A Hollywood Icon, Randy’s Donuts has been featured in numerous television shows and films including Iron Man 2. This spectacular Art Deco poster features a daredevil longboarder gliding through the giant doughnut. Randy’s Donuts: Back To The Delicious poster is dedicated to my California Dreamin’ brother Randy. — Rex
The Planet Earth Concert
The Park Ridge Civic Orchestra’s 26th season begins on October 27th at Maine East High School. Planet Earth is an exploration of our celestial homeland and a tribute to our shared experience as humans on this Earth. Rex’s dynamic design is a call to action to join together to save our planet.
This concert begins with the North American premiere of Syrian-American composer Kareem Roustom’s Clarinet Concerto Adrift on the Wine-Dark Sea with Clarinet Soloist Kinan Azmeh of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble. This foray into our natural world also includes Claude Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and his aquatically inspired La Mer.
Park Ridge Civic Orchestra presents the Planet Earth Concert
Sunday, October 27th 2019 at 3:00 PM
Maine East High School Auditorium
2601 Dempster Street
Tickets at www.parkridgecivicorchestra.org
Frederic Goudy and H. G. Wells: The Time Traveler’s Typeface presented by artist Rex Parker
Friday, November 15, 2019, 3:00 PM
Rare Book & Manuscript Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Main Library 346
1408 W Gregory Drive
Urbana, Illinois 61801
217-333-3777
This event is free to the public
Learn more at this link
Park Ridge artist Rex Parker will present an original, illustrated program, “Frederic Goudy & H. G. Wells: The Time Traveler’s Typeface.” It explores a book publishing dream team: Frederic Goudy, “the titan of type” and H. G. Wells, the “time-traveler novelist,” and their remarkable collaboration on The Door in the Wall — a collection of thrilling short stories and the creation of a timeless typeface Kennerley Old Style.
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at University of Illinois will exhibit rare editions printed on Goudy’s Village Press and William Morris’s Kelmscott Press. Also on display will be letters, manuscript and photographs from the University Library’s H. G. Wells Collection, the largest in the world.
Rex’s work is available for public viewing in a variety of Galleries, Museums, Universities, and other permanent collections throughout the United States and abroad: including the F. Scott Fitzgerald Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, Rochester Institute of Technology-Cary Graphic Arts Collection in New York, California Route 66 Museum in Victorville, Illinois State University in Normal, Route 66 Mother Road Museum in Barstow, California, Chicago Design Archive, Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, University of Houston in Texas, and the William Morris Society Museum at Kelmscott House in London, England.
Grant Grove, Nature’s Cathedral of Giant Sequoias, inspired my Earth Day Poster — Available on Tuesday, June 25th!
A visit to the spectacular Grant Grove in Kings Canyon National Park was my inspiration for the Earth Day 2019 Poster. A walk through the splendor and wonder of natures cathedral of giant sequoias — is a spiritual experience.
In this day and age, Earth Day is more important than it has ever been before. With climate change ravaging our planet, it’s imperative to continue to preserve what nature has given us. It is time to make the hard choices, that will make all the difference for our planet and future generations.
The Chicago Design Archive adds Rex Parker’s work to its remarkable collection of the best of Chicago design
The Chicago Design Archive, a virtual museum of the best of Chicago design, has added over 30 posters by Parker to its remarkable collection. He is only the third person from Park Ridge, Illinois to be so honored, the others are Frederic Goudy and Alfonso Iannelli.
“It is so cool to be included in the Chicago Design Archive — It’s like being inducted into the designers’ version of the Baseball Hall of Fame,” Parker says. “I’m humbled to have my work added to a collection of Chicago works that feature such design greats as John Massey, Ralph Eckerstom, Herbert Bayer, Oswald Cooper, Paul Rand, and Susan Jackson Keig.”
The Archive is committed to preserving the history of Chicago’s design and Chicago’s creative vision. “The Chicago Design Archive is an outstanding resource for the arts in education everywhere, so that tomorrow’s creative people can develop and share their talents with all of us,” Parker says.
You can check out Parker’s virtual exhibit at the Chicago Design Archive here!
