Frances Jetter
January 23, 2019

Taft-Hartley

An image from a section called “Factory Doors: A Brief History” in Frances Jetter’s artist’s book, Amalgam.

Frances Jetter
October 16, 2018

Walking in Their Footsteps

Climate change threatens human extinction. Will we act to save ourselves, or join the dinosaurs?

Frances Jetter
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August 20, 2018

Gun World

Our children live in a country run by a government that refuses to restrict weapons that threaten their lives.

Frances Jetter
August 8, 2018

LIAR

What a wicked web we weave.

Frances Jetter
August 1, 2018

Immigrant Story

An excerpt from the artist’s graphic novel in progress.

Frances Jetter
July 17, 2018

Tilting of the Supreme Court

With Trump’s new appointment, SCOTUS takes a hard right in the wrong direction.

Frances Jetter
PoliticsOctober 10, 2017

Repro Rights

Republican platform against choice. Linocut.

Frances Jetter
March 23, 2015

Works On Paper

Frances Jetter