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Happy Thanksgiving

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The Secret Paintings of Clementine Hunter

Garden Cinderella Goes to the Smithsonian
Celebrated southern folk artist (Clemen-teen) Hunter
loved Zinnias, so maybe it is fitting that she also be known as the name of her favorite flower…Garden Cinderella.

A fitting name perhaps as the details of her life unfolds…

Born sometime in the late 1880s, the self-taught painter worked as a servant on a plantation where she also lived.

Hunter had little formal schooling and could not read or write. But Hunter later began charging visitors pennies to visit her dwelling and view her exhibits, and gradually became known to the public. Hunter lived to be over 100 years of age (1988).

A biography co-authored by Professor Tom Whitehead, who knew her personally, documents her remarkable life and achievements, and the impact her paintings had in the art world. Hunter’s art was so popular, it triggered a crime ring and federal indictments.

And although Hunter once turned down then-President Jimmy Carter’s invitation to travel to the White House, her art will now make the journey to a permanent home in  Washington, DC. According to professor Whitehead,
a collection of six of her paintings has now been donated to the Smithsonian.

Red Zinna

Cheers!

References

Clementine Hunter Artist.com
Note: Blog maintained by gentlemen
raised on the plantation
and knew the artist
http://clementinehunterartist.com/

LSU.edu
“Clementine Hunter” Offers First Comprehensive Biography of Self-Taught Artist
Authors Reveal Louisiana Painter’s Impact on Modern Art World,
Detail Decades-Long Forgery Operation
http://tinyurl.com/qevjzh9

National Museum of African American History and Culture,
19th division of the Smithsonian Institution.
http://www.nmaahcproject.com/

Nader’s Gallery.com
Clementine Hunter Bio
httFakes, Finds, and the Story of Clementine Hunter

 




MusicBiz Notes: Quiz

4 Questions About the Music Business

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Back in 2009, I took a course from Foothill College called
Music Business and one of the assignments involved listening to a song I’d never heard before. The link had no pictures. I did know who the musician featured was and groaned…

In general, my favorite category of music is pop and if you search through my CD collection Simply Red, Celine Dion, Michael or Janet Jackson could be found among my favorites.

I hit the link and listened. I didn’t like the song…I loved it!
I couldn’t stop grinning. What a delight. Music of a bygone era but Les Paul Paul..timeless
An awesome musician and entrepreneur…

I found a Youtube that best matches what I heard six years ago.
How High the Moon… 3 Minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOzB7I2y7Ic

Note: Music Business 50 at Foothill has been updated since 2009 and deaf students can take the class.  And the music tech department offers a wide array of classes. For example, composing for video games, entertainment law, Pro tools certification, mastering marketing and managing your music (60c).

The music technology program is considered one of the finest at the junior college level
with students from around the country.
http://www.foothill.edu/musictechnology/

4 Sample Questions  from
MusicBiz Notes

1. Where’s the Money?
What professional should a musician consult when there is a dispute over money that may be owned for music sales?

A. Forensic Accountant
B. Private Detective
C. Entertainment Lawyer

 2.  Prince shook up the industry when he took control of his music and began marketing his music online. Can you name other artists who have used proactive or grassroots marketing methods?

3. The Weavers and Peter, Paul and Mary combined social activism with their music during the civil rights era and beyond. Can you name two other artists who have used their celebrity for socio-political causes in the 21st century?

4. T or F?  Many aspiring musicians ignore the business side of the industry in the mistaken belief that they need an MBA to protect themselves in the industry.




MusicBiz Notes

Music Biz Notes: A Beginner’s Guide to Overlooked Tips, Facts & Lessons about the Music Business and the Music Industry... 38-pages, more than 85 links with 19 questions, including three video-based activities, pdf, print enabled.

Irreverent, entertaining, and educational bits about selected men, women, and groups, including Les Paul, Lloyd Price, Aretha Franklin, Adele, and Vintage Trouble. It’s a diverse collection of industry icons…onstage and behind the scenes.

Contents will help inspire answers to questions such as 

Borge
Borge

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Nature’s Tranquilizers

Fish Therapy

This is an excerpt adapted from the new Biz Literacy worksheets: S for Success…
If animals and Insects Were Entrepreneurs.

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In 2004, Purdue University published a study that found aquarium owners
had lowered anxiety and blood pressure. Other studies document a variety of health issues and improvements noted.

And Students who own fish have higher Math and Verbal SAT scores, than non-pet owners, according to some animal experts.

References

Purdue citation
Anthrozoos
Bloomsbury.com
http://tinyurl.com/n8xytch

MIT Press.edu
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/urban-place




Moonlighting Banned On The High Seas

19th Century Lightship Workers

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In dark dangerous waters, men men worked aboard whaling vessels to provide light at night for ships.In time, Lightship workers in Nantucket, Rhode Island began to weave baskets, which became prized items with tourists.
Lightship duty…probably 90 percent boredom and a lot more than 10 percent shear terror. Duties first, then…time killing activity was the norm. Basket Weaving was a New England past time.
[Lightship] pay was poor [making baskets] became a source of both income as well as a means to pass long boring days and nights…,” according to a U.S.Coast Guard Lightship Sailors International historian.
Unfortunately,  by early 1900s, the workers, considered to be federal employees, were ordered to case basket weaving because the activity,  government officials ruled, was considered
to be moonlighting.

References
Nantucket Lightshp Basket Museum.org
http://tinyurl.com/ks3vrzr

U.S. Coast Guard Sailors International, Inc
http://www.uscglightshipsailors.org/

Youtube
Home Book Review: Lightship Baskets of Nantucket by
Martha R. Lawrence, Martha Lawrence
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_cVvDVL-ts

What Loneliness Wroug
Riedel, Catherine
Periodical | Yankee. Jul/Aug2007, Vol. 71 Issue 4, p62-62. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.

The article offers information on baskets made by seafarers who manned the lightships …
Periodical | Forbes; 9/21/1998, Vol. 162 Issue 6, p288-289, 2p, 3 Color Photographs
Informs of Nantucket lightship baskets. Origin of the intricately woven baskets.




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