新罕布什尔州第七届获奖艺术家的摄影展, Gary Samson, is now on display at the 海岸非裔美国人文化中心 (SAACC), 展示照片 克里奥尔灵魂:Zydeco的生活. 该书于2022年11月由 密西西比大学出版社 作为其 美国制造音乐系列, features interviews with zydeco musicians in Texas and Louisiana conducted by Burt Feintuch, a folklorist, 音乐民族志永利app新版本官网地址, UNH教授(英文授课), founder of the Ghana study abroad program and longtime director of the UNH Center for the Humanities, 2018年谁去世了. 参孙的随附照片, 其中一些是本次展览的一部分, capture the lively and eclectic music scene and offer intimate portraits of the featured musicians.
5月4日，星期四，下午6点到8点.m., SAACC will host a reception, open to the public, to celebrate the book and the exhibit.
由前朴茨茅斯教师Vernis M. Jackson, 海岸非裔美国人文化中心 位于发现朴茨茅斯大楼中街10号. With concerts, 教育项目, 著名艺术家展览, 一个活跃的图书小组和珍贵的非洲文物收藏, SAACC makes it its mission to showcase the contributions of individuals of African descent in the seacoast community.
5月4日的庆祝活动将以食物和饮料为特色, zydeco music, a conversation with the book’s editor and a chance for guests to view the photo exhibit. Copies of Creole Soul 是否可以购买. 建议的捐款是15美元. 我们鼓励有兴趣的人参加 RSVP, 由于空间和食物有限.
根据密西西比大学出版社的目录，克里奥尔灵魂:Zydeco的生活 is an exquisitely photographed volume of interviews with contemporary zydeco musicians. Featuring the voices of zydeco’s venerable senior generation and its current agents of change, 这本书歌颂了一个充满激情的音乐世界, energy, 牛仔帽和靴子, banging bass, 马拖车, joy, 还有炫目的舞步. Author Burt Feintuch captures an important American music in the process of significant—and sometimes controversial—change....
“...音乐家们畅所欲言。, whether discussing the death of a famed musician or describing a memorable performance, such as when Boozoo Chavis played the accordion while dripping blood on stage shortly after a freak barbeque-building accident that sliced off parts of two of his fingers. They address the influence of rap on today’s zydeco music and discuss how to pass music along to a younger generation — and how not to. They weigh the merits of the old-time zydeco clubs versus today’s casinos and African American trailrides, 你能想象到的最响亮的zydeco乐队和马匹. In Creole Soul, zydeco musicians give an unprecedented look into their lives, their music, and their culture.”
The book caps a long career during which Feintuch published widely and conducted ethnographic field research in roots music cultures in Great Britain, 美国和加拿大. He also produced documentary sound recordings for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and the Rounder label and a video documentary about African American gospel music that had a national airing on PBS. 他是超过七本书的作者或编辑，包括 肯塔基州民间音乐:注释书目; 《血中:布雷顿角文化对话; and 谈论新奥尔良音乐:新月城的音乐家谈论他们的生活, Their Music, 和他们的城市.
今年，朴茨茅斯正在庆祝建校400周年 朴茨茅斯NH 400 will “bring the community together to create opportunities to celebrate and tell our stories through programs, events, exhibits, 还有遗留项目."虽然他是从肯塔基州来到新英格兰的, Feintuch lived in New Hampshire for many years and was deeply connected to both the UNH community and to Portsmouth, 他住的地方. 他的研究经常集中在该地区. 2005年，他与大卫·沃特斯(David Watters)合作出版了 新英格兰百科全书 (耶鲁大学出版社). Of the book, then-director of the National Endowment for the Humanities William Ferris said, "I am especially pleased that [the] encyclopedia carefully explore[s] both the older Yankee culture and the more recent ethnic and black traditions that have shaped New England life. These diverse, complex worlds will offer an important new understanding of New England."
Feintuch passed away in 2018, while still working on his book of interviews with zydeco musicians. 他的长期伴侣, 珍妮·班克斯·托马斯, 他实地考察时谁经常陪伴他, 完成并编辑该书. 班克斯·托马斯是一位民俗学家, 美国民俗学会会员, 犹他州立大学的英语教授. 她是几本书的作者或合著者，包括P消除超自然现象 (2015); 令人难以忘怀的经历 (2007); 裸体芭比娃娃，战士乔斯和其他形式的可见性别 (2003); and 没有羽毛的鸡，会笑的女人和严肃的故事 (1997).
根据Dan willing的说法 Offbeat, 加里·萨姆森拍摄的令人惊叹的58色照片, spectators, trailrides, performances, 动感十足的舞蹈是[Creole Soul以及它的吸引力."
Gary Samson is a fine art photographer and photo educator who has received numerous awards, 在过去的45年里，他的工作获得了补助金和奖学金. Samson has taught photography courses and workshops regionally and internationally since 1981. In 2001 he was appointed chair of the photography department at 新罕布什尔艺术学院, Manchester, 他在哪里教授数码和传统胶片摄影课程. In 2017, Governor Chris Sununu appointed Samson the seventh Artist Laureate of New Hampshire. 参孙的一些研究对象包括唐纳德·霍尔, Jon Brooks, 伊丽莎白·耶茨, 达德利Laufman, Lotte Jacobi, 理查德·惠特尼, 詹姆斯Aponovich, 大卫·兰姆. His photographs are included in the permanent collections of the Currier Museum of Art, 新罕布什尔艺术学院, 新罕布什尔州, 永利app新版本官网地址艺术博物馆, 和国会图书馆, 以及私人收藏. 参孙制作了在当地播出的纪录片, regionally, 并在美国组织和策划了展览.S. and abroad.
Samson与Feintuch合作，为这些书配图 《在血液中:文化对话; T谈论新奥尔良音乐; and now 克里奥尔灵魂:Zydeco的生活.
His Creole Soul 照片将一直在SAACC向公众开放，直到6月10日.
因为他的前一本书 谈论新奥尔良音乐. Gary Samson摄.
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Katie Umans |联合国大学人文中心| katie.umans@dctdsj.com | 603-862-4356
