New exhibit puts focus on Gordon Parks Oct 11, 2008
Gordon Parks / APThis image provided by the Gordon Parks Foundation shows a gelatin silver print by Gordon Parks entitled "American Gothic," taken in 1942 ... - From the streets of Harlem to the pitiful slums of Brazil, Gordon Parks focused his lens and his life on subjects that many people would prefer to ignore. (MSNBC -- News)
Trout Gallery kicks off 25th year Aug 30, 2008
Dickinson College's Trout Gallery showcased photographs of Gordon Parks ... The Gordon Parks: Crossroads exhibit will be at the Trout Gallery until Oct. 18 ... Exhibits by photographer Gordon Parks, ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu open at Dickinson College Friday night. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Isaac Hayes, 65, singer, songwriter Aug 12, 2008
Director Gordon Parks "told me, 'This is one relentless cat.' That's when I remembered what we had laid down in the studio with the highhat and the guitar. It all worked.". At the Oscar ceremony in 1972, Hayes performed the song wearing an eye-popping amount of gold and received a standing ovation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Isaac Hayes Remembered By Aretha Franklin, Bootsy Collins, Others -- Plus Some Classic Hayes Quotes From Our Vault! Aug 12, 2008
"And I keyed in on the character, Shaft, the character himself. That was through the suggestion of Gordon Parks, the original director. He said, 'You got to depict the personality of this guy. You got to stick with him.' ". And for a man who Sam Moore said had untouchable skills when it came to wooing the opposite sex, in 1998 Hayes complained that some of today's soul singers were laying it on way too thick in their musical come-ons. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Soul icon Isaac Hayes dies in Memphis at 65 Aug 11, 2008
Hayes' work on director Gordon Parks' urban crime drama "Shaft," a project he had hoped to star in, was the first of many forays into movie soundtracks. He got in front of the camera for the 1974 cult classic "Truck Turner" and kept busy with film work. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Ghanaian Reflections on African/American Identities Apr 8, 2008
Diasporian News of Monday, 7 April 2008. Diasporian News of Monday, 7 April 2008. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Travel briefs Apr 6, 2008
Through June 8, the museum is hosting a show called "Looking Through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," featuring prints by Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Man Ray, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston. For more information, visit. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Spike Lee Honored With Sixth Annual Chrysler Behind the Lens Award Mar 29, 2008
Previous honorees include pioneers such as producer and composer Quincy Jones ("The Color Purple"), directors Gordon Parks ("Shaft"), Melvin Van Peebles ("Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song"), John Singleton ("Boyz N the Hood") and Hollywood casting veteran and producer Reuben Cannon ("Madea's Family Reunion"). About Chrysler's Behind the Lens Award. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Pullman porters tell tales of a train ride through history Feb 29, 2008
Thurgood Marshall and his father both worked as Pullman porters, as did Malcolm X and the distinguished photo journalist Gordon Parks. Being a train porter was one of the first relatively well-paying jobs for former slaves after the Civil War, and by the mid-1920s, peak years for passenger trains, more than 20,000 African-American men were employed as Pullman porters and other types of train personnel, the largest category of black labor in the United States and Canada at the time. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Black History Month Activities Abound in New Jersey Feb 5, 2008
Among the works included in this exhibition are paintings by Frank Bowling, Alma Thomas, Hale Woodruff, Benny Andrews, Rex Goreleigh, and Hughie Lee-Smith; prints by Jacob Lawrence and Emma Amos; collages by Romare Bearden; photographs by Gordon Parks, Milton J. Hinton and Chuck Stewart; and sculpture by Mel Edwards and Selma Hortense Burke. For more information, visit. (PR Newswire)
SCSU exhibit focuses on first half of triumphant photographic display Oct 18, 2007
"Harlem on My Mind" includes the work of some of Harlem's most treasured photographers, among them James VanDerZee and Gordon Parks. Photographs include those of Harlem's literary greats -- Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and Richard Wright; its politicians -- Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell Jr.; and its musicians -- Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Largest Concentration of Celebrity Artwork to Debut at Artexpo Las Vegas Sep 14, 2007
Complete list of celebrity artists: -- Tony Curtis -- Grace Slick -- Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones) -- Frank Sinatra -- Jimi Hendrix -- Janis Joplin -- Ringo Starr -- John Lennon -- Sir Paul McCartney -- Donna Summer -- Kenny Rogers -- Gordon Parks -- Tico Torres (Bon Jovi) -- Michael Cartellone (Lynyrd Skynyrd). Tickets for Artexpo Las Vegas are available the day of the show at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, or at. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Director William Friedkin Named Officer in French Order of Arts and Letters Aug 8, 2007
Previously honored American film directors include Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood, Gordon Parks and Mel Brooks. Details of the official ceremony, scheduled for this fall, will be announced shortly. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'Shutterbugs': Chancellor Livingston exhibits student photos Jun 1, 2007
Photos by Helen Levitt, Dorothea Lange, and Gordon Parks, among others, were observed and analyzed by the class. Students also studied the works of Billy Collins, Langston Hughes, and other poets of distinction. (Rhinebeck Gazette Advertiser, NY)
