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Grand Festival of Arts & Books
Grand Festival of Arts & Books
Grand Festival of Arts & Books

Grand Festival of Arts & Books

Artist Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. United States, born 1948
Date2011
MediumLetterpress
Dimensions19 x 12 1/2 in. (48.3 x 31.8 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection
Object numberPH.6577
DescriptionAmos Paul Kennedy Jr. is a contemporary letterpress printer. His work primarily focuses on documenting Black cultural events in the rural South, embracing the medium as the perfect means of unpretentious communication. This poster shows off Amos’s signature layering effect as well as his collection of vintage printers cuts (small images on blocks).
On View
On view
Tee's Lounge
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
c. 2003
Juneteenth
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
2005
Alabama Book Festival
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
2007
People are Dying of AIDS
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
2012
Rooster Festival
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
2003
Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
2018
Ideas Festival
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
2005
Woman Singing the Blues
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
2013
Arts Alive!
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
2005
The Night Was Black
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
2011