Wow! I have been so involved in so many things I can't imagine where to begin! Let's start with now, the present moment, and work our way back, shall we? Folks in the Midwest, please come find me at Pitchfork Music Festival! I will be here until the 15th selling my posters and T-shirts!

Its been great, and its been rainy, which is hard on us folks selling paper of all things, but its not stopping us from having a great time, selling work, and being silly with the folks coming by to look. This poster festival is amazing, and its hard to believe that there is so much good art to buy in one place. I know if I was here as a festival goer, I would have a hard time even seeing everything, there's so much to see! Your eyes have to take a break at some point, after all.

In other news I have been producing an animated exquisite corpse film with 30 different artists, and the result of that has been really exciting for all of us. We really were stunned over the film when we saw it all put together, and we are currently raising money to put the film into festivals. Support that [http://kck.st/MpA5KT|here!]

One of my favorite new projects is with a beer company called [http://www.brouwerijwest.com/|Brouwerij West!] They are art advocates, and insist on turning their labels into a revolving art gallery. I was happy to work with them for the first issue of their Blond, a lovely belgian brew that I adorned with my house fire, as you can see on the home page today. I am just finishing up three new labels for them, which will be used on the shelf for the blond at absolutely the same time, giving a kind of storytelling effect. The idea for this came from owner/brewer Brian Mercer, and I can't wait to show you the result of this.

For now, this is the "hey sorry I've been absent in the news section" for a little too long. I will continue to update this month with more details and projects (there is certainly more to share) but for now, I have going to have breakfast and get over to Pitchfork! Hope to see you there!

Binary High Fives,
Gina

Okay! Sooo...there's not been much print work in favor for other things, namely animation and film projects I've been involved in. The first is an animated music I worked on for TV on the RADIO with a great group of people directed by my friend Maya Erdelyi. You can check it out as part of the videos TVOTR put out as a film, and the song is called "New Cannonball Blues". It was a great experience and I hope everyone gets to see it!

I have just finished the Final Edit (!!!!) of my first live action film called JE SUIS LA and now that the picture is locked, I'm going into the sound production phase which should take two weeks. After that, this film is going to hunt around for film festival exposure so hopefully I can tell you its playing somewhere sometime someplace :)

Last piece of news is here, since I've gotten all this off of my plate, I'm working on some poster for a band I love, Here We Go Magic. Be on the lookout for it here on WMP!

bis!
gk

....and what magic it is! I couldn't express the wonder that is revealed when you remove yourself completely and put yourself into something different for a year. Just let go and enjoy the possibilities. While in France, I was interviewed by a new and great music blog called The Live Buzz. It's really an evolved blog which covers history of rock, art that comes out of music, and everything that's going on anywhere in music from benefit festivals to small shows. Check out that interview here.

I also have a show of posters and animations up in Lyon at DATTA Gallerie. I arrived in Lyon and was really impressed with this place when I saw the space and the audience it reaches. The vernissage was a pleasure with such an energetic crowd and I would love anyone to experience the show while they can before Feburary 9th.

Best and more to all,
gk

OH MY. Its cold and rainy but the German's are excited to be getting the fair share of poster time here in Hamburg. I made a poster for the band Stornoway and brought them to the show. Nice music. You can look forward to seeing them shortly on a tour in the US if you keep your eyes open!

Off to Dresden today for another show and then back to Paris for living, film making, and hopefully another show or two beofre my show in Lyon in January. Life is starting to pick up over here at the global headquarters of WMP...check back in for more news soon!

Gina

Hellooooooo out there. Want to buy beautiful non-music related prints from your favorite music poster designers? Well look no further than here and enjoy the lush landscape of bicycle culture related images. The purpose is all gold too! These folks get us to maek prints to raise money for the MS Society, alongside with their annual bike tour. All proceeds go to a great cause, and the images that are transpired in this series are always impressive.

I collaborated with Justin Santora this year and the result is now the image for the home page on WMP, but there are still a couple copies of my piece from 2008 available at their Etsy store. Have a great labor day weekend! Ride a bike!

Hello Dear Friends...

I took a little hiatus from this website while traveling Europe, making films, laughing and enjoying life for a while. This was the first time I've lived abroad and I'm about to return but before I do, I need to give one huge update!

What's new at WMP? Well, I've been included in a few books, to begin with. The first, Dirty Fingernails: A One-of-a-Kind Collection of Graphics Uniquely Designed by Hand by John Foster is just what it suggests in its informative title. Catch a review of it here.

The second, which I'm super excited about, is called The Open Daybook by David Earle and showcases a piece of artwork per day with over 365 really gifted and interesting works. Participating artists include Lisa Anne Auerbach, David Bunn, Benjamin Butler, C.F., Jordan Crane, Harrell Fletcher, Jill Greenberg, Fritz Haeg, Jo Jackson, Chris Johanson, Miranda July, Lucky Dragons, Nikki McClure, Pat O’Neill, Ron Regé, Jr, Aaron Rose, Erika Rothenberg, Leanne Shapton, Shoboshobo, Mungo Thomson, Kerry Tribe, and Megan Whitmarsh. I was really thrilled to be a part of this project, and you can check out my page for May 22nd at a Barnes and Noble near you. There will be a how in 2011 at LACE in Los Angeles featuring the original works displayed in the books. Pre-order is now available at Random House for its November 2nd release date. More about this book here

In other news, WMP posters were included and highly visible throughout the 2010 remake of A Nightmare On Elm Street so much so that you can even catch the posters in the trailer

While in Paris, I've work with the Parisian music scene in a new capacity, not as a poster designer, but as a videographer for Paris based creative production company Stances. In tandem with La Blogotheque, francophone music blog we all know and love, they create Les soirées de poche, a series of music shows featuring artists like The Walkmen, Beirut, Andrew Bird, and more. Check out the work I did with them in this video for the LA band Fool's Gold and imagine that something like this takes place in Parisian apartments. Got to love the folks who will let you into their place for the night to pull of something like this!

All in all, life is good, creative, and there is more to be done (as always). Please check back in for links to my new films and for news on the recent Justin Santora/ Gina Kelly collaboration for MS Society fundraiser with Screens and Spokes

Hope you enjoyed the details of my last adventures...wish me luck as I embark on the ones just ahead!

Best!!
Gina Kelly
WMP

Hiya peeps!

Just a little update to let you all know what's been happening here at WMP. I was recently asked to contribute posters to the set of the new "Nightmare on Elm Street" which should be out sometime next year. How awesome is that? I have the honor of having my posters in the rooms of the kids who get slaughtered in the film. Cross your fingers for a little bloodshed across a WMP poster, I really couldn't ask for more :))

Also, I was just contacted by a newspaper in Spain who wants to do an article on the gigposter scene. They asked if they could interview me and show my work in the pages of El Pais which is a really respected global newspaper. I am happy to make the contribution.

Last, but not least, I was recently the featured artist for a London based blog called Tuckshop. It seems that the attention my work is getting in Europe is growing, and I couldn't be happier about it. I have so much to be thankful for lately, so cheers! WMP is in great spirits. Check out the interview here...

WMP interview at Tuckshop

Hope you all are too...
all my best,
gina

Hello and how are you?

Yes it's been awhile, but I do have some juice to share. In May I have a ton of stuff flying around, and I'm hoping you'll sit up and take notice. I'll post officials on the dates places and times next week when all of that info becomes available to me, but the rundown is....

May 4th-10th Calarts Bijou week...student film festival in the Bijou Theater at Calarts. Students from Film/Video, Film Directing, Experimental Animation, and Character Animation are showing the work they have produced over the year. I'll be screening my new film "Feelers", an animated story about bug parts.

May 10th-15th

This art show at Calarts will be soo great. It's and animation installation show, in two rooms, with furniture objects and their shadows divided. This I'll talk more about soon...

May 17th

"s(t)ay" I'll post the press release for this when I get it from the show's curators, but I can tell you that this show is the first show to be held in a very exciting new project space in LA. My piece "antipode" is a sound piece that takes sounds from the opposite side of the world from the new gallery and projects it from the bushes outside the space. Cool piece, I'm really excited to be this busy! Feel free to ask about any of this by contacting me here at WMP. In the mean time.....

Best!
Gina, WMP

Hey people,

Guess what? I'm not currently at WMP because I am on a cross country road excursion with the only and only Grace Kelly (my mother, okay maybe there is more than one of them...). We are together driving a car to California in search of words worthy for the radio. What's that you say? Radio? Indeed good friends! WMP is taking a break from the visuals in pursuit of a radio worthy story...something that you haven't said before. Actually that is quite literally the topic....more soon!

Hey everyone!

Just offering a sneak peak of the Book's poster here. I printed this a little more slowly, and threw out some decisions that I had early on, to much avail! I love it! I hope you do too. They will be available on this site after the date of the show, March 7th, 2009. You can reserve ahead of time by contacting me here on www.weathermakerpress.com.

I am excited to announce that The Books are gearing up for another album, and playing some shows to boot. If you live in the Mass. area, Go see them at MASS MoCA, where they will be doing a week in residence in March along with a live performance. Check it out here

If you are reading this post, you are the first to find out that this week only, Dec.12-19th, all WMP items are 30% off. Just contact me (on the contact page!) and let me know what your order is, and I'll send you a paypal invoice from there. Happy Holidays everyone! Thanks from Gina at Weather Maker Press

I'm working on the finishing touches now and I'm so excited about it! Check back in a few days, I'll post it and make any that didn't sell at the show available here...

this puppy is a 5 screen with 5 split fountains! Yes that's right! Tons of freakin' color people! Plus a translucent white over print, which basically doubles the palette. The image is of a seraphim in rolling clouds, google seraphim if you're not sure what that is...

So, not only do I have two Built to Spill Posters and a Calexico poster on my schedule, but now I will also be making a poster for Academy Award Winners The Swell Season this Oct 4th at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Watch for new posters at the end of the month!

Hello! Just as a little update, I have just got home form surgery! Hooray! No more hospital food, no more antibiotics, no more shots of awful pain medication, no more nurses waking me up at 5am to take my vitals.

Instead, back to Built to Spill and Calexico posters, moving to Valencia, going back to school at Calarts, stuff like that.

Onto the good stuff.

It's about time I got this site up and running. I'm putting it together piece by piece and haven't ever done this before, so comments and feedback are totally welcome. For now I'll be adding my portfolio and some t-shirts that are left from Pitchfork, but as soon as September I will have three new posters to share and a whole page of ongoing process shots to give you an idea of how these pictures get made. Thanks for looking and check back in soon!

ching ching,
gina