Art = Action

Vote Tree powers dynamic, non-partisan, exclusively positive art/music activations that are deeply engaging, catnip Instagrammable, and off-the-charts IMPACTFUL (with the data to back it up).

Activation featured on Showtime’s Season 6 Premiere of The Circus. Credit: Cultural Gorilla @CulturalGorilla 

JACQUELINE VON EDELBERG
Vote Tree Founder + Ringmaster

Jacqueline von Edelberg

Jacqueline is an artist, activist, social entrepreneur, and unapologetic ‘nasty woman.’ With two decades of applying creative thinking to seemingly intractable real-world challenges, she is globally recognized for her public art on progressive issues. She’s passionate about building coalitions, glittery movements, and digital platforms that drive civic engagement and create systemic change. 

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Jacqueline most recent effort was the Highland Park Art Memorial honoring the victims of the July 4th shooting.

The work recieved international praise, including features in USAToday and HyperAllergic, and is the subject of an upcoming documentary by Emmy award winning filmaker Jon Siskel. See HPpromise.org.

Jacqueline is perhaps best known as the driving force behind the revitalization of Nettelhorst Elementary, an underutilized and under-enrolled public school in Chicago. The effort is outlined in her book, How to Walk to School: Blueprint for a Neighborhood School Renaissance. Learn more: JVE Website.

Her latest side-hustle is Scratch Out Hate, cat scratchers for social impact.

© 2022 Forever Jacqueline von Edelberg. All rights reserved.
Make no small plans. 

Atlanta

2022 ATL VOTE TREE

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Nov. 27, 2022 – In the lead-up to Georgia’s Senate Runoff election, VoteTree’s interactive art installation served as the backdrop for Sen. Raphael Warnock’s Souls to the Polls rally.

Before marching to an early voting site to cast his own ballot, Warnock gathered a group of a dozen prominent Black leaders, including Martin Luther King III, Henrietta Antoninin, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, and U.N. ambassador Andrew Young.

The first day of statewide early voting was the largest in-person early voting day in Georgia’s history.

AP Cover photo | AP photo Ben Gray

Nov. 28, 2022 – Vote Tree engaged hundreds of Dave Matthews concertgoers waiting in line at Cobb County’s Coca-Cola Roxy. The crowd created a city block-long red, white, and blue fabric fence and then held it aloft as the doors opened.

Dave Matthews performed Something to Tell My Baby at a rally for Sen. Raphael Warnock

2020-21 ATL VOTE TREE Events

Georgia Delivers
Hosea Williams Mural

Georgia’s beloved civil rights leader Hosea Williams would have turned 95 on Jan 5th, the day Georgians voted in a historic Senate runoff

In the six weeks leading up to the election, an interactive, non-partisan, exclusively positive public art installation took root at Atlanta’s iconic Hosea mural.

Vote Tree’s live art + music activation featured local emergent artists, particularly women and underrepresented voices. The exuberant 250′ murallage was featured across news outlets and social media, including Raphael Warnock’s Instagram post the day before the election and the opening frames of the Season 6 premiere of Showtime’s The Circus.

Vote Tree’s digital messaging, instant registration QR site signage, and guerrilla-style tactics delivered dramatic and measurable impact. When all the dust settled, our creative GOTV effort helped Block Power deliver 24.4K votes.

© 2020 Forever Jacqueline von Edelberg. All rights reserved.
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