"Sign Painters"

On Sunday, May 4, Tim Peterson, master painter with Flat Earth Art Company, will lead a group of local graffiti artists to create an advertisement mural in Art Alley to promote the screening of the film Sign Painters. This project brings together new and old typographical styles. Tim Peterson will also be a featured presenter at "Blackbook Sessions" on Tuesday, May 6 at the Dahl's Bruce H. Lien Cultural Cafe. Master sign painter Tim Peterson has left his indelible mark on the visual character of the Black Hills. Evidence of Mr. Peterson's 30+ year career are evident upon a tour of Downtown Spearfish or Deadwood, although his customers stretch far beyond South Dakota's border. The film Sign Painters screens on Thursday, May 15th. It documents dedicated practitioners of the sign painters who hand letters and paint store fronts, murals, banners, barn signs and billboards. Tim Peterson and Tyler Read, grafitti artist and Co-Director of Arts Education for the Rapid City Arts Council, spoke about the project on Dakota Midday.