100 Artists of the Midwest
100 Artists of the Midwest

Author: E. Ashley Rooney

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764341052

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This expansive book takes a fresh look at 100 living artists from the Midwest, their personal stories and inspirations, along with several examples of their works. A wealth of urban settings, wide plains, flourishing cities, rushing rivers, and placid lakes are source material and inspiration for the artists. These works show how each artist interprets life. They explore the richness of the homegrown imagery of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin – their culture, society, and environment. They are delineating our stories for future generations in oil, pastels, sculpture, and other media. Their works are displayed in over 600 full color images. This book is essential for all who appreciate or practice art today.

Trends in Artist Occupations, 1970-1990
Trends in Artist Occupations, 1970-1990

Author: Diane Ellis

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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This report examines the characteristics of the artist population in 1990 and compares them to the 1980 and 1970 census results. Artist occupations selected for study include: actors and directors; announcers; architects; authors; dancers; designers; musicians and composers; painters, sculptors, craft-artists, and artist printmakers; photographers; teachers of art, drama and music in higher education; and artists, performers, and related workers not classified elsewhere. The study examines: (1) "Growth in the Artist Work Force"; (2) "Geographic Trends"; (3) "Demographic Trends"; (4) "Trends Among Women and Minority Artists"; (5) "Age Trends"; (6) "Education Trends"; (7) "Full Time Work Last Year"; (8) "Earnings Trends"; and (9) "Occupation Profiles." Findings indicate that very significant changes have occurred over the target time period. Artists have become more geographically diverse over the two decades. Growth among artist occupations has substantially outdistanced that for the labor force as a whole and for all professional occupations, of which artists account for about one-tenth. Incomes for artists, however, lag significantly behind those for other professionals of equal education and training. The report includes extensive tables and graphs of statistical information. (MM)

The Chicago Tribune Guide to Midwest Travel
The Chicago Tribune Guide to Midwest Travel

Author: Chicago Tribune Staff

Publisher: Agate Digital

Published: 2015-12-22

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 1572845015

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The Chicago Tribune Guide to Midwest Travel, composed of articles from the Chicago Tribune's travel experts, is a convenient and unique handbook for traveling throughout the Midwest. The book is organized by state, then features general recommendations for restaurants, museums, hotels, and outdoor activities. Also included are insights on travel accessories, mobile apps, outdoor gear, technology, and even tips on taking the best vacation photography. This book offers a diverse variety of experts' advice, making it well-suited for any kind of travel: family vacation, weekend getaways, and even business travel. The Chicago Tribune Guide to Midwest Travel reveals destinations, festivals, and attractions that easily may have been overlooked otherwise. Whether readers want to visit a new region or embark on a nearby adventure, this one-of-a-kind guide from a trusted source will make any trip more memorable.

Leelanau
Leelanau

Author: Ken Scott

Publisher: Partners Publishers Group

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9780966239997

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Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume Two
Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume Two

Author: Philip A. Greasley

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2016-08-08

Total Pages: 1074

ISBN-13: 0253021162

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The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film, comic strips, graphic novels, and environmental writing. Prepared by a team of scholars, this second volume of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature is a comprehensive resource that demonstrates the Midwest's continuing cultural vitality and the stature and distinctiveness of its literature.

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Publisher: Youguide International BV

Published:

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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Sketchbook Confidential 2
Sketchbook Confidential 2

Author: Pamela Wissman

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-05-04

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1440316996

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More secrets from the private sketches of 38 master artists The idea may be derived from anything really--a flash of sunlight, the tilt of a head, a glass on the table...but the sketch is where it all begins, the point where inspiration meets artist. Gloriously free of the need to get it "right," the sketch is where possibilities are explored, compositions are found, and visions come to life. A brilliant follow-up to the first Sketchbook Confidential, this book grants you access to 38 of art's most creative minds via their sketchbooks. Whether created in studios, subways or the middle of a farmyard, these sketches represent art in its raw form. Up until now, this work has been tucked inside drawers or on studio bookshelves. Now the artists lay it out for all to see, along with intimate musings on the art of sketching and how it helps them commune with a subject, find their path to a finished piece or discover even greater rewards in the journey itself.

Indianapolis Monthly
Indianapolis Monthly

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Publisher:

Published: 1999-03

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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Indianapolis Monthly is the Circle City’s essential chronicle and guide, an indispensable authority on what’s new and what’s news. Through coverage of politics, crime, dining, style, business, sports, and arts and entertainment, each issue offers compelling narrative stories and lively, urbane coverage of Indy’s cultural landscape.

One Hundred Portraits
One Hundred Portraits

Author: Barry Moser

Publisher:

Published: 2010-03-15

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781567924039

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Barry Moser is generally and justly regarded as the most important book artist of the past quarter-century, a tradition begun in this country by N.C. Wyeth, extended by Rockwell Kent, and furthered by artists as diverse as Jim Dine and Leonard Baskin. Moser's watercolors, woodcuts, and wood engravings have informed and adorned more than a hundred books, many of them central to the English-speaking canon, by writers such as Melville, Shelley, Welty, and Twain. In all his efforts, it is his preoccupation with the character of the creator that is manifest and dominant. Here, in a selection of one hundred portraits, fifty of them created especially for this book, we see the full range of his genius in portrayals of writers (Dante, Dickens, O'Connor, Willard, Oates), musicians and composers (Chopin, Handel, Wagner), artists (Whistler, Rembrandt, Shahn), and even politicians (Lincoln, King, Webster).