Kaffe Fassett Kaffe Fassett was born in San Francisco in 1937. Kaffe is a bestselling author, has hosted his own TV series and was the first textile artist ever to have a separate show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in 1988. Kaffe ventured into the world of colourful yarn on a visit to a Scottish wool mill with fashion designer Bill Gibb. Inspired by the colours in the landscape, Kaffe was thrilled to find the same colours in yarns. His first designs where featured in Vogue kitting magazine as a full page spread.
In his artwork he does a lot of scribbling, uses symbols, and skull imagery. His style is raw and he uses political and religious iconography. In my opinion his art is some of the best art that I’ve seen. He had a deep drive to show positive and happy thoughts. His work ethic was great and he was very passionate about what he did.
Caitlyn Chandler Music Appreciation Period 3 12.9.11 Ol’ Blue Eyes “Sinatra knew how to make sophisticated craft sound as natural as an intimate conversation or personal confession” – Gene Lees Francis Albert Sinatra was born on December 12th, 1915 in Hoboken New Jersey. He was the son of Martin, a Captain at the Hoboken Fire Department, and Dolly Sinatra. He attended Demarest High School in Hoboken. He was never really serious about school and ended up leaving before he graduated. In fact, he got expelled after only 47 days because of his “rowdy behavior” Frank took a job as a delivery boy for the Jersey Observer Newspaper, and later as a riveter at the Tietjan and Lang shipyard.
Their participative style management allows their designs team to be creative and current when designing new products for the company. The ideas are then tested on their family and friends but in the end the final decisions about products is left up to the co-founders. Question 2 Strong leadership affects all aspects of the business from the ground up. The effectiveness of Budman and Greens leadership could be gauged as effective. They continue to maintain the high quality standards they first introduced in 1973 by being open with their consumers.
Walker Evans was born on the 3rd of November 1903 and died 10th of April 1975.He was an American photographer that is best known for capturing the effects of the Great Depression for the Farm Security Administration. He was born in Saint Louis, into a reasonably affluent family. His father was an advertising executive. Walker disliked the establishment and wanted to become a writer. He studied literature at Williams College for a year, before dropping out and going to Paris.
He was a product of all the societies he lived in in some way, but more importantly he shaped society with his brilliant mind for years to come. He affected the society in so many ways that pinpointing one of his accomplishments in one category would not be enough, which is why I will end with this paragraph from the autobiography; “When we try to force Franklin into a single role, when we choose one portrait of him over many others, we lose him. He was a printer and scientist, politician and humorist, cartoonist and poet. He was Silence Dogood, the Busy Body, Poor Richard, and the dozens of other names he gave to his myriad writings. He was even Ben Franklin.
At age 17, Steinbeck graduated from Salinas High School and attended Stanford University. He took the courses he though were useful to help him start his career as a writer, but he did not decide to pursue a degree. Between 1919 and 1925 he alternated working at Spreckles Sugar Company and studying. In 1925 Steinbeck quits college and travels to New York as a reporter, but after a few months of work, he is fired.
Jean Michel Basquiat. Jean Michel Basquiat, though he left school at 17 was a very educated man, born to a Haitian father a Puerto Rican mother his work shows immense talent and asks a lot of questions in regard to see how we see race, despite his short carer of 6 yeas he managed in a few short years to become one of the most celebrated artists of his style of neo-expressionist in the 20th century. The artist started out as a graffiti artist with his tag SAMO, partnered with another artist he created the term SAMO which is shorting for “same old shit” this is what he and his partner referred to as the weed they smoked, the tag SAMO became synonymous for the streets of New York city from 1977 to 1980, the tag often partnered with a slogan commented on commercialism in the 20th century. in 1980 after a disagreement with his partner the tag “SAMO is dead” started to appear which signified an end of an era. He became widely popular in the summer of 1980 as he moved more into the style the art which we know him for today, his graffiti artist beginnings shows throughout his work.
King get his own column in the college news paper called Kings garbage truck. It was Called Kings garbage truck because it was so unpredictable. King then graduates College on June fifth, 1970. King followed that success with a completing a novel. He finished the novel “Getting It on” in 1971, that novel was later rejected but it didn’t phase King, he just kept on writing (39).
The artist alone should not be the only one held accountable for the product produced. They are simply supplying a demand. The real question we should be asking ourselves is who is generating this demand and why. Shown in the documentary, Hip Hop Beyond Beats and Rhymes, following the popularity of Nelly's Tip drill video, he was met with resistance at Spelman College for his sexually exploitative portrayal of women. Although his cause and motivation, raising awareness and donors for his bone marrow foundation was admirable his efforts were overshadowed by negative connotations associated with his music.