Books By the Banks Poster Unveiling

It is the Books By The Banks 10th year!

Will Hillenbrand’s artwork, created exclusively for the festival, will be revealed at a special event set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Rookwood. It is free and open to the public. Attendees may purchase the poster for $15 and get it signed by Hillenbrand who, along with past poster illustrators, will briefly speak.

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Books By the Banks Poster Unveiling!

 Ninth annual Books by the Banks book festival poster to be revealed!!

Aug. 14, 2015 ─ Award-winning artist and comic book illustrator David Michael Beck was selected to design the 2015 Books by the Banks book festival poster. This year’s poster will be unveiled at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Rookwood Pavilion, 2692 Madison Road.

Beck will be at the poster debut to talk about its creation. A poster signing will follow. Joining him will be past poster artists, including Jeffrey Ebbeler, Ryan Ostrander and Christina Wald. Posters will be for sale, with proceeds benefiting Books by the Banks. This year’s poster is $15 and previous years’ posters are $10.
Also being revealed is the specially designed Rookwood Pottery trophy being awarded this year for the inaugural author awards in four categories: Best Kids Book, Best Young Adult Book, Best Emerging New Talent and Lifetime Achievement.

The 2015 Books by the Banks festival, presented this year by Ohio Humanities, is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati. Last year, the festival drew more than 125 authors and a crowd of 5,000 attendees. It’s considered one of the largest and most prestigious events of its kind in the region. For details, visit BooksbytheBanks.org.

ABOUT DAVID MICHAEL BECK
David Michael Beck was born in Springfield, Ill., in 1950. His academic training was with Wright State University, the American Academy of Art, and the Chicago Academy of Fine Art. He worked in small in-house art departments, studios, and design firms illustrating in a variety of mediums from watercolor, gouache, acrylics and oils, to full tonal pencil, and pen & ink. The underlying editorial, narrative themes evident in his work has won acceptance with many Fortune 500 companies and high-profile periodicals. In recent years, he has developed an impressive body of work in genre illustration covering adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic books. His original artwork hangs in the private collection of George Lucas, and his client list includes Hasbro Toy Company, The Grammy Awards, Warner Brothers, Universal Pictures, Anheuser-Bush, Miller Brewing Co., Dow Jones, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Coca-Cola, Sony Entertainment, The Grateful Dead, and Marvel, DC and Dark Horse comics. He resides in Cincinnati.

Thanks to the Cincinnati Public Library for providing the unveiling details. Hope to see you there!

A cryptic and enticing poster teaser!

Illustrator News: Tom Post Unveils Poster for Beer Week at Arnold's

Hop Smuggler Poster by Tom Post

It is Beer Week at Arnold's Bar and Grill starting this weekend. Next week, starting Monday, a new poster is featured for each new beer being tapped. Six local artists including Tom Post were hired to create them.

Here is a write up about them: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2015/02/09/arnolds-reveals-beer-week-posters/23127541/

There are a limited number of prints available here: http://bigcurl254.wix.com/arnoldsbeerposters

2014 Books By the Banks Poster Unveiling!

Sneak Peek

Artwork by the late Charley Harper gets a new life in this year’s collectible Books by the Banks event poster. The 2014 poster will be unveiled at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati. 

Books by the Banks is the region’s largest book festival. The world-famous Harper was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist who died in 2007. However his son, artist Brett Harper, and graphic designer Matthew Dayler, repurposed some iconic Harper images to create a special new design to promote the eighth year of the festival. This year’s festival is set for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Duke Energy Center in downtown Cincinnati.

Brett Harper and Dayler will be at the poster unveiling to talk about the creation of the poster. A poster signing will follow. Joining them will be past poster artists, including Will Hillenbrand and Jeffrey Ebbeler. Posters will be for sale, with proceeds benefiting Books by the Banks. This year’s poster is $15 and previous years’ posters are $10.

Joseph-Beth Booksellers is located in Rookwood Pavilion, 2692 Madison Road. Visit www.BooksbytheBanks.org for details.

Books By the Banks Poster Unveiling: Release the Kraken!

Jeffery Ebbeler shows off his wonderful poster

The full art and tentacles

Last night was the Books By the Banks poster unveiling at Joseph Beth (also a favorite illustrators lunch spot). We love that the library commissions an illustration each year for the festival!

This year is a great one.I love the idea of a kraken in the Ohio River.

The actual festival is October 12th. So put it on your calendar. It is a great place to get signed books!

Some of the previous illustrators...

Books by the Banks: Poster by Jeffrey Ebbeler Unveiling

The whole poster will soon be revealed...

The seventh annual Books by the Banks festival will unveil its 2013 poster, created by Jeffrey Ebbeler, at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Rookwood Pavilion. Twenty percent of all purchases at Joseph-Beth & Brontë Bistro on Sept. 5 will go to support Books by the Banks. The attached voucher must be presented at time of purchase.

Some of the previous poster illustrators will also be in attendance.

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Illustrator News: Jim Effler Poster Unveiling

Jim Effler Unveiling His Awesome Poster Illustration

Pictures are posted here of Jim's poster unveiling: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bockfest/sets/72157632635534764/

Illustratror News: Jim Effler: Bockfest Poster Unveiling

Jim Effler is unveiling his new 2013 Bockfest poster this Friday:

http://www.bockfest.otrbrewerydistrict.org/bockfest-beefsteak-club-dinner/

Although the dinner is sold out, he will be doing several signings...

We will keep you posted on times, etc.

Jim Effler's 2012 Poster

Books By the Banks Poster Illustrator Interview on WCPO

Marlene Steele, this year's poster artist for Books by the Banks, will be interviewed on WCPO to be broadcast during the noon hour about the creating her poster design tomorrow (Sept 20th).

If they put the segment up after, I will keep an eye out for a link.

Hope to see many of you at Joseph Beth! (Or at the Books by the Banks festival in October...)

Here is the interview:

Books by the Banks Poster Unveiling

One of the great things about Books by the Banks besides being an awesome book festival, is they commission an illustration for their poster each year.

This year the artist is Marlene Steele.

BIO: A native of northern Kentucky, Marlene Steele began her studies at the age of 11, in the studio of Aileen McCarthy, a student of Duveneck at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
 

A little peek at the poster is on the banner. Looks gorgeous!

Marlene was a full scholarship recipient and is a graduate of the Art Academy of Cincinnati. She enjoys the challenge of figurative and portrait work as well as landscape in the mediums of oil, watercolor and pastel. Marlene Steele’s work is in corporate and private collections regionally. Marlene teaches her studio skills in workshops and Art Academy Community Education classes. Steele’s Studio is in the West End of Cincinnati and is currently accepting commissions in all media.

Joseph Beth is once again hosting the poster unveiling which is Thursday, September 20th at 6:30.

Marlene will discuss her poster concept and design and then several artists from the previous years will also be on hand to sign posters. (Not sure who else will be there from previous years, I will post an update later).

Also if you go here: http://booksbythebanks.org/2012/09/20-off-at-joseph-beth-september-20-2012/

You can print out a coupon for 20% off your store purchase or meal at Bronte (an illustrator lunch favorite spot) on that day.

Hope to see you there!