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.

University of Kentucky College of Arts & Science

We were hired to create over 20 illustrations for the vast schools under the A & S banner. The illustrations will be used on their new website, promo, and printed materials. It was a very fun project translating each school visually while exploring a slightly new style. Below is a grouping of 12 of the pieces.

Library Renewal
www.libraryrenewal.org

This project was fun and supports a great cause! We were hired to create a poster and other visual elements used on their website and various printed materials expressing what libraries could and should be in this new, technological age. Their goal?: to find new econtent solutions for libraries, while staying true to their larger mission.

Note: The other fine poster design in this picture (green color scheme) was done by fellow gigposter artist The Bungaloo

The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook

This is the most exciting! We were hired to design the cover and all interior illustrations for a cookbook due out Spring 2011! We will save the interior pieces for when the book debuts! The focus of the book is using local ingredients when they are regionally in season. We’ve been privy to some of the recipes…and believe me this book is going to be amazing! We can’t wait to share more.

**Cricket Press Shipping Schedule:**
To ensure that your items arrive for Christmas please place orders by these dates:
International Orders……December 9th
Domestic Orders………..December 17th
We cannot guarantee any shipment, placed after these dates, to arrive by Christmas.We will continue to accept orders through the season, but anything ordered after December 23rd will not be mailed until after New Years Day.

Thank you! And Happy Holidays!!!

We’ve been fielding a lot of requests for the My Morning Jacket  - Halloween show in Louisville, KY.

As of today (Dec. 2nd 2010) it looks like this poster will be unavailable through us. Thanks again for all the interest!We’ll update this poster if anything changes.