What about Women Poster Artists?
Remember Pearl Jam’s induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame? In particular that speech by Stone Gossard when he thanked “the incredible artists who have created what might be one of our most enduring artifacts: all of our incredible tour posters.”
Well I say to PJ -
Please include women in your enduring artefacts.
Over the 30 years of the band touring we have only ever seen COLLABORATIONS such as with Dabs & Myla or Soto & McPherson.
The only female only poster to my recollection that has been created was not for a PJ show, but for MoPop Seattle by Rosie Alyea.
I am not trying to be down on PJ at all, because I love the band - I love the posters and I love the merch. I know PJ has been so amazing with their ongoing commitments to social justice and supporting Women’s rights and freedoms. I love that PJ have SoundGirls and other trailblazers making great paths and opportunities within the music industry. A Women strong crew and show presence is to be admired. I love knowing I can see them and feel safe up the front in GA etc. PJ are awesome at helping shine/share their spotlight on matters of inequality and importance. I love seeing PJ members speak out in support of women , holding signs at women’s marches etc … I just feel like why not show support with posters too? I was so proud as a PJ fan to buy and wear my Planned Parenthood T-shirt.
My long winded point is this - please do better with female artists, let us see some posters by female artists so we too can raise them up!
Imagine how awesome it would be for all of us to beam with pride that Women are represented in PJ’s poster legacy too. I would love to think that at some point we would have more posters made by women than posters featuring the female form as a mermaid. ( I do love mermaids it’s just a point )
I don’t want anyone to think that Bailey Race’s Women’s symbol isn’t appreciated or that it should have been made by a woman. I am saying - Let’s also see Female artists in this space.
Unless we see women in this space it will be harder for future generations to imagine they could be artists too.
Thanks for reading.
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I hope so too.
And I get that possibly 99.9% of PJ fans are men, but it's art.
https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/291467/2022-ev-tour-merch/p3#Comment_7466669
however I do wonder how many of those 1/3 to 1/4 of the females in the crowd were brought by their partner. I vividly remember a PJ show in London when my wife was less than two weeks away from her due date. She wasn’t there for the band for sure. She was relieved when Ed had voice problems and rescheduled night 2. Point being she is one of those females in the crowd. I am still paying for that one too, bad move by me 😂
however I don’t see what the gender makeup of the fan base has to do with art. I’d buy a female artists print no problem, plus maybe it would be different for a change. It’s all upside really.
Let me just say that I'm one of the die-hard female fans whose husband tags along to the shows. Don't assume the sausage fest is all dudes who chose to be there (though I'll admit the majority probably are).
Wonderful!