Podcast appearances and mentions of Thomas Hart Benton

This is Part 2 of Mandolyn Wilson Rosen and my review of "Lifeline: Clyfford Still" 2019 directed by Dennis Scholl. It's a juicy art bio tell-all with a crusty curmudgeon as its talented but embittered subject. Don't forget to listen to Part 1 too! Find the film on Amazon ($2.99 SD) or for free on ⁠Kanopy⁠ Find Mandolyn online at: ⁠https://mandolynwilsonrosen.com⁠ and on IG at ⁠@mandolyn_rosen⁠ Artists mentioned: Philip Guston, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Willem DeKooning, Frank Stella, Donald Judd, Paul Cezanne, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Thomas Hart Benton, Art Problems Podcast Thank you, Mandy! Thank you, Listeners! Visit RuthAnn, a new artist-run gallery in Catskill, NY at @ruthanngallery and ruthanngallery.com All music by Soundstripe ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@peptalksforartists⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pep Talks website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠peptalksforartists.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Amy, your beloved host, on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@talluts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Amy's website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠amytalluto.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BuyMeACoffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donations always appreciated!

When the Industrial Revolution came to town, it inspired an opposite movement that may have changed the world. It certainly inspired a construction style and a whole bunch more.  Today we rub elbow's with Teddy Roosevelt, David Sedaris, Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Georgia O'Keefe, the Carnegies, Crayola Crayons, Edgar Allen Poe, Chicago Academy of Design and the Veterans Memorial in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 

Vineyard Folk by Tamara Weiss & Amanda Benchley The true soul of Martha's Vineyard, captured through the eyes of the talented artists and artisans who live there.     Vineyard Folk leads us on an intimate journey into the lives and inspirational places of some of the many talented artists who have always made up the larger community of Martha's Vineyard. The island, located just seven miles off the coast of Cape Cod, has a long history as geographic muse: Lillian Hellman and William Styron wrote overlooking the Vineyard Haven harbor, and Thomas Hart Benton—whose influence is still felt in island painters today—depicted the stone walls and winding roads of what is known as “up-island” more than a hundred years ago.  Now, a new generation continues to build on these creative legacies, inspired by the island's ever-changing light, endless beaches, historic towns, and rolling fields. Vineyard Folk features painters, potters, poets, musicians, and actors, among many others, and the unique ways they work, live, and play.  Above all, Vineyard Folk is a love letter to a remarkable island community. With personal interviews and candid photography, it is a collage of creativity, resilience, and hope. We celebrate these artists captured at this golden moment of time that may not last forever. On this episode you will meet some of the artists featured in the book- Brooke Adams, Brad Silberling, Michael Johnson, Juli Vanderhoop, Elizabeth Ceceil and author Tamara Weiss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From Kansas and Missouri to Oklahoma and Louisiana, it's all about art on this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show. Hear about folk artist Clementine Hunter and Caroline Dormon in Natchitoches, Louisiana, along with Kansas City and Missouri muralist Thomas Hart Benton and Eric Bransby, and acclaimed destinations like the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee.FEATURED GUESTS:- ROGER BELL - President of theJefferson Highway Association - https://jeffersonhighway.org/- ARLENEGOULD - Executive Director of the Natchitoches Convention & Visitors Bureau in Louisiana - https://natchitoches.com/- SEAN BARNEY - Executive Director of the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee, Oklahoma - http://www.fivetribes.org/- VICTORIA CHICK - Artist & Art History Expert - https://victoriachick.com/Website & Article Links That Relate to the Conversation: * Thomas Hart Benton: https://tinyurl.com/4sm7c2vy* Eric Bransby: https://tinyurl.com/26tnfbrj* Clementine Hunter / Melrose Plantation: http://www.melroseplantation.org/* Caroline Dormon / Briarwood Nature Preserve: https://briarwoodnp.org/The Jefferson Highway Association was originally founded by the Jefferson Highway in 1915. This international highway is also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana.The Big Blend Radio "Jefferson Highway" Podcast airs every 4th Thursday at 6pm CT.The Big Blend Radio "Jefferson Highway" Podcast airs every 4th Thursday at 6pm CT. Follow the show here: https://tinyurl.com/yc2ur6mr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dina hosts Dawn's story about the Thomas Hart Benton, while we drink a Gin Rickey hooch. Follow Us! ozarkshaintsnhooch.weebly.com Ozarks Haints N Hooch on Patreon Instagram and Faceboook - @ozarkshaintsnhooch Contact us! OzarksHaintsNHooch@gmail.com @OzarksHaintsNHooch is Dawn Larsen and Dina Larsen Gillman

Controversial items are nothing new to GBH's Antiques Roadshow, but when an artist's study sketch was brought to the show's 2007 event in Baltimore, MD it seemed unlikely to be one. However, it was because of the bigger picture – literally –a mural created for the state of Indiana by Thomas Hart Benton and unveiled at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair in which lurks a controversy that continues to this day. Join host Adam Monahan as he traces the story of how one artist challenged the era's standard view of history and insisted that depicting both the good and the bad were important records and lessons for generations to come.

Regionalist painter, lithographer, and muralist Thomas Hart Benton (1889 -1975 ) was a son of Missouri, and, although he studied modern art trends in Europe, spent years in New York, and was the first artist to have his picture on the cover of Time Magazine, he moved back to Missouri and made his mark on it with murals across the State and by influencing young artists through his teaching. On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Toast to The Arts" Show, artist Victoria Chick talks about the life and work of artist Thomas Hart Benton, and the places you can visit in Missouri that preserve and interpret his art and legacy. Read her article here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/exploring-thomas-hart-benton-country/ Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silver City, New Mexico. She appears on Big Blend Radio every 3rd Saturday. See her work: https://victoriachick.com/ 

Regionalist painter, lithographer, and muralist Thomas Hart Benton (1889 -1975 ) was a son of Missouri, and, although he studied modern art trends in Europe, spent years in New York, and was the first artist to have his picture on the cover of Time Magazine, he moved back to Missouri and made his mark on it with murals across the State and by influencing young artists through his teaching. On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Toast to The Arts" Show, artist Victoria Chick talks about the life and work of artist Thomas Hart Benton, and the places you can visit in Missouri that preserve and interpret his art and legacy. Read her article here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/exploring-thomas-hart-benton-country/Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silver City, New Mexico. She appears on Big Blend Radio every 3rd Saturday. See her work: https://victoriachick.com/

Regionalist painter, lithographer, and muralist Thomas Hart Benton (1889 -1975 ) was a son of Missouri, and, although he studied modern art trends in Europe, spent years in New York, and was the first artist to have his picture on the cover of Time Magazine, he moved back to Missouri and made his mark on it with murals across the State and by influencing young artists through his teaching. On this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Toast to The Arts" Show, artist Victoria Chick talks about the life and work of artist Thomas Hart Benton, and the places you can visit in Missouri that preserve and interpret his art and legacy. Read her article here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/exploring-thomas-hart-benton-country/ Victoria Chick is a contemporary figurative artist and early 19th/20th century print collector based in Silver City, New Mexico. She appears on Big Blend Radio every 3rd Saturday. See her work: https://victoriachick.com/ 

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 544, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: National Anthems 1: "Land der Berge, Land am Strome". Austria. 2: This large Asian country's "Jana-Gana-Mana" means "Thou art the ruler of the minds of all the people". India. 3: Franz Erkel, a noted composer of this country, wrote its nat'l anthem, "Isten Aldd Meg A Magyart". Hungary. 4: "Towards the East, an eye looks to Zion". Israel. 5: "Beneath our radiant Southern Cross, we'll toil with hearts and hands". Australia. Round 2. Category: Let's Play Some Basketball 1: In basketball, 2 types of these are personal and technical. fouls. 2: (Hi, I'm Allan Houston of the NBA.) I helped the U.S. bring home the men's basketball gold from the 2000 Summer Olympics held in this city. Sydney. 3: In the 2001 playoffs, Derek Fisher set a record, making 15 of these in 4 games against San Antonio. three-pointers. 4: (Hi, I'm Michael Finley.) As a Badger on this college basketball team, I became its all-time leading scorer with 2,147 points. the University of Wisconsin. 5: He coached the University of North Carolina men's college basketball team in 4 different decades. Dean Smith. Round 3. Category: Presidential Libraries 1: Along with his papers, his library contains a large mural by Thomas Hart Benton. Harry Truman. 2: The war exhibit "Korea Plus 50: No Longer Forgotten" is a joint-access project between the libraries of these 2 presidents. Truman and Eisenhower. 3: His library has a desk that's an exact replica of the one that his son was photographed under in 1963. John F. Kennedy. 4: Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gerald Ford. 5: Abilene, Kansas. Eisenhower. Round 4. Category: Banana Republic 1: Don't confuse this banana-producing nation whose name means "Sunday" with the country on Hispaniola. Dominica. 2: In 1998 the Cincinnati Enquirer apologized for stealing voice mails from this giant U.S. banana company. Chiquita. 3: In this country the Chapare region east of La Paz is fertile banana terrain. Bolivia. 4: Bananas are a culinary mainstay in Bahia, an Atlantic coast state in this South American country. Brazil. 5: This country bordering Kenya, Tanzania, Congo and Sudan is one of Africa's leading banana producers. Uganda. Round 5. Category: Famous Women 1: Drinks definitely were not on this pro-Prohibition woman. Carrie Nation. 2: She received a doctorate from Cambridge in 1965 after doing a thesis on chimpanzee behavior. Jane Goodall. 3: This former representative from Colorado co-chaired Gary Hart's presidential campaign. Pat Schroeder. 4: She died just a few months after her only book, "Black Beauty", was published. Anna Sewell. 5: Freed from slavery in 1827, she went to court to get her son back from the South; "verify" her. Sojourner Truth. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 507, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Etiquette 1: After a family meal, you may fold this item and place it back inside its ring. a napkin. 2: Miss Manners says that the only safe place to keep damaging love letters is in this place, "between burning logs". the fireplace. 3: If a prom date gives you one of these floral accessories, you must wear it or at least pin it to your purse. Corsage. 4: English speakers have been using this "magic word" since the 1300s, and when you ask for something, you should, too. please. 5: Emily Post says to think of this "as an aerosol spray of infection", so if there's no tissue, use the inside of your elbow. a sneeze. Round 2. Category: An Historic Occasion 1: This organization was formally born Oct. 24, 1945 with Soviet ratification of the charter. the United Nations. 2: It's not Hillary, it's Rebecca Latimer Felton, who on Nov. 21, 1922 became the first woman to serve in this body. the Senate. 3: An act passed by Parliament July 2, 1767 allowed duty-free exports of this to America--Party!!. tea. 4: The April 17, 1722 inoculation of 2 daughters of the Prince of Wales against this made the practice widely accepted. smallpox. 5: On Jan. 1, 1993 this republic came into being, and some of its people sought citizenship in the neighboring Czech Republic. Slovakia. Round 3. Category: National Statuary Hall 1: This cousin of John Adams represents Massachusetts in the collection. Samuel Adams. 2: Jefferson Davis represents this state in the hall. Mississippi. 3: This state is represented by a monarch. Hawaii. 4: This military officer and author of "Ben-Hur" represents Indiana. Lew Wallace. 5: This state is represented by a statue of Thomas Hart Benton. Missouri. Round 4. Category: Birdies 1: This tiny bird gets its name from the noise produced by its rapid wingbeat. Hummingbird. 2: Corvus brachyrhynchos, this common bird annoys farmers by eating crops like wheat and corn. Crow. 3: "All the little birds on Jaybird Street love to hear" this bird "go tweet, tweet, tweet". "Rockin' Robin". 4: A rapacious bird called the jaeger is a type of this, chosen as an NFL nickname in 1975. Seahawk. 5: A member of the heron family, this long-legged wader can be common, great or snowy. Egret. Round 5. Category: I'm Just Wild About Harry 1: "Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography" was co-written by Merle Miller and this man. Harry S. Truman. 2: Clint Eastwood played him 5 times on the big screen -- or was it six, punk? In all the excitement, I kind of forgot myself. Harry Callahan. 3: She sang lead on the No. 1 hit "Heart of Glass". Debbie Harry. 4: For more than a day-o he co-starred with Dorothy Dandridge in "Carmen Jones". Harry Belafonte. 5: This turn-of-the-century man began his career as a teenager doing card magic as "Eric The Great". Harry Houdini. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

This week, how art impacts how we see the world around us. ~~~ Immersive Van Gogh: https://www.kansascityvangogh.com Claude Monet, Boulevard des Capucines, (1873): https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/17852/boulevard-des-capucines George Caleb Bingham's Catalog: https://www.binghamcatalogue.org Thomas Hart Benton's art at the Nelson-Atkins: https://art.nelson-atkins.org/people/2320/thomas-hart-benton/objects "Hard Times Come Again No More" by The Chieftains and Paolo Nutini: https://youtu.be/uPqjQTkEA6g --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sean-thomas-kane/support

This season we are moving through the state of Minnesota, looking at an interesting fact about each county and giving you a book prompt from that fact. We will share six book suggestions to meet that prompt, to get you started on reading new books. You can also take that prompt and find any other book to meet the challenge! You can find our full show notes page here. This week we admire Benton County. This is one of the counties in CMLE! All of the libraries in this county are members, and it's great to have them as part of the CMLE family. This county was named after Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858), former United States Senator from Missouri (1821-1851). We suggest that you read a book with a person from Missouri, or - in honor of their state slogan - a book where you are shown something.

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, who is considered the modern world's first professional female sculptor has work on display in museums and collections around the world. She was a rule breaker with a blunt personality, but very talented and bold. Her Lafayette Park statue, "The Benton Bronze," was the first public monument in the country given to a female artist – it is also the first monument west of the Mississippi with a public figure as its subject. Just press play to hear the whole story. ------ Click on search links to see if there are episodes with related content: Amanda Clark, Arts, Entertainment, and Culture, Parks, Women's History, ------  Podcast Transcript: I'm Amanda Clark, manager of the See STL Tours program at the Missouri History Museum, and Here's History, on eighty-eight one, KDHX. ——— The centerpiece of St. Louis' historic Lafayette Park isn't a statue dedicated to the heroic French war general, but it is a gleaming bronze statue of Thomas Hart Benton, a well-known politician from the early 19th century. The statue's place in history goes beyond its subject or its location, but to the trailblazing artist who created it. Known as the “The Benton Bronze,” it was by designed by Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, who is considered the modern world's first professional female sculptor. Her work is on display in museums and collections around the world, and her Benton statue commission was the first public monument in the country given to a female artist – it is also the first monument west of the Mississippi with a public figure as its subject. ——— Harriet was raised by her father, a widower, in Massachusett's high society. From an early age, though, it was clear Harriet was a rulebreaker, she was known for her masculine clothing and blunt personality. She boldly traveled the American West and explored the Mississippi River without a chaperone, even winning a footrace up a high bluff in Iowa against a group of young men. This bluff still bears her name. ——— As part of her self-propelled art education, she came to St. Louis to study anatomy at the St. Louis Medical College, a pioneering school that required students to learn anatomy from cadavers. Harriet then went on to join a colony of American artists, including several women, living in Rome. Here, she established herself as a premier sculptor, and her subjects often depicted mythological figures and themes. She was drawn to female characters whose stories connected to her own strongly held beliefs in the fight for women's dignity and strength. ——— There are other places to find Harriet's work in St. Louis. Her sculpture, Zenobia in Chains ( from 1859), can be found at the St. Louis Art Museum. The large marble sculpture depicts a warrior queen captured by enemies and put on display for ridicule in her jewels and finery – but thanks to Hosmer's hand – Zenobia is full of strength and resolve. The St. Louis Mercantile Library houses one of her most well-known sculptures, depicting the Italian noblewoman, Beatrice Cenci. ——— Here's history is a joint production of the Missouri History Museum and KDHX. I'm Amanda Clark and this is 88.1 KDHX St. Louis. ———  

We could spend hours discussing the importance of honing your craft. But, whether it's perfecting your golf swing, mixing the perfect cocktail, and of course, making sales, practice is what leads to a better result. Today's episode of The Sales Evangelist features NYT bestselling author Seth Godin. He and Donald discuss elements of his most recent book “The Practice” and how salespeople can use these principles to connect with prospects.  There is a disconnect between what selling used to be and what selling is now. A salesperson is no longer responsible for informing prospects or conducting a sale- the internet does that. A salesperson is responsible, however, for the transference of emotion. And that is the skill most salespeople need to cultivate.  How can the idea of trusting yourself from “The Practice” help an individual sales rep? Most people are their own worst boss. They're never satisfied with their work and undermine their future potential. The challenge that comes with trusting yourself is acknowledging two voices in your head - the scared one that needs reassurance and the generous, connected voice. Silence the first voice a little bit and listen to the other one.   In a B2B setting, we don't need a replaceable salesperson lined up to argue about some RPF; we need people with creativity and confidence. Remember, the client isn't just buying the product; they're buying the story. Instead of saying “I need to be the expert,” say “ I know all the questions.”  Young BDRs don't position themselves to be seen as the expert. View yourself as a consultant to be more confident in conducting meaningful conversations. If you know the ten questions that change everything for a client, that's useful.  You aren't pushing people to buy your answer, but it's about being present for someone to find their own. Look at Fred Wilson's blog (one of the most successful venture capitalists of all time.) Be like Jackson Pollock.  Both Jackson and his brother Charles took painting classes from Thomas Hart Benton. Charles's work looked like Benton's, and he went unknown. On the other hand, Jackson's work was creative. However, everyone hated it. But when the right collectors saw his work, Jackson found success. The moral of the story: Don't look for gimmicks or stunts. Just be unique. The desire to be liked and fit in drives many salespeople to the role. But great salespeople are willing to bring friction to the table to get people out of their rut. Be a Purple Cow and look for ways to stand out.  Being a purple cow isn't talking about yourself. What it means to be remarkable is that people make remarks about you.  They're not going to talk about you because you need to make a sale. They're going to talk about you because you're generous, see status roles, understand affiliation, have insight, and make their life better.  Seth's takeaway for people new to the sales industry? You don't need to learn all the tactics yet. First, decide if you want to be a professional, look to the future, and fail along the way. For more content from Seth, check out his blog for daily articles, and purchase his new book The Practice or his previous book Purple Cow (among others), available on Amazon. This episode is brought to you in part by Skipio. Are you sick of crickets? As a salesperson, the pain of reaching out with phone calls or emails and not receiving a response is real. But all text messaging is not created equal. 85% of people prefer text over email and phone calls because they want to engage in a conversation, not listen to bots. Be more like people and start having conversations that end in the conversions you want. Try Skipio at www.Skipio.com. This course is brought to you in part by the TSE Sales Certified Training Program, designed to help new and struggling sellers master sales fundamentals and close more deals. Help elevate your sales game and sign up now to get the first two modules free! You can visit www.thesalesevangelist.com/closemoredeals or call (561) 570-5077 for more information. We value your opinion and always want to improve the quality of our show. Complete our two-minute survey here: thesalesevangelist.com/survey. We'd love for you to join us for our next episodes by tuning in on Apple Podcast, Stitcher, or Spotify. You can also leave comments, suggestions, and ratings for each episode you listen to!  Read more about sales or listen to audiobooks on Audible and explore their huge online library. Register now to get a free book and a 30-day trial. Audio provided by Free SFX and Bensound. Other songs used in the episodes are as follows: The Organ Grinder written by Bradley Jay Hill, performed by Bright Seed, and Produced by Brightseed and Hill.

New Mexico modernist Kim Wiggins is our special guest for this episode as we record from the historic Santa Fe Plaza in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico. Kim discusses his own artwork, but also the work of his dad, writer and photographer Walt Wiggins, whose storied career allowed him to rub elbows with many of the great artists in the 20th century, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Thomas Hart Benton and Alexandre Hogue. The episode is sponsored by Western Art Collector. Subscribe to the American Art Collective to get new episodes each week. 

Episode 15 guest Jeff Hewitt returns to talk about what's been going on in his career in the past 5 years (03:45), teaching in the Park Hill School District in Kansas City, Missouri, during a pandemic and getting creative in delivering content (16:!5), unexpectedly teaching high school full time and focusing on your quality of life (34:45), and the Random Ass Questions segment, with items on Michael Bolton, the KC Chiefs, tornadoes, and Thomas Hart Benton (41:35).Finishing with a Rave on a very packed June sports calendar (01:26:45).Links:Jeff Hewitt on the podcast in 2016Jeff Hewitt's KSU updateWorld Percussion GroupKansas City Percussion GroupThe Van Cliburn Piano Competition“Your Love” - The OutfieldElvis Grbac“To Love Somebody” - Michael BoltonMichael Bolton on Celebrity Dating GameFrank DarabontShawshank Redemption trailerTenet trailerTusk trailerShoeless Joe - W.P. KinsellaField of Dreams trailerSuper Bowl LIVKansas City Power & Light District“Dysfunctional” - Tech N9neDee Ford“Baby's Coming” - Jellyfish“I'll Catch Up” - The Get Up Kids“Jesse” - Paw2013 Moore TornadoThomas Hart BentonKen Burns' Thomas Hart Benton DocumentaryRaves:USA-Mexico 2021 National League Final HighlightsBucks-Nets Game 7 HighlightsHawks-Sixers Game 7 Highlights

It didn't take long for freshman Congressman Stephen A. Douglas to see the truth of Senator Thomas Hart Benton's warning: slavery attached itself to every measure that came before the U.S. Congress. Douglas wanted to expand the nation into an ocean-bound republic. Yet slavery and the violent conflicts it stirred always interfered, as it did in 1844 with his first bill to organize Nebraska. In 1848, when America acquired 550,000 square miles after the Mexican War, the fight began over whether the territory would be free or slave. Henry Clay, a slave owner who favored gradual emancipation, packaged territorial bills from Douglas's committee with four others. But Clay's "Omnibus Bill" failed. Exhausted, he left the Senate, leaving Douglas in control. Within two weeks, Douglas won passage of all eight bills, and President Millard Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850. It was Douglas's greatest legislative achievement. This book, a sequel to the author's Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843, fully details Douglas's early congressional career. The text chronicles how Douglas moved the issue of slavery from Congress to the ballot box.HOST:  Rob MellonFEATURED BREW:  The Calling Double IPA, Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City, MOBOOK:  Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man: The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Douglas-Western-Man-1844-1850/dp/1476673764/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+a+douglas+western+man&qid=1621369013&sr=8-1MUSIC:  Bones Forkhttps://bonesfork.com/CLIPS: Illinois Stories featuring Stephen A. Douglas interpreter Gary DeClue

Today is the 132nd birthday of the artist Thomas Hart Benton. His work portrays full narratives that draw the viewer in and get them to become emotionally invested. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. This episode is also available as a blog post. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waldina/message

In our first episode, we briefly explore the history, folklore and interesting residents of Bellefontaine and Calvary Cemeteries in St. Louis, MO. The most notable ghost story tied to these cemeteries is Hitchhike Annie, and I break down my theory on where she came from. Additionally, I share the stories of some of the cemetery residents who may still have some reason to be restless... including Thomas Hart Benton and one of the founders of the Veiled Prophet Organization, St. Louis's own mysterious secret society.For more information on the ghost of Resurrection Mary in Chicago, I recommend checking out her episodes on the Astonishing Legends podcast. I found the book "Movers and Shakers Scalawags and Suffragettes: Tales from the Bellefontaine Cemetery" and articles from the St. Louis Post Dispatch and Globe Democrat to be particularly helpful in my research for this episode. If you have any stories to share, contact us at lifeanddeathstl@gmail.com

Station 9 - Jesus Falls the Third Time "What does it take to bring the son of God to his knees?" Narrated by the Rev'd Andy McQuery, Associate Rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem. In this episode: Art:  Wheat by Thomas Hart Benton, 1967 All art featured in this audio pilgrimage series is drawn from Stations of the Cross at SAAM. Music: La Follia by Arcangelo Corelli / Kyrie by Nicholas Ertsgaard Poetry: Excerpt from Chapter 61 of The Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich (trans. Elizabeth Spearing) For a version of this episode with closed-captioning, view it on our YouTube channel. --- This series of weekly audio reflections will help you learn to link the divine with your daily life. How might Jesus’ final hours feel different when juxtaposed with a walk in the neighborhood, or in a quiet corner at home, or while driving to pick up take-out? Pause a few times a week for scripture, prayers, and music led by Trinity clergy and priests from across the Diocese of Oregon.  New Stations drop every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, through Holy Week. Be sure to click subscribe! --- Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at trinity-episcopal.org. To support this podcast and all our work, which is supported in part by the generosity of our listeners, visit trinity-episcopal.org/give

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K040: From Buffalo to San Antonio and Beyond, Museums Woo Members   When financier Jeffrey Gundlach showered $42.5 million on the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, it radically altered the museum's long-term agenda. 金融家傑佛瑞．岡拉克致贈大禮4,250萬美元給紐約州水牛城奧爾布賴特─諾克斯美術館時，它徹底改變了博物館的長期行事計畫。 The gift was predicated on the challenge that the museum raise $50 million more in just three months, with the money going to a major new building as well as an operating fund that would help guarantee its upkeep. 這份大禮建立在一項挑戰上，美術館必須在短短3個月內，籌措到額外的5000萬美元資金，這筆資金將投入一棟重要的新建築以及確保它能正常營運的基金。 Such transformative gifts are unusual for any museum, but they are rarer in cities where wealth is not as high as in cosmopolitan behemoths such as New York, Houston or Los Angeles. Smaller cities generally lack the influx of newcomers who are willing to make a splash with a big gift in their adopted city, and their museums depend on luring repeat visitors. 這種改造性的禮物對任何博物館來說都不尋常，對財力不及紐約、休士頓或洛杉磯這些世界級大都會的一些城市更是難得一見。一般而言，較小城市較難見到樂於捐贈引人注目大禮給他們定居城市的新居民潮，它們的博物館因此只能仰賴吸引回頭客。 Sometimes, to do that, museums are forfeiting admission fees. As Julian Zugazagoitia, director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, puts it: “If a museum is free, you can come and go. You can come often and do one gallery at a time. A museum can be like a restaurant, you can taste one thing at a time.” 有時為達此目的，博物館會放棄收取門票。正如密蘇里州堪薩斯市納爾遜─艾金斯美術館館長朱利安．祖加扎吉蒂亞所說：「倘若美術館免費，你就會來來回回。你可以經常來參觀，一次欣賞一個館。美術館也可像餐館一樣，一次只來品嘗一道美味。」 Indeed, of the 242 museums that are members of the Association of Art Museum Directors, fully one-third are free, said the association's director, Christine Anagnos. 「美術館館長協會」會長克莉絲汀．亞納格諾斯說，事實上，協會的242家美術館成員中，整整有三分之一不收門票。 That trend puts particular pressure on institutions to exploit their existing resources and to bond with other local arts organizations in original programs for the public. Whether these programs take place in the museum or outside, the strategy is to lure more visitors who may well become members. 這種趨勢對這些機構形成特殊的壓力，必須更加善用既有的資源以及和其他在地藝術組織結合，提供原創性展覽供民眾觀賞。這些展覽無論是否是在美術館內舉行，策略都是為了吸引更多可能成為會員的參觀者。 And museums are doing just that. Erik Neil, who took over as director of the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, three years ago, said that 75 percent of the museum's visitors come from within 50 miles. 一些美術館正在這樣做。三年前接手成為維吉尼亞州諾福克市克萊斯勒美術館館長的艾瑞克．尼爾說，他的美術館75％的參觀者來自50英里內。 Neil has worked to involve African-Americans as well as personnel at the nearby Navy base and lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual groups. Among the efforts: an exhibit of “Women and the Civil Rights Movement” and “Thomas Hart Benton and the Navy.” 尼爾努力讓非裔美國人，附近海軍基地人員，以及男女同性戀、跨性別、雙性戀者都參與其中。他的作為包括舉辦「婦女與民權運動展」，以及「湯馬斯．哈特．班頓與海軍展」。 To make the Chrysler Museum more welcoming, Neil has done away with museum guards. Instead, he relies on paid employees to act as hosts to visitors. For example, he said, “If visitors have questions, the employees can get in touch with a curator for the answer.” 為讓克萊斯勒美術館更受歡迎，尼爾撤掉了美術館的警衛，改而仰賴支薪僱員扮演接待來賓的主人。他舉例說道：「如果參觀者有疑問，這些僱員可以聯繫策展人以提供解答。」 Directors are also breaking through museum walls to extend the art experience into the streets and on to museum lawns with cocktail evenings for young members or even art events that go beyond the museum doors. 館長們同時突破美術館的厚牆，將藝術經驗延伸到街頭和美術館的草坪上，不僅為年輕會員舉辦雞尾酒夜，還有踏出美術館大門的一些藝術活動。 Source article: https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0067/320440/web/ 每日英語跟讀Podcast，就在http://www.15mins.today/daily-shadowing 每週Vocab精選詞彙Podcast，就在https://www.15mins.today/vocab 每週In-TENSE文法練習Podcast，就在https://www.15mins.today/in-tense 用email訂閱就可以收到通勤學英語節目更新通知。

Lucy Lyon: Every Gesture Tells a Story   In these pandemic days of limiting contact with others and contemplating the dangers of simply being with another person in a shared space, Lucy Lyon’s ambiguous figurative works take on new meaning. Using a stunning combination of technical prowess and a sculptor’s eye, the artist transforms cast glass into atmospheric settings whose characters’ stories, stances, and placement are open to viewer interpretation. Whether solitary or in groups, the figures reflect their state of mind through gesture.   Lyon says: “Even though we are all meeting up with each other and interacting in twos or threes or crowds, each of us is essentially alone. That brings up a bit of melancholy, but it also makes the individual unique and therefore very important.” An only child, Lyon was artistically inspired at a young age by perusing her mother’s art books that depicted works by Edgar Degas, Francisco Goya and Thomas Hart Benton. Later, in her early twenties, the artist became aware of Edward Hopper’s work. Though Hopper’s were painted and Lyon’s are cast in glass, their figures convey a shared sense of being alone, isolated, even in the company of other figures, reflecting that people have private thoughts in public places.   Born in 1947 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Lyon graduated in 1971 from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, earning a BA in philosophy. Further educated at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, she has taken a number of workshops across the country from well-known glass artists. Working with glass since 1979, for the past 26 years the artist has been creating breathtaking tableaus from her Jaconita, New Mexico, studio.   Lyon’s work is included in the permanent collections of numerous museums including Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida; Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida; Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan; and the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, Wisconsin. Public commissions include the Sandy Hook Memorial; Night Read for Glencoe Public Library, Glencoe, Illinois; and Waiting Room for Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico. Recent exhibitions include Divergent Materiality, at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, and Narratives in Glass, held at Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California. Lyon is represented by Habatat Galleries and Lewallen Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico.   As with many artists, the seductive quality of glass, along with its ability to be sculpted, attracted Lyon to her medium. In much of her work characters read in libraries, places where one can be in a private and public space simultaneously. Settings or environments have been pared down over the years to simple geometric forms. Walls present opportunities to explore color and blending. For Lyon, the greatest challenge and satisfaction is born of sculpting her figures using subtle gesture - a turn of the head or twist of the hips- to express the figure’s state of mind. The refined figure is the cornerstone of Lyon’s sculpture.

In this episode of Otis Brown Podcast, I recall a street preacher of some renowned and my evening commute with him on the train. I also think about Thomas Hart Benton, Jackson Pollock and the general impulse of American Art. I hope you enjoy it.  The title for this week's podcast is an allusion to the Adam Carroll's song, "Black Flag Blues." Carroll is, in my opinion, a criminally under-appreciated songwriter--check him out!Rattlesnake Preachers and Doomsday SignsSome of the cultural references made in this episode:Adam Carroll. “Black Flag Blues”Thomas Hart Benton. A Social History of Indiana. Arts of Life in AmericaNAACP. “An Art Commentary on Lynching”Grant Wood. American Gothic Jackson Pollock. Blue PolesMark Rothko William FaulknerEudora Welty “Ralph the Wolf and Sam the Sheepdog”

Geoffrey Ward is a seven time Emmy Award-winning and two-time Writers’ Guild Award-winning screenwriter, author, editor, and historian. Geoffrey has collaborated with Ken Burns since 1984 and has been the sole or principal script writer for Huey Long; Statue of Liberty; Thomas Hart Benton; The Civil War; Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio; Baseball; The West; Thomas Jefferson; Frank Lloyd Wright; Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; Jazz; Mark Twain; Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, The War, and The Vietnam War. He also wrote or co-wrote companion volumes for ten of these series. Geoffey was the principal or sole writer of Nixon; Lindbergh; Reminiscing in Tempo; The Kennedys; The Last Boss; TR; and Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided - all part of PBS’ “American Experience” series. Geoffrey is also an independent historian and biographer, the author of nine books, among them A First-Class Temperament: the Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which won the National Book Critics Circle and Los Angeles Times awards for Best Biography, the Francis Parkman Award of the Society of American Historians in 1989, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is currently at work on two books: a history of the Partition of India and (with Wynton Marsalis) a history of African American music. He also writes frequently about India and Indian wildlife. Geoffrey lives in New York City with his wife, writer Diane Raines Ward. Ernest Hemingway, his next collaboration with Ken Burns, directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, is slated for broadcast on PBS in 2021. He’s also working on upcoming projects with Ken Burn on The Holocaust and The United States and The American Revolution.

Starring: Dan Stewart, Jacob Gasho, Rhett Redel. It's a BONUS episode with bandcamp favorites Jacob Gasho AKA J. Walter and Rhett Redel AKA 66skeletonkey. We talk at length about all kinds of music but always come back for some "Tyme for Filmz". We get a call from famous painter Thomas Hart Benton and discuss the history of vaporwave. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How did Chillicothe, Missouri, farmer Randy Constant get away with one of the biggest agricultural frauds in American history? Star reporter Mike Hendricks joins Dave Helling and Derek Donovan to talk about what it may mean for the organic food market in the future. Steve Vockrodt also joins us to discuss allegations that UMB, one of Kansas City's premiere financial institutions, about allegations that the bank mismanaged the Thomas Hart Benton estate, as well as possible misconduct among its management ranks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nursing his own ambitions and trying to hold onto his power in the U.S. Senate, Stephen Douglas agreed to introduce legislation repealing the Missouri Compromise and opening the upper Midwest to slavery. The brazen assault by pro-slavery forces upended the nation's party system and brought Abraham Lincoln to the forefront of the forces opposing Douglas and defending the Declaration of Independence.

Link: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/09/04/list-of-passages-i-highlighted-in-my-copy-of-ages-of-discord/   Turchin has some great stories about unity vs. polarization over time. For example in the 1940s, unity became such a “problem” that concerned citizens demanded more partisanship: Concerned about electoral torpor and meaningless political debate, the American Political Science Association in 1946 appointed a committee to examine the role of parties in the American system. Four years later, the committee published a lengthy (and alarmed) report calling for the return of ideologically distinct and powerful political parties. Parties ought to stand for distinct sets of politics, the political scientists urged. Voters should be presented with clear choices. I have vague memories of similar demands in the early ’90s; everyone was complaining that the parties were exactly the same and the “elites” were rigging things to make sure we didn’t have any real choices. On the other hand, partisanship during the Civil War was pretty intense: Another indicator of growing intraelite conflict was the increasing incidence of violence and threatened violence in Congress, which reached a peak during the 1850s. The brutal caning that Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina gave to Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts on the Senate floor in 1856 is the best known such episode, but it was not the only one. In 1842, after Representative Thomas Arnold of Tennessee “reprimanded a pro-slavery member of his own party, two Southern Democrats stalked towards him, at least of one of whom was arhmed with a bowie knife…calling Arnold a ‘damned coward,’ his angry colleagues threatened to cut his throat ‘from ear to ear'” (Freeman 2011). According to Senator Hammond, “The only persons who do not have a revolver and a knife are those who have two revolvers” (quoted in Potter 1976:389). During a debate in 1850, Senator Henry Foote of Mississippi pulled a pistol on Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri (Freeman 2011). In another bitter debate, a New York congressman inadvertently dropped a pistol (it fell out of his pocket), and this almost precipitated a general shootout on the floor of Congress (Potter 1976: 389).

Murder has been considered a crime ever since the ten commandments were handed down at Mount Sinai. There was a time in St. Louis when it was, under certain circumstances, acceptable.Bloody Island was really was an island and it really was bloody. "Often times disagreements arguments, insults were settled with a form of private justice as opposed to and kind of public justice. Dueling was a form of private justice." said Dr. Robert Archibald of the Missouri History Museum.Men with grudges would head for Bloody Island to exact justice under rules decided in advance.Despite often ending in homicide dueling wasn't outlawed until the 1850's. Some of the participants were high ranking officials like a famous Missouri senator."Thomas Hart Benton and Charles Lucas fought a duel in 1817 because Lucas had insinuated at the polls that Benton wasn't eligible to vote because he hadn't paid his property tax. A seemingly minor issue that shouldn't have led to bloodshed." said Dr. Robert Archibald.The point of dueling was really not about killing the other man. Just getting the better of him by inflicting a wound. But, the reality was that before the advances in wound care made during the Civil War being hit by gunfire was almost always a death sentence.

There are two famous Missourians who have the same identical name, one is a very prominent famous politician, Thomas Hart Benton, and the other is a very famous artist Thomas Hart Benton.And it`s not a coincidence the famous painter was the great nephew of the famous politician, who made politics a kind of art.'Benton was elected one of its first two senators and he served in the U.S. Senate from 1821 till 1851. We are talking 30 years in the senate which in that day and age was a really long time. He was one of the most powerful politicians of his time; he was respected all over the United States.'He was known for having strong positions on several controversial issues of his time. But perhaps the one he is most noted for was his love of the west.Benton was very much in favor or encouraging people to move west. He supported efforts on the part of the united state to annex territory in the west, especially in the wake of the Mexican war. He was very much pro what ultimately became homestead acts which gave people free land in return for their willingness to settle and work.He deserves to be commemorated, he was the most articulate spokesman for the west and settlement of the west and making sure that governmental policy favored the west. He was the most outspoken advocate for those things in the history of the United States.Thomas Hart Benton was originally from North Carolina, born into a family that long held slaves. And yet, when the issue of expanding slavery to the west came before the senate, Benton opposed it, a position that eventually caused him to lose his seat, though he turned around and ran for the U.S. House and won.

Painter Amy Schweig was trained at Washington University. She left St. Louis for life in an artists colony in the East.In the 1930's she returned to Missouri and started an artist colony in Ste. Genevieve. Other residents included Joe jones and Thomas Hart Benton. Their work was extraordinary."They are all of local subjects and so these artists are painting things that they saw around them in St. Louis and in rural Missouri and places like Ste. Genevieve so its really top quality art. It really depicts things that reflect our history as residents of the St. Louis region and of Missouri." said Dr. Robert Archibald.Eventually the Ste. Genevieve colony faded. But the artists including Aimee Schweig continued to delight the world with their view of the world.Aimee Schweig continued to paint commissioned portraits and give private lessons. But she also spent 20 years teaching art at Mary Institute. She died in 1987 at the age of 90.

There are many examples of writers using paintings and other visual art as inspiration to create an entirely new work. Think The Girl with a Pearl Earring or even The Da Vinci Code. That’s exactly what award-winning writer Donna Baier Stein did when she decided to write a new collection of short stories based on works by iconic American artist, Thomas Hart Benton. The issues Benton dealt with through the height of the Great Depression and on still resonate and echo today. We recently sat down with Stein to talk about her new book (Scenes from the Heartland), how she landed on Thomas Hart Benton, and the one piece that inspired the whole project.  

Anthony Benton Gude portrays the serenity and history of the Midwest through his oil paintings, watercolors, and murals. Remarkable in his own right, he is not a stranger to artists or their lives being the grandson of Thomas Hart Benton. Discover more about Anthony Benton Gude and his love for the canvas and how he brings it to life. https://anthonybentongude.com/

Name a 19th century politician who lived in Middle Tennessee, was known as a frontiersman, was involved in multiple disagreements which resulted in guns drawn, and who left a monumental legacy on early American politics as a staunch Unionist. Andrew Jackson, you say? WRONG! ...Well, while technically you are correct, that's not whom we're talking about. This week on "TENN in 20," Brad and Sarah discuss the life and legacy of Senator Thomas Hart Benton. 

Name a 19th century politician who lived in Middle Tennessee, was known as a frontiersman, was involved in multiple disagreements which resulted in guns drawn, and who left a monumental legacy on early American politics as a staunch Unionist. Andrew Jackson, you say? WRONG! ...Well, while technically you are correct, that's not whom we're talking about. This week on "TENN in 20," Brad and Sarah discuss the life and legacy of Senator Thomas Hart Benton. 

July 13, 2015 at the Boston Athenæum. In Thomas Hart Benton and the Modern American Woman, Austen Bailly will speak about how American artist Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) pictured twentieth-century female experiences in America and saw American women as a means to make the mythic modern in his art. Benton met his Italian-born wife Rita Piacenza around 1917 on the heels of his early involvement with motion pictures in Fort Lee, New Jersey—America’s “first Hollywood.” The movies inspired Benton to chart a new artistic course to compete with the drama and power of movies. Rita, imagined as a glamorous leading lady in Benton’s self-portrait from about 1924, was key to the artist’s vision for presenting himself as new American art star. Like Hollywood directors, Benton cast women as leading and supporting players in authentic American stories and recognized their roles in American myths.

Thomas Hart Benton has a strong connection to the Buffalo RIver in Arkansas.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum awarded the Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to Leo Mazow, associate professor of art history at the University of Arkansas, for his book Thomas Hart Benton and the American Sound. Mazow presents his scholarship at the annual Eldredge Prize lecture with a reception following.

Author & assoc. prof. of American art history, Leo Mazow, examines Benton’s most important paintings that depict musical performance and passages taken from folk songs. Joined by local musician Adam Posnak, Mazow punctuates his lecture with live music.

David Houston, Director of Curatorial and Dee Neal, Facilities Manager explore Thomas Hart Benton’s Ploughing it Under.

Thomas Hart Benton's painting Boomtown is described in detail for the visually impaired visitor.

Curator Marjorie Searl discusses Thomas Hart Benton's painting Boomtown.