Saturday October 8th in San Francisco
Our annual Fall Classic, the TRPS Festival of Rock Posters is set to go for Saturday October 8th, 2011 at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park in the beautiful city of San Francisco.
Featuring rock poster artists and dealers from around the country, this is the biggest rock poster event of its kind anywhere! Those of you who have attended this show in the past know that this is the one not to miss. We bring in the best of the best, and you’ll find everything from vintage psychedelic treasures to the best of the modern silkscreen movement. This year’s version promises to offer another stellar lineup!
The Hall of Flowers (Old County Fair Building) is at the corner of Ninth and Lincoln on the South edge of the Park, not far from the Haight, the DeYoung Museum, and the Academy of Sciences. There are plenty of great restaurants close by, too. Heck, make it a weekend and bring the family to enjoy the great weather, an awesome poster event, and everything else San Francisco has to offer!
The TRPS Festival of Rock Posters runs from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm. Admission is $10 for the public, and $5 for TRPS members with card. Yes, you can join up (or renew) there and take advantage of the member discount.
Artists & Vendors Lineup
- Firehouse Kustom Rockart Co. – Chuck Sperry & Ron Donovan (Double space)
- Wes Wilson
- Emek
- Lee Conklin
- Chris Shaw
- Alexandra Fischer
- Paul Imagine
- Reg Williams (Straight Theater)
- Bill Ham
- Paul Getchell
- Perry Pfeffer
- Marq Spusta
- John Seabury
- Billy Perkins
- David Singer
- Randy Tuten
- Sean Carroll
- ClassicPosters.com
- Tea Lautrec Litho
- Sean Carroll
- Eric King
- Dennis Loren
- Carolyn Ferris
- Stacie Willoughby
- Dan Katra
- Ryan Kerrigan
- Cliff Yamasaki
- Kris Mikkelson
- Sherwood Donahue
- Sal Dichiera
- Vince Dugar
- Larry Freeman
- Stanley Mouse
- Dave Hunter
- Gregg Gordon
- Summer Makovkin
- John Frankel
- Tom Hill
- Pat Ryan
- Josh Hunter
- Alan Hynes
- S.F. Rockposters
- John Mavroudis
- Derek Johnson
- & Tripp
See you in San Francisco!
Directions
(note: Hall of Flowers has been renamed the SF County Fair Building. If you use Google Maps, the Hall of Flowers is not listed, use SF County Fair Building instead. Sorry for any confusion)
An auburn-haired songstress holds a fawn. Shocking magenta hair falls to the shoulders of a blue nude strapped with artillery. A 1950s-model cop car rests peacefully at the bottom of the sea, washed in blues and purples revealing a silent white angel. Each outstanding print on display represents a prominent rock band. Each was created by Chuck Sperry.
In early 2011, Chuck Sperry, San Francisco artist and co-owner of Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company, made an unprecedented donation to the Library’s Art, Music and Recreation Department of over one hundred limited edition, hand-printed rock art posters. Officially entitled, The Chuck Sperry Archive, this collection comprehensively documents the Goldenvoice Music Series (at the Regency and Warfield Theaters) from 2008 to present, as well as selected Firehouse productivity related to the cultural-life of San Francisco.
This collection is exciting in both use of color and variety of content. Each silkscreen print is comprised of up to sixteen colors, applied as individual layers. The pieces reference styles ranging from Japanese nishiki-e, Austrian Expressionism, 1960s psychedelia, to the provocative punk poster tradition of Sperry’s youth. Musicians such as Neko Case, Danzig, Bad Religion, Nick Cave, Soundgarden and The Black Keys are represented, as are a talented group of Bay Area graphic artists (Ron Donovan, Alex Fischer, Gregg Gordon, John Howard, Dave Hunter, Alan Hynes, Scott Johnson, Dennis Loren, Chris Shaw, Frank Zio, & Zoltron) who contributed to the Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster series under the art direction of Chuck Sperry.
High Volume Opening Reception
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The Rock Poster Society (TRPS) is pleased to announce the rock poster art event of the summer. TRPS is teaming up with the American Poster Institute to present Flatstock 25 – By the Bay on Saturday July 10, 2010 at the Hall of Flowers in San Francisco’s beautiful Golden Gate Park. The show will run from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The FLATSTOCK poster show series is presented by the American Poster Institute (API). It is an ongoing series of exhibitions featuring the work of many of the most popular concert poster artists working today. The Flatstock shows in Austin, Seattle, Chicago, and Hamburg are known worldwide as premier events in the poster world. The very first Flatstock was held in San Francisco back in the nineties, and they’ve long wanted to come back out here for their landmark 25th show.
TRPS’ Rock Art By the Bay artists show has been a regular happening every summer for some years now. Melded with the Flatstock event, this will be a very special show. TRPS is thrilled to be working with API to bring this landmark event to San Francisco.
In keeping with Flatstock and Rock Art By the Bay tradition, this show will be artists-only, and admission is FREE to the public. We’re expecting an outstanding lineup of artists for this one, and this is a great opportunity for us to introduce a lot of new faces to the Bay Area poster community. Mark down the date Saturday July 10, 2010 on your calendars. You won’t want to miss this one! I hope to see you there!
Artists Include:
Chuck Sperry, Ron Donovan, Jon-Paul Bail (Political Gridlock), Dave Hunter, Jay Ryan, Geoff Peveto, Mig Kokinda, Stanley Mouse, David Singer, Carolyn Ferris, Randy Tuten, Mike Budai, John Seabury, Frank Kozik, John Van Hamersveld, Alan Forbes, Justin McNeal, Joanna Wecht, Dave Welker, Fred Hosman, Uncle Charlie Hardwick, Sean Carroll, Bob Masse, Summer Makovkin, John Howard, Gregg Gordon, Isaac Menge, Lee Conklin, Norman Orr, Lil Tuffy, Lindsey Kuhn, Jason Munn, Dirk Fowler, Scrojo, Burlesque of North America, Mike King, Dennis Loren, Mark Behrens, Farley Bookout, Gary Houston, Dan Black, Alan Hynes, David D’Andrea, Kevin Tong, Marq Spusta, Nels Jacobson, Chris Peterson, Two Rabbits Studio, Marty Boe, Pat Ryan, Chris Shaw, Alexandra Fischer, Paul Imagine, Dan Stiles, Ryan Kerrigan & Travis Bone
