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Waskowmium
The Waskowmium is a collection of artworks in northern Vermont, USA,Anne GallowayThe artful collector, Mark Waskow has thousands of artworks and one big dream of a museum Vermont Today, Published March 4, 2007. Consulted on March 30, 2011. and "housed at two residences and four other spaces that are exclusively devoted to storing and displaying the collection".Janet Van Fleet Vermont Art Zine, February 18, 2009. Consulted on March 30, 2011. It was founded by Mark S. Waskow. As of 2007, it was reportedly "one of the largest private collections of artworks in ermont itha total of 8,000 pieces, much of it produced by Vermonters". It notably includes paintings by Marc Awodey and drawings by Ed Koren Edward Benjamin "Ed" Koren (born 1935) is a writer and illustrator of children's books and political cartoons, most notably in ''The New Yorker''. Personal Edward Benjamin Koren was born in New York City and attended Horace Mann School and Col .... Media heavily represented in this c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Admitted to the union in 1791 as the 14th state, it is the only state in New England not bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the state has a population of 643,503, ranking it the second least-populated in the U.S. after Wyoming. It is also the nation's sixth-smallest state in area. The state's capital Montpelier is the least-populous state capital in the U.S., while its most-populous city, Burlington, is the least-populous to be a state's largest. For some 12,000 years, indigenous peoples have inhabited this area. The competitive tribes of the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki and Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk were active in the area at the time of European encounter. During the 17th century, Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Awodey
Marc Awodey (November 4, 1960 — October 13, 2012) was an Americans, American contemporary art, contemporary artist and poet. Work His poetry collections include "Telegrams from the Psych Ward" (1999), "New York City; "Head to Head" Haiku (Paperback) The Minimal Press (2001); A Haibun Journey" (2003). and "Senryū, Senryu and Nudes" (2008) from Kasini House Books. He also authored the collection of essays "Art and Machine: 95 theses" (2004) discussing his poetry vending machine project of the late 1990s. Awodey's paintings can be found in the Vermont State House collection and in many private collections throughout the United States. A prominent solo exhibition of his paintings was held in the lobby of the Vermont Supreme Court from January 13 through February 15, 2008. Awodey studied painting under George Earl Ortman at Cranbrook Academy of Art, and received an Master of Fine Arts, MFA from Cranbrook in 1984. He lived in Burlington, Vermont and served on the faculty of Burlingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Koren
Edward Benjamin "Ed" Koren (born 1935) is a writer and illustrator of children's books and political cartoons, most notably in ''The New Yorker''. Personal Edward Benjamin Koren was born in New York City and attended Horace Mann School and Columbia University, graduating in 1957. He did graduate work in etching and engraving with S. W. Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris, France and received an M.F.A. degree from Pratt Institute. He currently resides with his family in Vermont where he is a member of the Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department, formerly serving as captain. Professional career Koren began his cartooning career at Columbia while drawing for the college's humor magazine. After college, he went on to teach art at Brown University. In May 1962 ''The New Yorker'' accepted one of his cartoons. It featured a sloppy-looking writer, cigarette dangling from his lips, sitting before a typewriter. Printed on his sweatshirt is one word: ‘’Shakespeare.’’ Since then '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |