Poster for the Spring 1965 Bang Arts Festival at Richmond Professional Institute, created by Carol Sutton. The poster features a print of a distorted human head in black ink, the title "Bang 2" or Ban..
Poster for the Spring 1965 Bang Arts Festival at Richmond Professional Institute, created by Carol Sutton. The poster features a print of a distorted human head in black ink, the title "Bang 2" or Bang squared in hot pink text, followed by the schedule for the festival. Transcription of schedule: RPI Spring Arts Festival Synthesis-Communications-Drama Music-Dance: JJ.Johnston, L.Childs, R. Morris & Y.R. Rainer-Panel: T.B.Hess, L.Rivers, R.Lichtenstein, A.Solomon- Mississippi John Hurt-2nd Film Festival - April 19-26 Gymnasium Full Tickets $5.00 & $7.00" Handwriting on bottom of poster reads: "For Eleanor and Dick Carylon, Carol Martin - April 1965" Sutton shared the following about the poster on her page about the festival here: "One year I designed and silk-screen printed a poster, that had a super enlarged antique print I had found of a baby screaming, at the top of the poster I put large fuchsia pink 19th century carnival wood type with the letters: B A N G. The posters were so popular that they often got taken down as fast as they were put in place."
