A Poster For Every Park

Designer JP Boneyard’s new Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series highlights the unique beauty of each National Park

By Catherine Schuknecht

August 25, 2016

“This series aims to raise a little more awareness and enthusiasm for three of our favorite things—posters, printmaking, and national parks!” says JP Boneyard, the designer and curator behind the Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series. As the name suggests, the designer is aiming to produce 59 posters—one for each national park in the United States—at a rate of about two posters per month through the end of 2017. Boneyard says that, like most poster artists, he takes inspiration from the Depression-era posters produced by unemployed artists as part of President Roosevelt’s economy-boosting Work Projects Administration in the 1930s. “But the series isn't a throwback,” explains Boneyard. “Our goal is to do this in a fresh way that highlights the unique voice of each artist and the remarkable beauty of each park.”

Each park poster is screen-printed by hand in the United States and produced as part of Boneyard’s internationally traveling poster show, The National Poster Retrospecticus. A small portion of all profits from poster sales is donated to the National Park Service. To learn more, visit the Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series website.

Grand Teton National Park Poster

Grand Teton National Park poster by Eric Nyffeler of Doe Eyed | Image courtesy of JP Boneyard

 

Everglades National Park Poster

Everglades National Park poster by Two Arms Inc. | Image courtesy of JP Boneyard

 

Yosemite National Park Poster

Yosemite National Park poster by John Vogl | Image courtesy of JP Boneyard

 

Zion National Park Poster

Zion National Park poster by Dan McCarthy | Image courtesy of JP Boneyard

Zion National Park Poster

Zion National Park poster by Dan McCarthy | Image courtesy of JP Boneyard

 

Key Biscayne National Park Poster

Biscayne National Park poster by Justin Santora | Image courtesy of JP Boneyard

 

Big Bend National Park Poster

Big Bend National Park poster by Brave the Woods | Image courtesy of JP Boneyard

 

Olympic National Park Poster

Olympic National Park poster by Daniel Danger | Image courtesy of JP Boneyard

 

Olympic National Park Poster

Olympic National Park poster by Daniel Danger | Image courtesy of JP Boneyard