FLATSTOCK 4 AND API

That's right. Our renegade group of poster designers has managed to pull off four consecutive poster conventions in less than two years. Poster artists from around the world will hit Austin Texas for Flatstock 4.

The FLATSTOCK poster show series is presented by the American Poster Institute (API). It is an ongoing, bi-annual, series of exhibitions featuring the work of many of the most popular concert poster artists working today. You've heard the sordid tales of deluxe printmaking sold to the general public by the artists themselves, now come see for yourself. Your favorite bands put to paper by your favorite artists coming together for the freak out in one big ass room.

Flatstock 4 is is an all-ages event and free for all. No fancy passes needed, just show up ready to be overwhelmed with amazing posters (you might want to bring some dough too since you won't want to leave empty handed.) Plan to attend workshops in the morning and buying lots of swell stuff from the artists who made it.

FLATSTOCK 4
March 19th and 20th
Austin Convention Center
SXSW
Austin, TX

The API is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to serving poster artists and promoting the art form. Both the API and its FLATSTOCK series were organized in 2002. as a result of conversations between interested artists and supporters frequenting the popular web site gigposters.com. The best concert posters have always captured both the essence of the music they promoted and the spirit of the time in which they were produced. This is as true today as it was in San Francisco during the Sixties. The FLATSTOCK shows provide the general public with an ongoing series of opportunities to see fine poster art in person and to meet the artists who've created it -they provide the API with a way to present the poster artists collectively while showcasing the breadth of individual styles they represent.

WORKSHOPS AT FLATSTOCK 4

This year the API will be sponsoring workshops for those folks who want to see first hand the process involved in making hand made silk screened and stenciled posters. We are very fortunate to have some of the field's best craftsmen bringing their skills to Austin for everyone to learn from.

Silkscreen: Friday March 19th 10 AM to Noon San Francisco's Chuck Sperry and Ron Donovan of Firehouse Kustom Rock Art fame will be demonstrating how to hand silkscreen posters with a focus on metallic inks. Chuck and Ron have been creating some of the best poster work and most skilled printmaking of the last 8 years and have a ton of knowledge to share with the masses. They recently celebrated the release of their first retrospective book "Eyesore" published by Last Gasp in San Francisco.

Contact them:
Chuck Sperry: yosquirt@steakhaus.com
Ron Donovan: firehouse@steakhaus.com
http://www.firehouseposters.com

Stencil: Saturday March 20th 10 AM to Noon. Austin's own Mig Kokinda will show us all how to create posters using hand cut stencils and spray paint. Mig has been tattooing , painting murals and making posters for over nine years. His posters are all hand cut, spray painted, and un-matched in detail and beauty. They truly are something to see so come let Mig show you how it's done. Mig recently completed an installation for the Austin Museum Of Art entitled "It's All In Your Perspective," designed by Mig and Austin artist Gabel Karsten. The hands-on gallery features a 4 x 8 foot Lite-Brite.

Contact Mig:
info@migkokinda.com
www.migkokinda.com

FLATSTOCK 1 was held at Cellspace, San Francisco, CA,
September 28 - 29, 2002
FLATSTOCK 2 was held during SXSW, in Austin, Texas,
March 14 - 15, 2003
FLATSTOCK 3 was held during Bumbershoot Arts Festival, in Settle, WA,
August 30 - September 1 2003

COMPLIMENTARY HEADACHE

As a companion to the Flatstock 4 poster convention, attending artists will be exhibiting fine art pieces in a group show at Ruta Maya, sponsored by the Austin Poster Enthusiast Society. This exhibition entitled, "Complimentary Headache," showcases two- and three-dimensional artwork poster artists have done outside of the gigposter world. The exhibition runs from March 18th through March 21st. Opening reception on Thursady, March 18th 7-10 pm

Ruta Maya
3601 S. Congress
Ste.D-200
Austin, TX 78704

SEEN and HEARD

Also in conjunction with the Flatstock festivities the Austin chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts is sponsoring Seen and Heard. A lecture and silent auction featuring five artists attending Flatstock discussing their work plus a silent auction of posters created by them and other poster artists attending Flatstock.
Lecture Artists TBD.

Flatstock 4/API:
Geoff Peveto: gpeveto@americanposterinstitute.com gpeveto@factor27.com
512+674+6270

Complimentary Headache Art show:
contact Mark Pedini: pedini@bipedalini.com

Seen and Heard Artist Lecture:
Christian Helms: christian@mc-j.com 512+225+2000

 

ARTISTS IN ATTENDANCE

Aesthetic Apparatus - Ames Brothers - Amy Jo - Greg Anderson/Mojo Hand - Kerry Awn/Armadillo Art Squad - Leia Bell - Billy Bishop/Obsolete Industries - Lee Bolton/Krusty Kolor - BruteFish Graphics - Casey Burns - Guy Burwell - Pete Cardoso - Michael Carpenter/Nokturnal Studios - Jaime Cervantes/Inkfarms - Adam Cohen/Silverfish Art - Jared Connor/Mexican Chocolate Design - Jason Cooper/Blackheart Studios - Brian Curley/Armadillo Art Squad - Matt Daly/The Bird Machine - Daniel Danger/sidsinatra - James Rheem Davis/GIANTSUMO - Bobby Dixon/Kollective Fusion - Emek - Brian Ewing - Factor27 - Firehouse - Dale Flattum/Tooth - Dirk Fowler/f2design - Danny Garrett/Armadillo Art Squad - Meeloo Gfeller/Bongoût - Henry Gonzalez/Armadillo Art Squad - Gregg Gordon/GIGART - Eddie Gossage/Attledo Studios - Darren Grealish/Biff! Bang! Pow! Studio - Satch Grimley - Dan Grzeca - Hatch Show Print - Clayton Hayes - Anna Hellsgard/Bongoût - Gary Houston/Voodoo Catbox - Nels Jacobson/Jagmo - Rob Jones/Animal Rummy - Guy Juke/Armadillo Art Squad - Mike King/Crash Design - Jeff Kleinsmith/Patent Pending - Mig Kokinda - Lindsey Kuhn/SWAMP Jesse LeDoux/Patent Pending - Lil Tuffy - Denis Loren/Cahoots Graffix and Posters - Love Police - Mike Martin/EngineHouse13 - Bryce McCloud/Isle Of Printing - Gary McElhaney/Armadillo Art Squad - Tara McPherson - Kevin Mercer/Largemammal Print - Methane Studios, Inc. - Michael Michael Motorcycle - Jason Munn/The Small Stakes - Bill Narum/narum - Ryan Nole/Kangaroo Press - Ocho Loco Press - Mark Pedini - Billy Perkins/Penhead Design - Micael Priest/Armadillo Art Squad - Print Mafia - Greg Reinel/Stainboy - Jay Ryan/The Bird Machine - Squad19 - Andrew Stern/Diesel Fuel Prints - Kevin Thayer/Monster Art Studio - The Heads of State - Jeral Tidwell/Humantree - Brian Turner/Cricket Press - Uncle Charlie - Lonny Unitus - Andrew Vastagh/Boss Construction - Brady Vest/Hammer Press - Jay Vollmar - Justin Walsh/Resist Imposters - David Witt /DWITT: All Purpose Illustration - Wrecking Crew - Yee Haw Industries