For two decades, artist Sheryl Oring has documented Americans’ hopes and concerns through her project “I Wish to Say” Oring uses her vintage typewriter to create postcards on behalf of Americans – one copy headed to the White House, another preserved in a growing archive of over 4,500 voices.
Sheryl Oring penned an op-ed in The Philadelphia Citizen about the power of analog connection with the help of a typewriter to mark the Global Day of Unplugging.
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NPR Philadelphia (WHYY) covered Sheryl Oring’s Secretary to the People exhibit at the Free Library of Philadelphia, a chronicle of her 21 year journey typing messages from the public to U.S. presidents.
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On World Typing Day, artist Sheryl Oring led typewriter enthusiasts gathering in Philadelphia and virtually across the country to transcribe the public’s messages to the president.
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In advance of World Typing Day on Wednesday, January 8th, artist Sheryl Oring penned an op-ed in Common Dreams examining why a typewriter resurgence matters for democracy.
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On Election Day, artist Sheryl Oring invited residents in Philadelphia to dictate messages to the next president on a vintage typewriter as part of her “I Wish to Say” project.
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Artist Sheryl Oring is traveling the country with her vintage typewriter inviting people to dictate a message to the next president.
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For the past 12 years, Sheryl Oring has crossed the country, setting up a pop-up office for voters to dictate a postcard to the next president.
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Crisscrossing the country just like Obama, Clinton, and McCain, artist Sheryl Oring is gathering messages for the next president.
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Check out this profile of Sheryl Oring in today’s Los Angeles Times by Richard Paddock.
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As reported by Robert Smith on NPR’s All Things Considered, performance artist Sheryl Oring recently invited people in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park to dictate birthday messages to President Bush.
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