Each year in early September, Portland becomes a frenzied city of festivals and events. PICA’s Time Based Arts Festival happens concurrently with MusicFest Northwest, leaving Portlanders culturally stimulated and sleep-deprived. The city comes to life with performances, gallery shows, dance parties and live music.
This year, a celebration of the print that broadcasts these events will be part of the fun.
In conjunction with MusicFest Northwest, the ever-prolific Mike King will present Poster Mart, a rock poster show and sale. Fans and makers of gig posters are surely familiar with Mike King, designer and screen printer, as a pioneer in the world of music poster design.
We interviewed him on Bangback about a year ago, learning about his decades-long creative practice. This time he’s stepping into the role of curator, bringing together the best gig poster designers and printmakers to one place.
The Poster Mart will take place at the Jupiter Hotel in Portland on Saturday, September 10. From noon to 10pm, a spread of talented print people will show and sell their goods. Vendors will include Casey Burns, Guy Burwell, Landland, Keegan Onefoot and Furturtle Show Prints, among others.
Pinball printed up these special-edition posters, featuring metallic silver ink and a bright orange Pantone on French Paper. While Mike King’s experimental illustration style is ordinarily brought to life via screen printing, this artwork translated brilliantly to offset printing.
Get yourself to Poster Mart, Portlanders! The rest of you? Plan for next year, we suspect this might be an annual thing.
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