Baltimore’s Globe Concert Posters Get Their Screen Premiere at MICA
Before a fan could hear James Brown or Aretha Franklin in concert, a Baltimore printer often had the first word. Globe’s fluorescent posters made a performer’s name jump off the wall. On Wednesday, November 11th, the people who made those posters and the artists who commissioned them get to tell the story at the world premiere of See It Loud: The Globe Poster Story.
Filmmakers John Lewis and Rei Perri interviewed printers, musicians and the people who keep the collection working at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Among the voices MICA lists are blues musician Bobby Rush, D.C. go-go bandleader Chuck Brown and Baltimore filmmaker John Waters. Their accounts take the story beyond the names in big type to the shop that put them there.
When Globe stopped production in 2010, Baltimore residents and MICA students rallied to preserve the collection. MICA acquired it the following year. Former owners Bob and Frank Cicero also kept an archive of original posters. A selection from that archive goes on sale after the film, with a portion of each sale benefiting the Globe Collection and Press at MICA.
How to See It
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. screening in Falvey Hall. The film runs about an hour. MICA lists general admission at $20 and free admission for its students. Check the screening page for availability. For anyone who misses the premiere, the free Pinkard Gallery exhibition offers a separate chance to see about 100 posters through December 8th. Find more in PowerPage’s Baltimore coverage.
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