The Syracuse Poster Project will celebrate its 10th annual poster series with an unveiling event at 6 p.m. Thursday April 14 in the atrium at City Hall Commons, 201 E. Washington St., Syracuse.

The Poster Project brings together poets and Syracuse University artists to create an annual series of poetry posters for the poster panel displays throughout downtown Syracuse.

This year, the series consists of 16 posters created by a class of advanced illustration students taught by Prof. Roger DeMuth of Syracuse University.

Get a sneak peek at six of the the 2011 posters on our Facebook page!

Each year since its founding, in 2001, the project has produced 16 unique posters. Each poster features an illustrated poem about downtown, city, or nearby countryside.

The student artists work in a variety of styles, including decorative, paper collage, pattern-based, landscape, caricature, graphic and painterly.

The resulting 2011 series pay tribute to Syracuse-area nature, weather, Native American culture, summer rituals, the music scene and micro-brewed beer.

The unveiling culminates nearly a year of collaborative work. Over the summer, participating poets write the three-line form of poetry known as haiku. By the September deadline, approximately 90 poets had submitted 202 new poems.

The unveiling will gather the poets and artists, friends of public art, representatives from the project’s corporate sponsor, Seneca Federal Savings and Loan Association, and

representatives of the following patrons: Geddes Federal Savings and Loan Association,

Sugarman Law Firm, Paramount Realty, O’Brien & Gere, Hueber-Breuer, and Anaren.

The Downtown Committee of Syracuse will post the posters shortly after the unveiling, and they will remain on display for one year and are available for purchase

Eleven by 17-inch prints are available for purchase at Eureka Crafts in Armory Square, at the Copy Centers, 131 S. Salina St., and at posterproject.org .

All proceeds help the project become self-sustaining.