Flatstock Intro

March is a great month for Austin - we become nationally recognized for the newest talents in music, film and art through one event: SXSW. I know I've talked a lot about it so far, but really, as an blog about creatives, there's no way around it.

Onto this SXSW topic - I love rock. I love art. I really love rock poster art. Rock posters have become one of my greatest passions, and it's planted itself into a career dream. Anyway, I mentioned previously an event a part of SXWS called Flatstock.


It's basically a poster extravaganza featuring graphic designers from Austin and around the world. A few of my favorite designers are going to be there, (you can see all of them here, my current fave is Dan Stiles, but take a look at Mark Pedini - fellow KLRUian and awesome graphic designer) and their posters are up for sale!

I recently found out that they will also be having silkscreen demos all day, everyday starting March 19 to March 22. There will also be a talk on Saturday at 2 p.m. from Mig Kokinda, a local poster artist, about taking ideas, cutting them into stencils and watching your vision come to life.

All of this is taking place at the Austin Convention Center, along with a ton of other stuff like the Record and Guitar Showcase, a few film screenings, arcade games, trade shows and more.

I'll leave you with this last bit of propaganda. SXSW is also showing a documentary called Died Young, Stayed Pretty, by Eileen Yaghoobian, about poster artists throughout the nation.


It looks awesome - and I am definitely going to be seeing it. Their Web site is pretty interesting too, at diedyoungstayedpretty.com.

Watch the trailer. Yes, that is a command.