Historical February 1997 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
A gathering at Bill Kohn’s studio Sunday evening, January 19th, produced nearly 300 jumbo sized post cards in support of the besieged Matt Morrison and his family.
The cards will be delivered to President Bill Clinton and ask him to intervene in Morrison’s case. Matt Morrison, as you may know, is the University City resident, married, with children, who is threatened with deportation to has native Northern Ireland because of his youthful involvement with the I.R.A. Neighborhood artist Bill Christman has become good friends with the Morrisons and conceived of the Postcard Party as a way to use his talents in support of their struggle.
For over ten years now, Matt has led a productive and responsible life here in St. Louis.
His wife and two children will become exiles along with Matt if the deportation order is executed.
The messages on the post cards ranged from childishly direct “Save my friend’s Daddy” to politically sophisticated. Accompanying graphics ran the same gamut.
The atmosphere at the party, low-keyed, pleasant, family-oriented, reflected the serious side of the event, yet all who attended seemed to take great pleasure in articulating their concerns visually as well as verbally.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February 1997.
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