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TRPS Thanks everyone for an awesome year!

Thanks to the TRPS members, Artists, Dealers, Collectors and Board Members, 2008 has been a very successful year. Starting in June with an awesome Rock Art By The Bay Show right on through a great Festival of Rock Posters at The Hall of Flowers in October, we all have raised the Bay Area Poster scene to a new level with young emerging artists and by raising funds for our artist relief trust.

We are still stoked that the Firehouse team brought the Poster Trio Malleus all the way from Italy for their San Francisco debut at the October show.

TRPS also wishes to give a nod of recognition to EMEK who produced a TRPS 10 year anniversary print to help raise much needed funds for the artist relief trust.


ALTON KELLEY BENEFIT POSTER

  A growing part of the TRPS effort is to help poster artists and their families in time of need.  Thanks to the efforts of noted Fillmore poster artist Dave Hunter, we are pleased to offer this beautiful 18 X 24 limited edition silkscreen print to honor the memory of one of the greats, Alton Kelley.

  All proceeds from the sale of this killer poster (every dime) will go directly to Kelley's family through the TRPS Artist Relief Trust account.

  Printed in black, metallic silver, and colorful split fountain, the central image is a Harley-Davidson engine (Kelley loved his toys).  The dripping psychedelic lettering would do Kelley proud.

  We unveiled this print at our Fort Mason show in San Francisco on June 14th, and these are the remaining copies from the show.  Each is signed by the artist and numbered (out of a 100-copy print run).

Please support this very worthwhile effort.  Remaining quantities are limited, and when they're gone, that's it.

  This limited edition silkscreen is available now for a donation of $80 plus $10 shipping.  If you want to include a message to Kelley's family, we'll be happy to forward it to Marguerite and the kids. Please make out a money order or personal check made payable to "TRPS Artist Relief Trust" (memo "Kelley Poster") and send it to: The Rock Poster Society  PO Box 20309 Oakland, Ca. 94620-0309 

The Rock Poster Society is the planet's largest organized group of rock poster collectors, artists, and dealers. TRPS (as we are known and pronounced like "trips")is an eclectic, non-profit, non-denominational, committed and focused volunteer group who have as their common bond an overriding joy in the art of the rock poster, be it Fillmore and Avalon, punk, boxing style, off-the-wall or just plain bonafide out-there.

Although we are based in Northern California, we have members ALL over the country and around the world. So kick off your shoes, take a stroll around, score some cool information, see what's coming up in the poster world, and most of all, communicate with other kindred poster-collecting souls. We also do encourage you to become a member of TRPS and enjoy the added benefits of membership.

OUR MISSION:
  •  To generate interest and public awareness of poster art.
  •  To act as a hub of information and resources that shall be available to all.
  •  To encourage the free exchange of critical archival advice and counsel.
  •  To embrace and perpetuate the ongoing tales and folk lore surrounding these vibrant works and to offer insight into their historical backgrounds.
  •  To bring to the forefront, through public events and exhibits, the many great artists who created these works and to unite them with their fans.
  •  To explore the continuing tradition of rock poster art from its origins to its most recent incarnations.
  •  To attempt to form a worldwide link with others who share the same interests and passions.
  •  And finally, to create a sense of community and fellowship among those who are drawn to the joy of collecting so that we may all bask in the wealth of our obsession.
Contact Information:
The Rock Poster Society:   PO Box 20309 Oakland, Ca. 94620-0309
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