Flatstock 6 Schedule
Where: ACC Exhibit Hall 4 (Trinity St & 4th St)
Dates: Friday Saturday, March 18 & 19, 2005
Show Hours: Noon 6PM
How Much: FREE
SHOP TALK & Poster WORKSHOPS
A series of poster-making workshops will be conducted during Flatstock 6. Each afternoon experts will demonstrate techniques and give insightful tips.
Friday, March 18th
2:00pm Gig Posters: Where Did They Come From and Where Are They Going?
This panel discussion will cover music posters from 1840 to 2005 and beyond, including how postering for music events in Texas got started and how the genre itself progressed through time to present day. Ever wondered about the Austin/San Francisco poster connection? Find out from Jim Franklin how he came to use the armadillo as an icon in his art...talk with Jack Jackson about the early days of the Family Dog Poster Company...ask Bill Narum questions about postering for ZZ Top and quiz Henry Gonzalez about moving between the mediums of murals and posters.
4:00pm Cut & Spray...Repeat As Necessary
Mig Kokinda will instruct attendees how to create prints using handmade stencils and spray paint.
Saturday, March 19th
2:00pm Good Old Fashioned Rubylith
How to cut color-separations the old fashioned way - like old world craftsmen for the modern era. Firehouse will unveil the mystery of Color. How do poster artists produce the colorful posters they make? What are color seps and what are they good for? Hosted by Chuck Sperry and Ron of Firehouse Kustom Rockart, Co. (San Francisco, CA)
4:00pm Today's Squeegee
Representing the "young generation" of Austin's poster artists, The Decoder Ring Design Concern will demonstrate techniques employed in todays screen printing studios.
Flatstock 6 Poster Exhibition
Flatstock is a bi-annual concert poster exhibition and collectors show that debuted in San Francisco in the summer of 2002. Co-presented by the American Poster Institute (API) and South by Southwest (SXSW), Flatstock 6 will feature the works of more than 80 artists from across North America. Posters representing decades of styles, colors and techniques mirroring the trends in popular and underground music culture will be on display.
Mojo Hand
The New Year
Leia Bell
International House of Whitey
Obsolete Industries
Outcasters
Hand Carved Graphics
Michael Buda
Casey Burns
guyburwell
Programmable Press
Aesthetic Apparatus
Rural Rooster
Silverfish Art
Print Mafia
Mexican Chocolate Design Blackheart Studios
Aqua Sapien Arts
The Peculiar Form
Electrofork
Sidsinatra
Kollective Fusion
www.brianewing.com
Tooth
f2design
EMEK Studios
South Austin Museum of Popular Culture Gigart
Attledo Design Co
Austin City Limits
Bill Green Studios
pushmepullyou Design
Dan Grzeca
Michael Michael Motorcycle
Justin Hampton
Hell
Amy Jo Hendrickson
Hobby Horse Press
Cryptographics
Voodoo Catbox
Insurgent Arts
JAGMO
Animal Rummy
Angryblue
Jake Kelly
Crash Design
Mig Kokinda
SWAMP
Cahoots Graffix & Posters
Engine House 13
Lure Design
Isle of Printing
Methane Studios, Inc
Tara McPherson
Largemammal Print
The Phoenix Foundation
The Small Stakes
FNHARSH
Kangaroo Press
Mark Pedini
Standard Deluxe Inc
Penhead Design
The Decoder Ring Design Concern
Stainboy
GIANTSUMO
Jermaine Rogers
Will Ruocco
The Bird Machine
Denny Schmickle
Eye Noise
Scrojo
BruteFish Graphics
Demonsweat Design
Firehouse Kustom Rockart Co
Diesel Fuel Prints
Patent Pending
Cricket Press
Boss Construction
Hammerpress Letterpress Studio
Jay Vollmar
Jdub All Stars Productions
Burlesque of North America
OchoLocoPress
The American Poster Institute is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to serving the poster artist community and promoting the art form. The Flatstock shows provide the American Poster Institute with a way to present poster artists collectively while showcasing the breadth of international styles they represent.
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