EVERY OTHER TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 21
TEEN WRITERS WORKSHOP
Learn about literature, writing, publishing, and critiquing while sharing your work with teen peers. Facilitated by Connor Coyne, author, and director of Flint’s Gothic Funk Press. New Writers Welcome!
For more info call the library at 810.232.7111 or email Connor Coyne at connor@gothicfunkpress.com!
GOTHIC FUNK HANGOUT:
REBELS IN PRINT
Senior citizens and students with ID are admitted for $8.
Adult admission is $10.Once per month, Gothic Funk Press invites our friends to join us for some of the wonderful activities and events planned around the Greater Flint area. These events are not sponsored or organized by Gothic Funk Press, but give us a chance to meet in a more informal setting.
In the 1960s and 70s some rebel artists began questioning mainstream American visual culture and the growing popularity of television and commercial media. Artists like Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg used images drawn from mainstream culture in their artwork to provoke thought, instead of buying into what they felt was thoughtless consumerism. While some may have considered this shift a betrayal of traditional art, these artists used popular culture to communicate their nonconformity.
Drawn to techniques like screenprinting, lithography, and serigraphy, which were used in advertising and industry, they found ways to work quickly and affordably, making their artwork and message easier to disseminate. This exhibition explores how these artists rebelled against mainstream culture, questioned consumerism, and broadened the subject matter, styles, and techniques of art in the mid-late 20th century.
