Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.
The Bumbershoot poster pictured here features artwork by Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), a Seattle-based artist known for his paintings portraying African-American life. This painting was commissioned for Bumbershoot through the City of Seattle's 1% for Art Program.
Printed on poster: Copyright 1976 Jacob Lawrence
Caption information source: "Bumbershoot," by Paul Dorpat, HistoryLink.org Essay 10027. Caption information source: https://onereel.org/bumbershoot-history
Physical Description: 1 poster : color ; 24 x 37 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
