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The Arts Interviews: Series One

The Arts Interviews: Series One Larry Edwards Larry Edwards was the head of the Art Department at the University of Memphis for many years. The evolution of his creative work has taken him from abstract expressionism to landscapes to surrealism, and he is best known for his surreal paintings and pastel drawings of animals and people in everyday situations gone awry, images rich with social commentary. Individual - Home Use. $24.95 + tax Institutional/Educational License . DVD $34.95 + tax     The Arts Interviews: Series One George Hunt George Hunt is a well-known folk artist and painter inspired by Blues musicians and African American themes. His artwork has provided imagery for Memphis in May Music Heritage Festival posters for nearly twenty years. In 1996, he was selected to paint a series of 24 portraits for the Blues & Legends Hall of Fame; many of these paintings were included in his “Conjurating the Blues” exhibit, which toured the country in 2003-2004 for the Year of the Blues. His “Little Rock Nine” was made into a postage stamp, and the original painting hung in the White House during the Clinton Administration. He has taught art at Carver High School for over 35 years. Individual - Home Use. $24.95 + tax Institutional/Educational License . DVD $34.95 + tax     The Arts Interviews: Series One Dick Knowles Dick Knowles, a long-time professor of art at the University of Memphis, is an abstract painter whose work is inspired by geographic aerials and other forms of nature. His past work includes paintings both figurative and surreal, including a series of portraits that studied the refractions of light on bodies in water. Founder of the art magazine Untitled, Knowles was very involved in putting together exhibitions and group shows that brought together the community of independent artists in Memphis in the 1970s. Individual - Home Use. $24.95 + tax Institutional/Educational License . DVD $34.95 + tax     The Arts Interviews: Series One Marjorie Liebman Marjorie Liebman was one of the founding members of Art Today, a group that brought contemporary art to the Memphis Brooks Museum. Betty Parsons represented her work in the heyday of the Abstract Expressionist movement in New York in the 1950s. Liebman counted such great artists as Ad Reinhardt, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko among her colleagues. She is best known for her abstract expressionist work, her portraiture and figurative work, and her vibrant florals. Individual - Home Use. $24.95 + tax Institutional/Educational License . DVD $34.95 + tax     The Arts Interviews: Series One Veda Reed Veda Reed, a painter of “sky events” and landscape, moved to Memphis from the plains of Oklahoma many years ago. She enrolled at the Memphis College of Art (then the Memphis Academy of Art), and after graduating, she taught there for many years and later became a trustee. Her influences include Burton Callicott, her former teacher, colleague, and close friend. Individual - Home Use. $24.95 + tax Institutional/Educational License . DVD $34.95 + tax     The Arts Interviews: Series One Murry Riss Murray Riss was invited by Ted Rust to come to Memphis to start the photography department at Memphis College of Art. His photography is in collections at the Museum of Modern Art and other revered institutions across the country and overseas. He received an NEA Individual Artist Fellowship in 1975, and lived and taught in Israel for a year. Also an accomplished painter, Riss produces photographs that reflect a painter’s sensibility of light and color. Individual - Home Use. $24.95 + tax Institutional/Educational License . DVD $34.95 + tax     The Arts Interviews: Series One Ted Rust Ted Rust, a sculptor, was director of Memphis College of Art for 26 years, beginning in 1949. Under his leadership, the school grew significantly, became an accredited college, and moved from Adams Avenue to its current location in Overton Park. Many of his sculptures are inspired by the stories and characters of the Old Testament. Individual - Home Use. $24.95 + tax Institutional/Educational License . DVD $34.95 + tax     The Arts Interviews: Series One Dolph Smith Dolph Smith, a watercolor painter, bookmaker, sculptor, and arts advocate, began the papermaking program at Memphis College of Art, where he taught for many years alongside fellow artists Veda Reed and Burton Callicott. Individual - Home Use. $24.95 + tax Institutional/Educational License . DVD $34.95 + tax     The Arts Interviews: Series One Mahaffey White Mahaffey White, who grew up in Memphis, spent many years as a clothing designer in New York City before returning home with her husband to raise her children. An accomplished jewelry designer, sculptor, and photographer, she taught for many years at Southwest Tennessee Community College (formerly Shelby State), where she wrote or co-wrote nearly all of the class curricula for the art department. Individual - Home Use. $24.95 + tax Institutional/Educational License . DVD $34.95 + tax     The Arts Interviews: Series One Ernest Withers Ernest Withers is famous for his photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, Negro League Baseball, and Memphis Music. His catalog includes over 12 million photographs, including many famous images – a picture of Elvis and B.B. King together – the gathering of sanitation workers during the 1968 strike in Memphis – Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his “Mountaintop” speech – among countless others. Individual - Home Use. $24.95 + tax Institutional/Educational License . DVD $34.95 + tax