The 36” x 24” poster, which features vibrant colors and the iconic jester, will be free at the following State College locations beginning June 17 until the end of the Arts Festival:
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts 403 S. Allen St., Suite 205A
Downtown State College Improvement District 127 S. Fraser St.
State College Framing Company and Gallery 160 Rolling Ridge Drive
The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau 204 W. Beaver Ave.
Hintz Family Alumni Center Penn State campus
HUB-Robeson Center Desk Penn State campus
After the Festival you can purchase the poster through our online store.
Vintage Arts Festival posters from previous years are available for purchase while supplies last.
Lanny Sommese took undergraduate degrees from the University of Florida and received his MFA Degree at the University of Illinois. He started teaching at Penn State shortly thereafter.
Sommese’s work is the subject of two books, Lanny Sommese: World Master and Lanny Sommese: X-Ray Vision. His work has been reproduced in hundreds of periodicals and books, such as Graphis, The New York Times, Communication Arts, A History of Graphic Design, and A History of Contemporary Graphic Design.
Sommese’s posters are included in numerous collections including the Museum for Deutsche Geschichte, Berlin; Muzeum Plakatu w Wilanowie, Warsaw; Musee D’Histoire Contemporaine, Paris; The Central Institute of Fine Art, Beijing; Moravaska Galerie, Brno; Kanazawa University, Japan; The Museum of Applied Art, Helsinki; and in the Library of Congress National Poster Collection, which has more than 100 of Sommese’s posters in its collection.
In addition to many other professional honors, he was a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, an elite international group of graphic designers based in Zurich.
Lanny Sommese passed away in 2022.
The poster for the 2025 Arts Festival was designed by Saige Sommese, a 2017 graduate of the Penn State Graphic Design program.
She has been designing the Festival posters since 2018, at first assisting her father, Lanny, with the designs and now creating them herself. In addition to poster design, Saige specializes in logos, branding, illustration, and UI web design for individuals, small brands, and large companies alike.
