GALLERIES
Gallery 1 - Early Graphics
My first 15 minutes of fame: the Ashland (Ohio) High School yearbook. As Art Editor, I had the privilege of designing the cover of this now over fifty-year-old keepsake, plus the title pages inside. -- During college I majored in art for two years, worked on the college yearbook staff, then switched majors.
Over the years, I continued to dabble in art, often doing cartoons, line drawings, theater sets, or publicity posters for various organizations. The Appalachian Lighthouse posters shown below are only the ones designed by me; there were many other artists working there at the time. Strafford VT Summer Theater
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Appalachian Lighthouse Art, 1967-68
The Appalachian Lighthouse in Athens, Ohio, was the longest running psychedelic light show east of the Mississippi in the mid 1960's. It utilized techniques learned from light show artists at the Fillmore Aud. in San Francisco CA. It is known to have inspired further light show artists and entrepreneurs. (Its original artists and visitors maintain their presence on Facebook.)
Staffed by local artists and musicians of every stripe, from faculty and grad students of Ohio University to students of local high schools, this non-alcoholic theater and music experience was a colorful feast for the eyes and ears. In addition to weekly "dance-concerts" it featured performances in experimental theater, electronic music and visiting lecturers as part of its multi-media program. Around Thanksgiving 1968, Lighthouse staff persuaded the Grateful Dead to do a free concert in OU's Mem. Aud. -- without benefit of any memorial bronze plaque on its walls. A Lighthouse ticket cost $1.00 in those days.
Staffed by local artists and musicians of every stripe, from faculty and grad students of Ohio University to students of local high schools, this non-alcoholic theater and music experience was a colorful feast for the eyes and ears. In addition to weekly "dance-concerts" it featured performances in experimental theater, electronic music and visiting lecturers as part of its multi-media program. Around Thanksgiving 1968, Lighthouse staff persuaded the Grateful Dead to do a free concert in OU's Mem. Aud. -- without benefit of any memorial bronze plaque on its walls. A Lighthouse ticket cost $1.00 in those days.