These particular posters are from last year. Those available online from the current show don’t do justice to what’s there.
Tonight marked the opening of the sixth annual The Art of Musical Maintenance concert poster show at the Goodfoot. The amount of work on display is staggering (281 in all), and the majority is great. All are screen printed by hand. A number of local bands (Modest Mouse, Decemberists, M. Ward, etc) and even local shows are available. Each poster is for sale, framed and unframed. The unframed posters average from $20-30, while the framed versions start around $100. Pretty good Christmas gift ideas for the music lover in your life (although, damn—no bands my girlfriend really digs to be found… what the fuck am I going to get her?!).
You’ll need to be quick. At most there are five or so copies of each poster and a number of them have already sold out. I’d get there this weekend if you’re seriously considering purchase. That said, it’s a great exhibit. A beer and a wander through them all is totally worthwhile. A few of the posters are really special—hand printed on wood, and even some with a kind of metallic process I’m not sure what to call. Go see for yourself.
An idea of the amount of work we’re talking about:
What do you mean, “tonight marked the opening?” I was there a couple of weeks ago for that same show.
The art on the walls changes a lot! It seems like every time I go in there there is somehthing new. Its fucking rad! And they have some of the best chicken strips in town, so bonus.
@Reymont: Yeah, the opening was a week or two ago, during First Thursday I believe. Pesky details aside, that show is looking good!
“And they have some of the best chicken strips in town, so bonus.”
AGREED.
@Matt Strangel: I’m pretty sure that the Goodfoot (and most SE gallery spaces) do their big openings on first Fridays. But yeah, overall… you’re like 98% correct or something.
@pedants
From the press release:
“The Goodfoot is proud to announce that “The Art of Musical Maintenance, in it’s 6th year, will open Dec 3rd from 5pm-2:30am, and be up until Jan 26th.”
@Graham: Yup, but because of Thanksgiving the opening was moved to First Thursday.
Graham: Oh, and I forgot to add, Goodfoot is the odd man out with the SE art spaces– they usually have openings on Last Thursday, during the Alberta stuff. Weird, I know.