Every year, Kansas City’s Folly Theatre gives KCAI juniors, the opportunity to design the posters for the upcoming Folly Jazz Series. Jazz to me is visualized as pops of vibrant color, moving and vibrating shapes. Instead of remaining abstract, I decided to use fruit to capture the essence of each artist and their individual sound. Neon signage and movement, to me can be described without being obvious and on the nose. I wanted the fruit to vibrate and move while still existing as hand done illustrations. The poster I created, shown above, for Eliane Elias, was chosen for her upcoming performance in 2022.
