2026 Sheepdog and Sunflowers - Celebrating 50 Years - Large Poster

Celebrate 50 years of the Common Ground Fair with us in 2026! 

Brenda McGuinness is the artist of this year's poster design. As an avid spectator at sheepdog trials in both Ireland and Maine, McGuinness has long been fascinated by the quiet bond between dog and handler. Witnessing how they understand the task and each other is, she says, something truly special and deserving of celebration.

"I studied the previous posters for the fair and enjoyed the array of plants and animals selected to represent it each year,” says Brenda McGuinness, artist of the 2026 design. “I noticed that while a wide variety of farm animals had been featured over the years, there hadn't yet been a poster that focused primarily on a dog."