The Rock Poster Society presents
Episode 5: Brad Klausen, Todd Slater, Ken Taylor
The Rock Poster Society is going LIVE on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 5:00pm PST with the fifth broadcast of Mystery Tube. Join us when Marty Hohn, President of TRPS, talks with rock poster artists Brad Klausen, Todd Slater, and Ken Taylor. Please register for this FREE virtual event to be notified of any updates.
Posters pictured above will be available to attendees at this event. You must register to purchase the 2020 ART poster.
PANELISTS
BRAD KLAUSEN
Brad Klausen grew up in Southern California and moved to Seattle in 1999 to begin a nine-year career as the in-house graphic designer for the world-famous rock band Pearl Jam.
TODD SLATER
Todd Slater is an American poster artist who specializes in concert posters for indie and mainstream rock musicians. The many acts for whom he has produced posters include Jack White, Widespread Panic, Ween, Avett Brothers, Pearl Jam, Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Dave Matthews, Black Keys, Primus, Muse, and Neil Young. He also produces film posters for the specialist Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas, USA.
KEN TAYLOR
Melbourne based Illustrator & Designer Ken Taylor works primarily within the music industry and is predominantly well known for his striking rock posters. Ken started in Perth Western Australia doing posters and album artwork for local bands
The Rock Poster Society (TRPS) was founded in 1998 by a small contingent of collectors, dealers, artists and enthusiasts. We are a nonprofit, all-volunteer (nope, nobody gets paid) organization which seeks to perpetuate and promote the long-standing relationship between music and graphic art that we so fondly call “Rock Poster Art”.
PREVIOUS EPISODES
Episode 4: Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
The Rock Poster Society went LIVE on Friday December 11, 2020, at 5:00pm PST/8:00pm EST with the fourth broadcast of MysteryTube. Please enjoy Julia Fell of the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts speak with artist and collector Gary Westford, who has loaned posters and fashions from his vast collection for a new exhibition titled “Lights, Color, Fashion: Psychedelic Posters and Patterns of 1960s San Francisco.” Julia and Gary gave TRPS an exclusive sneak peek of the exhibition, most of which was installed before the show was put on hold due to COVID-19—it is currently scheduled to open some time in the spring of 2021. For more information, visit www.bethelwoodscenter.org.
PANELISTS
Julia Fell
Julia Fell is a curator at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which is located at the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in upstate New York. She is the co-curator of Lights Color Fashion alongside Gary Westford.
Gary Westford
Gary Westford lived in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s, which is when he first began collecting posters. He has spent the last five decades building his outstanding collection. In 2017, eighty posters from his collection were gifted to De Young Museum in San Francisco, and twenty eight were included in the museums “Summer of Love” exhibition.
Episode 3: Scott McDougall
The Rock Poster Society went LIVE on Monday November 23, 2020, at 6:00pm PDT with the third broadcast of Mystery Tube. Watch as TRPS board member Ben Marks chats with artist Scott McDougall about his career as a rock-poster artist, his involvement in Wes Wilson’s poster shows in the 1990s, and his hardcover, 150-page book from 2015 titled: Split Fountain Hieroglyphics: Psychedelic Concert Posters from the Seattle Area, 1966-1969.
Episode 2: John Howard, Marq Spusta, & Matt Leunig
The Rock Poster Society went LIVE on November 5, 2020 at 6:00pm PDT with the second broadcast of Mystery Tube. Watch as we talked with artists John Howard, Marq Spusta, and Matt Leunig.
PANELISTS
JOHN HOWARD
John Howard’s intention is to illustrate the music. The way it sounds, where it comes from, and what it is about. If you are a fan of the music, he hopes the poster suprizes you and at the same time feels like a nice fit.
MARQ SPUSTA
Marq Spusta is an artist type of fellow. He gets into a variety of projects, from designing concert posters to exhibiting intricate paintings. Marq lives and works alongside his wife and two small children in their home on the California Coast.
MATT LEUNIG
Matt Leunig is an illustrator and head honcho of his studio, Scraped Knee and has been creating gigposters since 2006. When not up all-night drawing or listening to music he can be found with a cup of coffee in his hand with his family in Atlanta.
Episode 1: John Howard & Marq Spusta
The Rock Poster Society went you LIVE on October 23, 2020 at 6:00pm PDT with the first episode of Mystery Tube. Watch as we talked with artists John Howard & Marq Spusta.
PANELISTS
JOHN HOWARD
John Howard’s intention is to illustrate the music. The way it sounds, where it comes from, and what it is about. If you are a fan of the music, he hopes the poster suprizes you and at the same time feels like a nice fit.
MARQ SPUSTA
Marq Spusta is an artist type of fellow. He gets into a variety of projects, from designing concert posters to exhibiting intricate paintings. Marq lives and works alongside his wife and two small children in their home on the California Coast.
Thanks for the show, that was very interesting to hear these artists talk about the issues they have to deal with during COVID, but it also shows how artists try to show their creativity by coming up with new ideas to connect with the audiences and the art community.
I am a textile artist and it was very inspiring to hear other type of artist being still so positive and having a good attitude, during those trying times.
Thank you.