Podcast appearances and mentions of henry faulkner

Episode 16 of the Art Throb podcast features John Hockensmith who is the owner of Hockensmith Fine Art Editions Gallery and Press in Georgetown. We talk about the retrospective exhibition of over 188 artworks by Lexington artist Henry Faulkner on show at the Headley Whitney Museum until 12 November.  Henry Faulkner was a prolific artist until his untimely death in 1981 when his car was t-boned at the corner of 3rd and Broadway by a driver who ran the light.  This exhibition is a Centennial Jubilee celebration of Henry's birth in 1924.  John had a personal relationship with Faulkner having met him in his impressionable twenties when he had just opened his gallery and framing business.  Faulkner was born in Simpson Country, Kentucky, lost his mother when he was just two years old, was placed into the foster care system and then at 15 placed in an orphanage  because his foster father found him too effeminate.  Eccentric and flamboyant all his life, he lived in Lexington where he often cross-dressed and would ride his bike around downtown.  His charismatic personality and his vivid paintings drew the attention of many celebrities.  This exhibition at the Headley Whitney Museum is truly extraordinary with so many owners of Henry Faulkner's work having generously  lent their works, but really it was a large number of paintings that John Hockensmith secured from the massive collection owned by First Southern National Bank in Stamford, Kentucky that established the cornerstone of this exhibition.John Hockensmith has produced a catalogue of this exhibition that will be available at the beginning of November.

Mariam interviews artist and activist Robert Morgan about his recollections of Sweet Evening Breeze.

Mariam interviews artist and activist Robert Morgan about his life with the internationally known queer Kentucky artist, Henry Faulkner.

JP Johnson tells the story of the time artist Henry Faulkner’s goat, Alice, disappeared for several weeks in 1965, and gives a preview of Lexington Public Library’s Henry Faulkner Week, February 25-March 3, 2019.

Today's nugget of Key West history comes to us from a blog post by artist, Anja Marais. I'm living on a quaint lane in Old Town Key West for the last six years in a wooden Victorian house. My first impression walking in as a tenant to be was the good feeling that just oozed out of the Dade County pine standing strong like a ship on land. It already embarked on a journey a long time ago, and I just happened to board on one of its many pit stops. I would come across small odd clues and reminisces hidden and cradled in would have forgotten ghost and on an Easter hot I started collecting questions. Why is there different layers of bright neon green paint under the door Brown, fresh painted fours? Why is there a photo of a man with a goat staring at me from its buckled copper friend? Why is this house full of antique gaudy Italian carved mirrors with crumbling flying cherubs? This is how I got acquainted with Henry fault, his art and his flagrant life. Henry fault now was born in Egypt, Kentucky, into a sad childhood that has the makings of an Edgar Allan Poe tale. From a volatile Father to the slow death of his Mother his sensitive nature was formed and overcast by becoming an orphan dumped into the welfare system moving from one to the other foster family. He even had a foster mother in remote Appalachia that treated him like a girl that she rather wanted. His adult life was peppered with debilitating incidents like being mugged with a hammer as an adult, with a blow to the head discrimination against being gay. That included slurs and beatings and after all these sets, any other human might have sunk into self pity, but not Henry, his insecurities and pain poured like a syrup into manifestations of poetry, art and a flamboyant lifestyle. He became best friends with Tennessee Williams, the Bertolt Brecht, family, and befriended Ernest Hemingway. In his Key West days, he became the life and heartbeat of many parties and art gatherings. He also became the savior of the outcast, and forgotten any animal that he could find abandoned and tortured. He will rescue and become part of his own bizarre family that included Alice the goat. The rumor goes that he had painted the floors in the house green so that Alice could feel more at home galloping through the pastures. He wrote numerous poetry and was a prolific painter. Currently his house is in the Bertolt Brecht family trust, since his son Stephen and Henry Faulkner were good friends. We are the temporary careful takers of this property. It is one of the last untouched houses in Key West that stayed exactly the same for the last five decades without any additions or changes. It still has a will on the yard and the kitchen is separate from the house built to prevent the spread of fire. There's even a couple of movies shot in the house like criss cross with building hone in 1992. Okay, well, let's just say that wasn't the greatest movie ever. I was told by a neighbor that has lived on the lane his whole life that Henry thought and Tennessee Williams had major parties. The two would sit on the front balcony and some Navy sailors would parade down the lane and only the selected ones were allowed to enter to join the party. No wonder this house has good vibes. I cringe for the day that this house will be turned into the rest of key West's now sterile "meringue cake" houses that are buff and overly manicured by rich out of towners. But for now enjoy the character of old Key West the days of poets, hippies, and famous riders. When I work in my studio, I feel a solidarity almost as if Henry is peeking over my shoulder with that sweet Mona Lisa smile of his it was today December 5 in 1981 that artists Henry Faulkner was killed in a car crash in his hometown of Lexington, Kentucky. He was killed by a drunk driver. Faulkner spent many years as a winter resident at Key West and that's what happened today in Key West history. Today in Key West History is brought to you by 43 Keys Media. To learn more about our glorious past of the Florida Keys. Visit http://43 keys. com. This and other shows about our amazing Florida Keys are available. Also as an Alexa, flash briefing. To learn more about that visit http://43keys.com.  

Mariam interviews Dr. Jonathan Coleman about the founding of the Faulkner Morgan Pagan Babies Archive and the upcoming “Out in Plain Sight” exhibit at Lexington Public Library.

Guest Dice Mechanic Games AutoKill is our brand of car combat culture with art, comics, forthcoming table top game and a range of 20mm conversion parts for your die-cast death machines! Dice Mechanic Games (@DiceMechGames) on Twitter Dice Mechanic Games | AutoKill | Vehicular Combat Hey there! This week I talk to Henry Faulkner one half of Dice Mechanic Games. As you will hear in the show Henry and his pal Owen just decided to make games for fun and to see what happens. It is a great story and I hope that Henry continues to develop his ideas and his game Autokill, a car based skirmish game set in a semi apocalyptical world. As he mentions in the show he is looking for people to assist in playing/developing the game so if you want to support him then check out the autokill facebook page or the website he gives out in the show. I hope you enjoy! NEW RSS: http://feeds.podiant.co/paintalltheminis/rss.xml