Mary Kay Brown
Biography
Mary Kay Brown is credited as the designer of AOR-2.68, the flyer for the 3rd Annual Children's Adventure Day Camp Benefit at the Fillmore Auditorium on August 7, 1966 -- a non-Bill-Graham community benefit whose bill gathered Big Brother and the Holding Company (with Janis Joplin), Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Grass Roots, and a long tail of San Francisco acts and troupes. Her authorship of the piece is attested by the signature in the artwork and by independent auction and catalog records (Heritage Auctions, PosterCentral). She is otherwise little-documented in the reachable poster-scholarship record; the benefit flyer is the work she is known for in this chronicle's period.
Why They Matter
Designer of the AOR-2.68 benefit flyer that assembled much of the 1966 San Francisco scene onto one sheet for a children's summer camp.
Notable Works
- AOR-2.68 Children's Adventure Day Camp Benefit flyer (Fillmore, Aug 1966)