Byrd, who did posters for Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and “Godspell,” did the original poster for Woodstock, though fate ultimately conspired to shelf it.

Byrd, who did posters for Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and “Godspell,” did the original poster for Woodstock, though fate ultimately conspired to shelf it.

Skolnick got the Woodstock job through John Morris, the festival producer hired to obtain big-name acts, and designed the poster in three days with very few instructions.

Arnold Skolnick in 2021, discussing plans to reprint the poster he designed for the Woodstock festival in 1969. “It was just another job,” he recalled, “but it became famous.” ...

Arnold Skolnick, a graphic artist whose last-minute design for the poster promoting the 1969 Woodstock rock festival was one of the most indelible visual images of the era, died June 15 at a ...

And Bethel Woods Aug. 16-18 will host the Bethel Woods Music and Culture Festival to mark the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. On the same weekend, Michael Lang, the co-producer and co-founder of ...

EASTHAMPTON — Fifty years ago, freelance artist and designer Arnold Skolnick got a request: Make a poster for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair.For Skolnick, the request was “just another job ...

Question: My late dad was an acknowledged “hippie” who proudly acknowledged attending the Woodstock concert in 1969. He collected posters from the era. Over the years, they all disappeared ...

Byrd, who did posters for Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and “Godspell,” did the original poster for Woodstock, though fate ultimately conspired to shelf it.