Cheng appointed to Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee

By Linn’s Staff

The United States Postal Service announced June 24 the appointment of graphic designer and educator Alicia Cheng to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee.

She joins 11 other members currently serving on the committee: chairman Joseph L. Kelley, Gail Anderson, Peter Argentine, Graham Beck, Kevin Butterfield, Ivan Cash, Spencer Crew, Cheryl R. Ganz, Mike Harrity, Trish Jackson and Roger R. Ream.

Cheng works as the head of design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and leads the team responsible for designing exhibitions, galleries and communications materials.

Previously, she co-founded the female-owned graphic design studio MGMT. design, which focuses on museum publications, exhibition designs and more. Cheng also worked as a co-design director at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

In academia, Cheng currently serves as a critic for the Master of Fine Arts program at the Rhode Island School of Design. She has taught at Yale University, Maryland Institute College of Art, Barnard College and the Cooper Union School of Art.

Cheng’s publications include the 2020 book This Is What Democracy Looked Like: A Visual History of the Printed Ballot, articles on Victorian photography, public service announcements in the Atlantic magazine, and an article on the history of the printed ballot in the New Yorker.

The USPS calls Cheng a “keen student of the early development of communication and distribution systems.”

Cheng was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., and attended Barnard College in New York City before earning her Master of Fine Arts degree in graphic design from Yale University. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.

CSAC members are appointed by the postmaster general to provide expertise in business, history, science, technology, art, education, sports and other areas of public interest. Working together, they make recommendations for future U.S. stamp subjects.

Proposed subjects for the U.S. stamp program must be submitted in writing and mailed to Stamp Development, Attn: Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Room 3300, Washington, DC 20260-3501.

According to the Postal Service, only one topic per letter is allowed. “No in-person appeals, phone calls or emails are accepted,” the USPS said.

Ideas for stamp subjects should be received at least three years before the proposed date of issue.

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