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| Size | About 150 items |
| Abstract | Judith McWillie is an artist, author of numerous essays on art and culture, and professor emeritus of drawing and painting at the Lamar Dodd School of Art in Athens, Ga. Much of her work centers on African American artists. Her book No Space Hidden: The Spirit of African American Yard Work (2005), co-written with Grey Gundaker, won the Southern Anthropological Society's James Mooney Award. The collection consists of videtapes and DVDs recorded by Judith McWillie of persons and events relating to southern vernacular art and her field work in Cuba. Subjects include individual sourthern artists, especially those in Memphis, Tenn.; yard workers; and clubs and street life. There is also footage of El Vez, the Mexican Elvis, and Clarence Giddens, the Black Elvis, performing at the Georgia Theater in Athens, Ga. Notable folk artists documented in the collection include Howard Finster, Lonnie Holley, Joni Mabe, and J.B. Murray. |
| Creator | McWillie, Judith. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical
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Judith McWillie is an artist, author, and professor. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Memphis State University and her Masters of Fine Arts degree from the Ohio State University. She is professor emeritus of drawing and painting at the Lamar Dodd School of Art in Athens, Ga. Much of her work centers on African American artists. As an artist, her paintings and photographs have been in solo and group exhibitions at a variety of locations throughout the United States and Europe, including the Georgia Museum of Art, the New York State Museum, and Rutgers University. She is the author of numerous essays on arts and culture. Her book No Space Hidden: The Spirit of African American Yard Work (2005), co-written with Grey Gundaker, won the Southern Anthropological Society's James Mooney Award.
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Scope and Content
The collection consists of videtapes and DVDs recorded by Judith McWillie of persons and events relating to southern vernacular art and her field work in Cuba. Subjects include individual sourthern artists, especially those in Memphis, Tenn.; yard workers; and clubs and street life. There is also footage of El Vez, the Mexican Elvis, and Clarence Giddens, the Black Elvis, performing at the Georgia Theater in Athens, Ga. Notable folk artists documented in the collection include Howard Finster, Lonnie Holley, Joni Mabe, and J.B. Murray.
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Judith McWillie Papers, 1984-2011
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All materials are in VHS cassette format unless otherwise noted. Titles have been transcribed from videotape labels.
Processed by: Danielle Fasig with assistance from Rachel Shope, January 2013
Encoded by: Danielle Fasig, January 2013
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