Pittsburgh Steelers Gameday Poster | Pittsburgh Steelers - Steelers.com
The Pittsburgh Steelers, in collaboration with Commonwealth Press, release gameday posters designed by locally sourced artists for each home game of the season, and one to commemorate the season in its entirety! A limited number of posters will be available for purchase on game day at the Steelers Pro Shop and online.
Gameday poster series proceeds benefit Artists Image Resource, located in Pittsburgh, and provided a donation of over $20,000 in 2025.
2026 Season Poster
Joe Mruk is a Pittsburgh-based author-illustrator, creator, designer and educator. He has freelanced as Red Buffalo Illustration for 13 years, making graphics for local and non-local bands, festivals, museums and businesses. He teaches Storytelling, Graphic Novels and Digital Illustration at the Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media.
Week 1: Steelers vs. Falcons
Mark's first illustration for the Pittsburgh Steelers was as rookie illustrator commissioned for the 1990 Yearbook cover. Check your archives for the cover with Noll, Woodson, Lipps, Anderson and Brister. 36 years later, this is his 6th collaboration with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Commonwealth Press on a Gameday poster. Past posters include the Franco Harris Immaculate Reception 50th Anniversary poster, the Home Opener in 2023 and last year's Hall of Honor inductees (Roethlisberger, Pouncey and Porter). The Gameday project has become a feather in the cap to any illustrator and a dream commission for a lifelong Steeler fan. Mark's illustration vocabulary pulls from vintage advertising of the 20's and 30's, WPA and propaganda posters, all giving contemporary concepts a timeless motif. A college educator in Pittsburgh for 26 years, Mark is an Associate Professor in Graphic Design at Chatham University, Shadyside.
Mark's artwork has been internationally recognized by Communication Arts Magazine, 3X3 Magazine, Archive 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide, Graphis, Applied Arts Magazine, Creative Quarterly, the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators and the New York Society of Illustrators. Mark is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Artists, a founding member of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators and three of Mark's works are in the permanent collection of the Society of Illustrators Museum in New York.
Incorporated into advertising, packaging, editorial and institutional projects, Mark's clients include MLB, NHL, NFL, Simon & Shuster, Sony Music, NPR, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Heinz USA, Carnegie Mellon University, PITT University, East End Brewing, Pittsburgh Regional Transit, La Prima Espresso Roasters, Federated Investors, Wigle Whiskey and Commonwealth Press.
Week 3: Steelers vs. Bengals
James Mellett is a Pittsburgh native and has been a freelance illustrator for over 35 years working out of his home studio. He has a BFA from Indiana University of PA (IUP) and an Associate Degree from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. Jim has completed over 60 large montage illustrations for White Mountain Puzzles (WMP) and has maintained a professional relationship with WMP for over 30 years. Some of his other freelance clients include: Heinz, the Pittsburgh Penguins, Family Communications (Fred Rogers Productions), Fresh Express, Nova Chemicals, McKesson, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Liberty Magazine, Kelly Russell Studios, as well as textbook publishers, magazines, and other various publishers. He has exhibited at Society of Illustrators/LA Illustration West 39th Annual Show, IUP University Museum, Kipp Gallery at IUP, Senator John Heinz History Center, Renaissance Gallery in Carnegie, PA; James Gallery, Create-A-Frame Handworks Gallery, and frequently at the former Art Institute of Pittsburgh Gallery. Jim has also won awards for his sports art in the Beckett Magazine Annual Sports Art Gallery. Jim is a founding member of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators (PSI), the second largest illustrators' society in the United States. He served in the position of secretary for many of the group's early years and is currently in his fifth year serving as president of PSI. As a young artist growing up in Pittsburgh, Jim was not only a Pittsburgh sports fan and Dan Rooney's paper boy, but also a huge fan of sports art. He was inspired to become an illustrator by the great NFL illustrators, Bernie Fuchs, Bart Forbes, Cliff Spohn, Chuck Ren, George Bartell, and Pittsburgher George Gaadt. Jim is very honored to be participating in the Steelers Gameday Poster series this season.
Week 7: Steelers vs. Saints in Paris
Kim Fox is a Pittsburgh-based artist working with printmaking, illustration, and tin assemblage. Her work has been featured in Communication Arts, and the Print Regional Design Annual and shown in galleries throughout the United States. Her client list includes Contemporary Craft, the Pittsburgh Foundation, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, American Folk Art Museum, Moss Architects, and the National Football League.
Kim is a member of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, and the Southern Graphics Council International. She loves this city with all her heart.
ABOUT THE BENEFICIARY:
Artists Image Resource (AIR) is a laboratory designed to serve artists, educators, and the community. AIR creates an exciting and dynamic learning environment that fosters experimentation, individuality, and peer mentorship by bringing established and emerging artists together in its print studio and exhibition space on Pittsburgh's Northside. AIR's primary activities are to initiate and facilitate projects with professional artists and create spaces where artists, students and the public interact.
