The Rock Poster Society (TRPS) is a nonprofit Bay Area organization that sponsors two rock art shows each year. This summer we are having a joint show with the American Poster Institute,"Flatstock 25- By the Bay". This promises to be a fabulous show for anyone interested in music or poster art. Here is more details about the show:
The Rock Poster Society (TRPS) is pleased to announce the poster art event of the summer! TRPS (a local non-profit organization) is teaming up with the American Poster Institute (API) to present “Flatstock 25- By the Bay” on Saturday, July 10, 2010, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, at the Hall of Flowers in San Francisco’s beautiful Golden Gate Park. Admission is FREE to the public.
The API’s Flatstock poster shows have become known worldwide as premier events in the poster world. The very first Flatstock show was held in San Francisco in 2002. Now API, in collaboration with TRPS, is bringing Flatstock back to San Francisco for the landmark 25th show.
TRPS’s annual Rock Art by the Bay summer show has joined with Flatstock to present an incredible joint poster show for Bay Area poster collectors. Artists from across the US will display and sell their work at this show, including new faces to the Bay Area poster community.
San Francisco will be forever known worldwide for the “Summer of Love”, which was a defining moment of the 1960’s. Come re-live this era and celebrate both the psychedelic art of the 60’s, as well as contemporary rock art, at “Flatstock 25- By the Bay.”
Further information is at: www.trps.org
The Rock Poster Society is the planet's largest organized group of rock poster collectors, artists, and dealers. TRPS (as we are known and pronounced like "trips")is an eclectic, non-profit, non-denominational, committed and focused volunteer group who have as their common bond an overriding joy in the art of the rock poster, be it Fillmore and Avalon, punk, boxing style, off-the-wall or just plain bonafide out-there.
Although we are based in Northern California, we have members ALL over the country and around the world. So kick off your shoes, take a stroll around, score some cool information, see what's coming up in the poster world, and most of all, communicate with other kindred poster-collecting souls. We also do encourage you to become a member of TRPS and enjoy the added benefits of membership.
OUR MISSION:
- To generate interest and public awareness of poster art.
- To act as a hub of information and resources that shall be available to all.
- To encourage the free exchange of critical archival advice and counsel.
- To embrace and perpetuate the ongoing tales and folk lore surrounding these vibrant works and to offer insight into their historical backgrounds.
- To bring to the forefront, through public events and exhibits, the many great artists who created these works and to unite them with their fans.
- To explore the continuing tradition of rock poster art from its origins to its most recent incarnations.
- To attempt to form a worldwide link with others who share the same interests and passions.
- And finally, to create a sense of community and fellowship among those who are drawn to the joy of collecting so that we may all bask in the wealth of our obsession.
