For the first time in Musikfest’s 41-year history, fiber techniques were used to create its annual poster.

Wet and needle felting, embroidered accents and multiple fiber techniques were used by ArtsQuest Teaching Artist and Artist-in-Residence Mallory Zondag, a mixed-media fiber artist, to create the 2025 poster.

Zondag’s work, rooted in the natural world, uses imagery and phenomena to mirror lives and our experiences. Connecting the Musikfest poster art to this idea, Zondag’s artwork shows how the “ecosystem of our community” truly works.

“Thinking about the design, I wanted to take all of the landmark buildings from both the North and South-Sides to show they are all connected through an entangled root system,” said Zondag.

“I actually used music staffs for some of the roots to represent Musikfest and the music that brings people in our community and beyond together,” Zondag said.

“Mallory is an accomplished artist who, in addition to teaching and exhibiting her work, has also created the popular ‘Touch Collection’ in the Sensory Space at The Banana Factory,” says ArtsQuest Senior Director of Visual Arts and Education Lisa Harms.

“Mallory has been a Teaching and Exhibiting Artist with ArtsQuest since 2017, as well as a rostered artist through our partnership with the PA Council on the Arts,” Harms said.

Musikfest is set for Aug. 1 -10, with a preview night July 31, 2025.