Title: Eisteddfod": 8 Original Posters for Southeastern Massachusetts University's Eisteddfod Folk Music, Arts & Crafts Festival Designed by Howard T. Glasser.
Description: North Dartmouth, Massachusetts: Southeastern Massachusetts University, 1972 through 1982. [1972-1982]. [1972-1982]. - What is offered here is a lot of 8 posters designed by the founder of Southeastern Massachusetts University's Eisteddfod Folk Music, Dance, and Arts & Crafts Festival. Of these, 7 of the posters advertise events and performers appearing over the 3 days of the festival 1972 through 1982. An eighth poster is for the October 1977 Eisteddfod-Ceilidh evening of traditional Irish music presented at the University. All but the first Festival posters measure 17 inches high by 10-3/4 inches wide and are printed on creamy white stock, with the Ceilidh music poster, printed on light brown stock and measuring 10-3/4 inches high by 17 inches wide. The first poster for the September 22nd, 23rd & 24th, 1972 Eisteddfod festival is printed on white stock and measures 14 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. A woodcut portraying an American pilgrim riding a horse with a curved horn in his hand is engraved at the top of the 7 festival posters. There are some minor flaws, including light creases to the corners or edges. The edges of a few posters are very slightly darkened. Very good.
The posters are as follows:
1. "Eisteddfod Southeastern Massachusetts University - 72 / September 22nd, 23rd & 24th [1972] / folk music concerts, workshops, ceilidhs and square dancing" featuring Gordon Bok, Norman Kennedy, Louis Killen, Dwayne Thorpe, & The Wildflowers, among others.
2. "Eisteddfod Southeastern Massachusetts University - 75 / September 19th, 20th & 21st [1975] / folk music concerts, workshops, ceilidhs, country dancing and crafts" featuring Jean Redpath, Wilf Wareham, Richard Hughes & Walter Scott, among others.
3. "Traditional Festival / Folk Music / Dance / Crafts / September 16th, 17th & 18th [1977]Eisteddfod Southeastern Massachusetts University - 77" featuring Bill Price, Paul Geremia, Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise, Common Ground, among others.
4. "Eisteddfod-Ceilidh proudly presents an evening of traditional Irish music / Joe Heaney / Seamus Connolly / De Danann / Friday October 21st '77".
5. "Eisteddfod Spept 28-29-30 (1979) / free folk music / workshops & mini concerts / country dancing / free crafts fair / children's concert" featuring the Cape Breton Gaelic Singers, Peter Bellamy, etc.
6. "Traditional Festival / Folk Music / Dance / Crafts / September 26-27-28 / Southeastern Massachusetts University 1980 Eisteddfod traditional arts festival".
7. "10th Eisteddfod / Southeastern Massachusetts University Eisteddfod Traditional Arts Festival .. Sept 25-26-27, 1981".
8. "Eisteddford SMU traditional arts festival / Sept 24 Sept 25 Sept 26" [1982] featuring The Paton Family and The Sharon Mountain Band, among others.
Born in Freetown, Massachusetts, the graphic artist, calligrapher and designer Howard T. Glasser (1930-2017) studied at New York's High School of Music & Art, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the Art Students League of New York. He studied lettering under Asnold Banks and went on to work as a commercial artist though the 1950s and 60s. Although he had never attended college, after teaching calligraphy at Cooper Union he was offered an Assistant Professorship at Pittsbugh's Carnegie Mellon University. He went on to teach at the University of Rhode Island and finally at Southeastern Massachusetts University where he founded the University's famous Eisteddfod festival. Very good .
Keywords: ART; CRAFTS; MUSIC; TRADITIONAL; DANCE; IRISH; CELTIC; HOWARD T. GLASSER; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ORIGINAL POSTERS; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; WOODCUT; PILGRIM ON HORSE; FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL; EISTEDDFOD; SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNIVERSITY; WORKSHOPS; EISTED
- Book number: 96625
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