The Posters of the Grateful Dead Archive
Mouse and Kelley
The first wave of poster artists was nicknamed The Big Five. One quality that unites their otherwise different styles is their commitment to collaboration. Alton Kelley’s kitchen was a favorite meeting place, where Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson, Stanley Mouse, and Rick Griffin would share techniques and critique each other’s efforts, often working on pieces together. That cooperative ideal was the essence of the Haight-Ashbury, with its emphasis on the power of harmonious, ego-less cooperation as the basis for art and community.