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Folk Art and Artists SeriesClose looks at the practice and meanings of folk expression. Series editor: Michael Owen Jones, Professor Emeritus of University at California at Los Angeles.Chicano Graffiti and Murals: The Neighborhood Art of Peter Quezada The Holiday Yards of Florencio Morales King of the Western Saddle: The Sheridan Saddle and the Art of Don King Neo-Pagan Sacred Art and Altars: Making Things Whole Peyote Religious Art: Symbols of Faith and Belief Santeria Garments and Altars: Speaking Without a Voice Vietnam Remembered: The Folk Art of Marine Combat Veteran Michael D. Cousino, Sr. |
READ OUR BLOGOn the Horizon: Scotty and ElvisWhen Elvis Presley first showed up at Sam Phillips’s Memphis-based Sun Records studio, he was a shy teenager in search of a sound. Phillips invited a local guitarist named Scotty Moore to stand in. Scotty listened carefully to the young singer and immediately realized that Elvis had something special. Along with bass player Bill Black, the trio recorded an old blues number called “That’s All (read more...) |



