Flatstock 29!
Cricket Press will be attending the Flatstock Poster Convention in Austin, Texas during the SXSW Festival. This is the 29th Flatstock to date, and the Austin Flatstock is always FREE to attend & definitely open to the public. We are in a new room this year, so check below for a convenient map to help you find over 75 poster artists from around the world displaying & selling their rock posters. Hope to see you there!
Dates:
- Wednesday March 16th – Saturday March 19, 2011
Hours:
- Wednesday 3/16 – 2pm – 6pm (note this is the ONLY half day)
- Thursday 3/17 – 11am – 6pm
- Friday 3/18 – 11am – 6pm
- Saturday 3/19 – 11am – 6pm
Location:
- Austin Convention Center – Level 1, Ballrooms A, B, C at 500 E. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, TX 78701 (see map below)
The FLATSTOCK poster show 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 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 website 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.
