Posters

Posters have been a part of the Grateful Dead phenomenon since its inception, providing a visual identity and artistic analog for the music. Starting with the first academic symposium devoted to Grateful Dead studies, Unbroken Chain (2007), Grateful Dead conferences have often commissioned commemorative posters from prominent artists, most of them well known for their work for the Grateful Dead. Posters were generally printed in extremely limited numbers, between 50 and 100 copies only, for conference participants. This gallery presents those images in chronological order, along with the artists. Most of these posters are long out of print.

The Twenty-Third Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2020.

    Art: Griffin Arts

The Twenty-Second Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2019.

    Art: Richard Biffle

The Twenty-First Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2018.

    Art: Mike Dolgushkin

The Twentieth Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2017.

    Art: Ken Schneidman

The Nineteenth Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2016.

    Art: Una Toibin

The Eighteenth Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2015.

    Art: Griffin Arts

The Seventeenth Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2014.

    Art: Ken Schneidman

So Many Roads: The World in the Grateful Dead, 2014.

    Art: Richard Biffle

The Sixteenth Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2013.

    Art: Darrin Brenner

The Fifteenth Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2012.

    Art: Gary Houston

The Fourteenth Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2011.

    Art: Gary Houston

The Thirteenth Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2010.

    Art: Ken Schneidman

The Twelfth Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2009.

    Art: Christian Hali

The Eleventh Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2008.

    Art: Ken Schneidman

The Tenth Annual Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, 2007.

    Art: Ken Schneidman

Unbroken Chain: The Grateful Dead in Music, Culture, and Memory, 2007.

   Art: Mike Dubois