Record #:

28901

Author(s):

Patterson, Tom

Abstract:

The North Carolina Arts Council has faced a number of risks and challenges to support artists across the state. This article covers the history, politics, and direction of public funding of artists in North Carolina.

Source:

NC Arts (NoCar Oversize NX 1 N22x), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Fall 1991, p1-3, il, por

Subject(s):

Art and state; Art and society

Record #:

28902

Author(s):

Martin, Wayne

Abstract:

Etta Baker was a Piedmont blues guitarist and singer from Morganton, North Carolina. Wayne Martin and the North Carolina Arts Council initiated the production of Etta Baker: One Dime Blues in 1988. Martin recorded hours of tape of Baker’s music in her home, documentation that will be available for researchers and scholars of traditional music.

Source:

NC Arts (NoCar Oversize NX 1 N22x), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Fall 1991, p7, por

Subject(s):

Baker, Etta; Blues--Piedmont; Blues musicians

Record #:

28904

Author(s):

Ryan, Deborah E.

Abstract:

The Design Assembly was the first interdisciplinary gathering of North Carolina designers. The assembly brought eighty-eight designers, artists, scholars, historians, teachers, and administrators together last May in Asheville. The diversity offered a broad perspective of issues in developing a checklist for social responsibility.

Source:

NC Arts (NoCar Oversize NX 1 N22x), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Fall 1991, p11, por

Subject(s):

Designers--North Carolina, Western; Arts--Censorship--Raleigh