Every year an artist is chosen to represent the Art Festival by exhibiting in a solo show and having a signature image become the official Art Festival Poster. Some of Rockport's most well known artists have been poster artists, and it has been a tradition since 1993.

The Past Poster Artists Exhibition provides a space of honor for those artists who have helped define Rockport's Texas coast aesthetic, and who have shaped Rockport as a creative haven.

Rockport Art Festival Poster Artists:

• 1993 Harold Phenix

• 1994 Steve Russell

• 1995 Al Barners

• 1996 Herb Booth

• 1997 Jesus Moroles

• 1998 Evelyn Atkinson

• 1999 Ricardo Rivera

• 2000 Kay Barnebey

• 2001 Jim Offeman

• 2002 Flint Reed

• 2003 Anita Diebel

• 2004 Thom Evans

• 2005 Carol Koutnik

• 2006 Hal McCaskill

• 2007 Nanci Barnes

• 2008 Teresa Justice