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  1. Died Young, Stayed Pretty: A Chattanooga Rock N’ Roll Movie Premier Tuesday, August 25, 2009

    On Friday, September 4, Eileen Yaghoobian’s highly anticipated film about rock posters and the people who make them, entitled Died Young, Stayed Pretty, will be stopping through town on its debut tour. Local design and screen-print collective Young Monster teams up with The Association for the Visual Arts (AVA) and the local chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) to present this event that bridges the gap between fine arts, graphic design and rock n’ roll.

    The film chronicles Yaghoobian’s travels across the United States and Canada, offering a look into to the world of such gig poster giants as Art Chantry, Brian Chippendale, the Ames Brothers, Print Mafia and Rob Jones, who have worked on posters for bands like Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Radiohead, White Stripes, The Melvins, Ween, Sonic Youth, Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Marianne Faithfull, and the list goes on.

    In keeping with the film’s subject matter, Young Monster has created two posters for the event, one by GigPosters.com heavy-hitter Zach Hobbs, and the other by MakeWork 2008 recipient Nick DuPey in collaboration with Print Mafia, a Kentucky-based studio featured in the film.  While both posters will be distributed in preparation of the event, the DuPey/Print Mafia print will be have a separate run on colored paper for those 20 participants in the pre-movie screen-printing workshop at Young Monster studio.

    “Print Mafia sent me an image and some of their signature type, then we added our own composition in keeping with the Young Monster aesthetic,” said DuPey. “On the day of the workshop, the other Young Monsters and the participants will help with printing, and each print will be finished by someone in the workshop who’ll get to take it home and call it their own.”

    Young Monster, AVA and AIGA present a night in three parts:

    6:00 – 7:30 PM @ Young Monster studio space: “Create Your Own Collector’s Item” workshop. For $20, attendees can get a lesson in screen-printing and help produce their own special edition prints by pulling the final color of their custom poster. Space is very limited — to reserve a spot, contact AVA as soon as possible, via email, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address); over the phone 423.265.4282/106; or online.

    8:00 – 10:00 PM @ green|spaces: A free screening of Died Young, Stayed Pretty will be followed by a Q&A session with director Eileen Yaghoobian, as well as a poster exhibit and sale.

    10:30 PM – 2 AM @ JJ’s Bohemia: For a $6 cover, everyone over 21is invited to a rock show and after-party with a cheap beer, more posters, and music from Mocknbird, ADD/C and Pine Hill Haints.

    For more information about the event, contact Young Monster at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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