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.

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

The famous poster for Woodstock, the three-day music festival that celebrates its 50th anniversary on Aug. 15-17, was created by artist Arnold Skolnick, who now resides in Easthampton.

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, designer of renowned Woodstock poster, dies at 85. Using paper cutouts, he designed the bird-on-a-guitar image that symbolized the 1969 music festival in upstate New York.

In his new book, "The Road to Woodstock," Michael Lang, one of the four festival promoters, takes credit for the logo and motto. "I gave Arnold the copy and told him the main message was 'three ...

When John Kehoe visited Arnold Skolnick's home in the Berkshires of Massachusetts last winter it wasn't with the intent of finding the artwork that would become the first show in Kehoe's new ...

From a design standpoint, the new poster for this summer’s Taking Woodstock is unquestionably far out and groovy. Director Ang Lee’s movie is about the guy (played by Comedy Central star ...

Behold, the psychedelic brand-new movie poster for director Ang Lee's upcoming film Taking Woodstock. Combining the aesthetics of a spilled lava lamp with artist Wes Wilson's famed 1960s posters ...

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