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Chuck Sperry

Chuck Sperry lives in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, where he’s made his particular style of rock poster designs for over 20 years. He operates Hangar 18, a silkscreen print studio, located in Oakland.

July 31, 2017 By squirt

Jerry Garcia “Tangled Up In Blue” Limited Edition Print by Chuck Sperry

Jerry Garcia (Autumn), 2017
21 x 32
Edition of 500
9 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

I will be making my artist copies available only through my art shows and live appearances through the end of 2017.

This poster was officially available through the Jerry Garcia Estate.

The third in a series of four screen-prints from renowned artist Chuck Sperry celebrating Jerry’s life and legacy. Each print is signed & numbered by the artist in an edition of 500.

“My third print in my portrait series, “Jerry Garcia (Autumn)”, seeks to capture the wisdom and compassion of the Grateful Dead’s lead guitarist. Jerry anchored the concert hall with his good nature, while a wild, free improvisation swirled through him and around him. I wove a psychedelic paisley pattern throughout the design rendered in nine colors, including bright hues, hand-blended metallics and translucent glazes. My aim is to portray the elder Jerry, the mature artist with a child-like wonder tempered by “A Touch of Grey.” In a decade that dealt many challenges, Jerry’s determined belief “I will get by, I will survive” inspired his greatest moments of clarity and energy.” – Chuck Sperry

Read More: Sperry’s beautiful new art book, “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” (2017)

Filed Under: Art Prints Tagged With: Chuck Sperry, Jerry Garcia

July 25, 2017 By squirt

Conscious Alliance: 5000 lbs of Food Donations with Sperry Poster Project!

Chuck Sperry, Conscious Alliance

I am very proud and grateful that my Conscious Alliance poster for The String Cheese Incident at Red Rocks was a major success in celebration of Conscious Alliance’s 15th Anniversary. We were able to collect an incredible outpouring of 5000 lbs in food donations through the distribution of my poster.

Conscious Alliance will be delivering this food, your loving heart-and-soul donations, to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota on Wednesday. Immediate relief will be given to a very deserving community – the great Oglala Sioux people – with all your help and I thank you!

Both Conscious Alliance and The String Cheese Incident were knocked out by the demand for my poster. Conscious Alliance has not seen anything like it in their 15 years of service. There were 100 people in line before Conscious Alliance opened, all three days, and posters sold out in 20 minutes three days in a row. It’s gratifying to harness beautiful, positive fan energy to make a difference in the world!

I want to thank each and every one of you who showed up early, brought food or donated to Conscious Alliance and received one of my intricate 7 color posters for the show. I put my faith, energy and dedication into this worthy project for Conscious Alliance, and we were able to make good things happen for their incredibly cool cause.

Thanks for your support!

Chuck Sperry

Chuck Sperry, Conscious Alliance

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chuck Sperry, Conscious Alliance, The String Cheese Incident

July 21, 2017 By squirt

The String Cheese Incident, Conscious Alliance Poster

The String Cheese Incident, Conscious Alliance
17.5 x 35
Edition of 750
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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The String Cheese Incident, Conscious Alliance
17.5 x 35
Wave Foil Edition of 75
7 colors on wave foil
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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I will have a limited online release of this poster on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at a random time.

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I want to welcome a lot of newcomers to my site! I’ll quickly explain how my releases on my website are conducted. The String Cheese Incident posters will be available, right here, in this post on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at a random time. A paypal “Buy Now” button will appear under the poster (above) at a random time, and I will announce the price of the poster at the same time. Good luck to everyone, and as always, I am very appreciative of your support!

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From Conscious Alliance:

“The String Cheese Incident and Conscious Alliance are excited to announce that we are hosting an ‘Art That Feeds’ Food Drive at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on July 21-23, 2017!

To commemorate the past 15 years of ‘Art That Feeds’ Food Drives with The String Cheese Incident, Conscious Alliance has teamed up with artist Chuck Sperry – Rock Art Illustration to create this special limited-edition poster for their upcoming three night run at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre this week July 21-23 in Colorado. Support the cause and take home this beauty!!!

Artist Chuck Sperry has created this beautiful, limited-edition poster masterpiece for this very special 3-night run on the beautiful Red Rocks of Colorado! The poster will be available to patrons who are first to donate 20 non-perishable food items or a suggested monetary donation to the food drive.

HOW TO DONATE: All food donations will be collected at the Trading Post where Conscious Alliance volunteers will accept your non-perishable food donations or suggested monetary donation in exchange for the ‘Art That Feeds’ event poster. We will also have a booth inside at the top of the venue throughout the show where patrons can make a monetary donation for the poster.

The Conscious Alliance booth at the Trading Post will open at 4:30PM on Friday & Saturday, and at 2:30PM on Sunday. Our second booth located inside the venue will be open throughout the show.

Our Impact

  • Since 2002, we have distributed over 2.3 million meals to food banks nationwide.
  • We distribute bags of groceries to 50 families every week through our Food Sovereignty and Youth Empowerment Center on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
  • Our ‘Art That Feeds’ Food Drives serve as a youth empowerment platform, generating over 7,000 hours of volunteer time and over 65,000 meals annually.
  • Our school garden program offers over 700 students at Pine Ridge School in South Dakota access to learn how to garden as well as enjoy the healthy harvest.
  • Our family garden program makes fresh produce a reality for over 35 people who live on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. This community has only one full-service grocery store.
  • Since 2015, all 250 students at Loneman School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation receive nourishment for the weekend through our ‘Bring Nutrition Home’ backpack program. This is one of the nation’s first all-natural backpack programs and it serves a school where 100% of the students are on Free or Reduced Lunch and nearly half are homeless. The program is made possible by generous donations from our natural food sponsors.
  • Once a quarter, we host a Free Store on the Pine Ridge Reservation in SD to provide clothing, bedding, and other basic-necessities to family in need. Our Free Stores are generously supported by individuals and major partners such as Bed Bath and Beyond, PrAna, Montrail, and Mountain Hardware and distribute over $60,000 worth of goods.
  • Our ‘Art that Feeds’ workshops inspire and empower youth through connecting them with art and music. The workshops vary from making art out of repurposed skateboards to creating a Lakota hand-drum from scratch, however, in all the workshops, art or music are used as the vehicle that engage the younger generation in activities that will increase their self-esteem and inspire the use of their talents and aspirations.
  • Over 200 youth have participated in our ‘Art that Feeds’ workshops. These workshops use art or music as the vehicle to engage the younger generation in activities that will increase their self-esteem and inspire the use of their talents and aspirations.”

Filed Under: Rock Posters Tagged With: Art That Feeds, Chuck Sperry, Conscious Alliance, Red Rocks, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, The String Cheese Incident

June 30, 2017 By squirt

All You Need Is Love Release Information

All You Need Is Love, 2017
20 x 26.5
Edition of 200
4 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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I will be making a very limited online release of the regular edition of my art print on Sunday, July 2, 2017 at a random time.

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I want to welcome a lot of newcomers to my site! I’ll quickly explain how my releases on my website are conducted. My “All You Need Is Love” poster will be available, right here, in this post on Sunday, July 2, 2017 at a random time. A paypal “Buy Now” button will appear under the poster (above) at a random time, and I will announce the price of the poster at the same time. Good luck to everyone, and as always, I am very appreciative of your support!

Filed Under: Art Prints Tagged With: Chuck Sperry, Open House, Summer of Love

June 1, 2017 By squirt

“Summer of Love Sunday, Open House” Art Print Reveal

I’m very happy to reveal two new art prints exclusively available at my “Summer of Love Sunday, Open House.”

There are variants of each galore, but I’ll leave those as a surprise when you get to the show!

Erato, 2017
21 x 31.5
Edition of 100
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

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All You Need Is Love, 2017
20 x 26.5
Edition of 200
4 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

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Summer of Love Sunday
Sunday, June 4, 2017
11 am to 4 pm
Hangar 18
1428 34th Street (at Hollis)
Oakland, CA

I’m very happy to announce, my Fourth Annual Open House at Hangar 18 Studio Gallery on Sunday, June 4 from 11 am to 4 pm.

Let’s get together for a celebration! This is a great opportunity to visit the print studio that gave birth to some of your favorite posters for your favorite bands.

I’ll be making a Jerry Garcia art show of my art prints made especially for the Jerry Garcia Estate. Also an exclusive showing of my art prints on oak panel, with some special prints, rarities, and surprises available!

Dead & Company will be playing Shoreline in The Bay Area the same weekend. David Welker has a solo show at Spoke Art Gallery on Saturday.

Come celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love with a cool poster art show at my studio.

We will be giving people random numbers at the door at 10:00 am, so overnight camping is not encouraged!

 

I will have the brand, new book, “Helikon, The Muses of Chuck Sperry” on sale as well.

Chuck Sperry’s new book “Helikon” gathers together his masterfully screen printed wood panel series of contemporary-classical muses: work inspired by the spirit of the modern rock poster, graffiti, and the utopian ethos of 1960’s psychedelia.

“Helikon” presents 36 sumptuously photographed Sperrys paired with the prose or poem — from Homer to Nick Cave — that inspired each. Over a  dozen photos by Shaun Roberts give the reader an intimate portrait of the artist at work.

Filed Under: Art Prints Tagged With: Chuck Sperry, Dead & Company, Jerry Garcia, Open House, Summer of Love

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Chuck Sperry lives in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, where he’s made his particular style of rock poster designs for over 20 years. He operates Hangar 18, a silkscreen print studio, located in Oakland. Learn More…

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