The Poster Institute
Previously The American Poster Institute
The Poster Institute (The American Poster Institute) is a nonprofit serving poster artists and promoting the art form.
Both the API and its Flatstock series were organized in 2002 between Austin and San Francisco as a result of conversations between interested artists and supporters frequenting the popular poster website and forum we built in a living room in Canada.
The first posters uploaded to that site were from my collection, taken off street poles and from live shows. This became the largest collection of poster art in the world, brought online before platforms got a grip on culture. It started to get real momentum, collector interest, and media attention around 2001, bringing us to Austin.
Board of Directors (former); with Clayton Hayes, Frank Kozik, Dan MacAdam, Geoff Peveto, Andy Vastagh, and others.
Thumbnail Image: Graphic art by me