Russian Circus

Found these Russian Circus illustrations on Flickr thanks to the awesome Present & Correct!  Read More

CIRCUS

I am brimming with excitement from this latest student project by Nathan Godding. He’s a contact of mine on Flickr and when I saw this project, I was in heaven!!! The colors! The type! Sigh…  Read More

Vintage Circus Posters

So how on earth do you suppose on stumbles upon something such as these? Flickr? Google? Nope. I was listing some vintage circus tickets on my Etsy store and looked up a bit of history on the Circus Hall of Fame. A link on their page lead me to find the Circus in America site where these lovely poster images reside. If only events were promoted with such exaggeration today. A beautiful poster collection indeed. If they only had the playbills and... Read More

Circus Ephemera

Over the weekend I went to the Antiques Extravaganza in Kutztown at Renninger’s and while wandering around like everyone else I found a box filled with circus ephemera, mostly ticket stubs and cards. I couldn’t resist buying one pack and wish I would have bought more. Too bad I didn’t ask the name of his business, but I do know that he’s from Nazareth. Bummer. I’m going to ask the folks at Renninger’s if there’s... Read More

Barnumville

Wow is all I can manage to say after seeing these images by Matt Hoyle. This is the kind of circus that I want to see, real characters, real interesting. Barnumville is a collection of intimate portraits of the artists that belong to the circus life by Matt Hoyle who has a proven track record for producing portraits of rich characters and intriguing faces. Do not miss out on this portfolio!  Read More