There will be a General Strike in Oakland November 2, 2011.

Free posters will be handed out by artists Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw, Alexandra Fischer, and Ron Donovan to name a few. Posters graciously donated by Moonalice

Hella Occupy Oakland poster printed & designed by Gridlock

The Moonalice Poster Show next weekend will be featuring art by nearly 2 dozen artists — including Chuck Sperry & Ron Donovan.

This is a FREE event with Refreshments! The Poster show ends up at 19 Broad­way on Sat­ur­day for a per­for­mance by Moon­al­ice.

The Rock Poster Society com­mis­sioned Alexan­dra Fis­cher and Chris Shaw to design this years poster for the Festival of Rock Posters on October 8, 2011 at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. All pro­ceeds from the sale of this poster will ben­e­fit the TRPS Artist Relief fund. Silkscreened at Hangar 18 by RonDon™.

More information on this poster at TRPS.org

An auburn-haired songstress holds a fawn. Shocking magenta hair falls to the shoulders of a blue nude strapped with artillery. A 1950s-model cop car rests peacefully at the bottom of the sea, washed in blues and purples revealing a silent white angel. Each outstanding print on display represents a prominent rock band. Each was created by Chuck Sperry.

In early 2011, Chuck Sperry, San Francisco artist and co-owner of Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company, made an unprecedented donation to the Library’s Art, Music and Recreation Department of over one hundred limited edition, hand-printed rock art posters. Officially entitled, The Chuck Sperry Archive, this collection comprehensively documents the Goldenvoice Music Series (at the Regency and Warfield Theaters) from 2008 to present, as well as selected Firehouse productivity related to the cultural-life of San Francisco.

This collection is exciting in both use of color and variety of content. Each silkscreen print is comprised of up to sixteen colors, applied as individual layers. The pieces reference styles ranging from Japanese nishiki-e, Austrian Expressionism, 1960s psychedelia, to the provocative punk poster tradition of Sperry’s youth.  Musicians such as Neko Case, Danzig, Bad Religion, Nick Cave, Soundgarden and The Black Keys are represented, as are a talented group of Bay Area graphic artists (Ron Donovan, Alex Fischer, Gregg Gordon, John Howard, Dave Hunter, Alan Hynes, Scott Johnson, Dennis Loren, Chris Shaw, Frank Zio, & Zoltron) who contributed to the Firehouse Goldenvoice Poster series under the art direction of Chuck Sperry.

High Volume Opening Reception

Thursday, October 20th from 6–7 pm
Latino/Hispanic Room A & B

High Volume will be on display at the San Francisco Public Library
October 7^th, 2011 – January 6^th, 2012 on the 4th floor.

Artist Chris Shaw stopped by Hangar 18 last week to print his killer Public Enemy poster with Chuck Sperry for the August 19, 2011 concert at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, CA. This poster is #139 in the Firehouse-Goldenvoice series.

Chris will have these posters and variant editions dropping at a random time on his website this friday. Full poster details at chrisshawstudio.com