Over the years, fans of rock-poster artist Emek have unwittingly enjoyed a slow-motion retrospective of the artist’s work—albeit one year’s worth at a time—every time they visited the artist’s spacious booth at the Festival of Rock Posters in Golden Gate Park. But from February 24 though the end of April, 2018, time will stand still […]
Events
Stanley Mouse Speaks at the de Young
On August 4, 2017, as a companion to its “Summer of Love Experience” exhibition, the de Young Museum will host rock-poster artist Stanley Mouse in conversation with associate conservator Victoria Binder of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco—for rock-poster fans, Binder’s contributions to the de Young’s show and its accompanying catalog were highlights of […]
SOL at the Marin County Fair
Continuing the 50th-anniversary tributes to the Summer of Love, this year’s Marin County Fair will feature music by two of the bands that played at radio station KFRC’s Magic Mountain Music Festival on Mt. Tam in 1967 (the 5th Dimension and the Sons of Champlin), a live liquid light show by Jerry Abrams and Glenn […]
Rock Art Set to Rock the Dublin Library
On Sunday June 25, from 2 to 3 PM, TRPS board members Marilyn Lucas and Pete Neumiller will speak at the Bennett Room of the Dublin Public Library to share stories about the Summer of Love in San Francisco and the music scene in the East Bay. This free event will feature plenty posters from […]
Psychedelic San Francisco In Salem
In recent weeks, we’ve looked at two exhibitions mounted in San Francisco—at the de Young Museum and California Historical Society—to mark the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. Now, a new show in Salem, Oregon, offers those of us who love rock posters a reason to head north. Titled “Behind the Beyond: Psychedelic Posters […]
A Weekend of Rock Art on the Left Coast
This weekend, June 2, 3, and 4, is going to be a pretty good one for rock-poster fans. First up is a show by Emek on June 2, opening from 6-8 p.m., at the Jupiter Gallery in Portland. Look for screenprinted gig posters for Radiohead, Pearl Jam, and the Foo Fighters, a number of artist […]