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Hey Mom From Seoul - National Folk Museum of Korea

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Outside the National Folk Museum of Korea in Gyeongbukgang Palace. I figured out a few minutes later that the animals represented the chinese/asian zodiac.

National Folk Museum 01

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light displays at the museum in seoul

Czech bagpipes at National Czech & Slovak Museum

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Czech-American bagpiper Michael Cwach and Czech violinist and folk dancer Alice Janatova brought their "Call of Dudy" tour to the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Sunday, January 6, 2008. The presentation included playing and singing traditional Czech folk songs, dance, and a presentation on the history of the Czech bagpipes. Also included was a screening of the documentary "Call of Dudy: Bohemian Bagpipes Across Borders." GazetteOnline video by Richard Pratt.

National Folk Museum 02

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another room with a digital light display

ARIRANG

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Filmed at the National Folk Museum in Seoul. "Arirang" is arguably the most popular and best-known Korean folk song, both inside and outside Korea. Arirang is an ancient native Korean word with no direct modern meaning. 'Ari' means "beautiful" (For example 아리따운 native Korean word means "beautiful", "lovely", "charming") 'Rang' can mean "dear". Because of those words, arirang could be interpreted to mean "beautiful dear". More on this topic on WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arirang Another version of Jindo Arirang: http://www.big.or.jp/~jrldr/m/1ar3.mp3

National Folk Dance Troupe of Egypt in Baltimore-1

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Clebrating the 25th Anniversary of Baltimore and Luxor Sister City Relationship at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland USA

Trip to Korea

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Some memories from my 2004 trip to Seoul, Korea. Places shown (not in order of appearance): National Folk Museum Lotte World COEX Namdaemum Gyeongbokgung Chongwadae Changdeokgung Unhyungung The DMZ/North-South Korea border/Camp Bonifas National Assembly Building Background song is the theme from the Korean mini-series "Jewel in the Palace"

Korean Folk Song

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Performers outside the National Folk Museum in Seoul

Changdeokgung Palace

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The Changdeokgung Palace that is in The National Folk Museum of Korea. It's in Seoul.

Changdeokgung Palace

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this is the Changdeokgung Palace at the National Folk Museum that sits in Seoul.

ARMENIAN DUDUK of MASTER SIMON on EBAY ARMEXPUS Account

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http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZarmexpus This Duduk is available on EBAY just click the link above Professional Musician Arshak Darevian, who plays Duduk in Armenian National Folk Assembly Daronq, and has its own Band of Woodwind Instrument Players, plays on Master SIMON's Duduk, in Master SIMON's House-Museum. Duduk Offered on EBAY at http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZarmexpus

Toothpick Lusitania at AVAM Museum by Wayne Kusy

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This is a CBS Affiliate WJZ Channel 2 in Baltimore. The name of the segment is called Baltimore by George about the Innaugral exhibit of the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. One of the highlight exhibits was the 16 foot Lusitania made of 194,000 toothpicks by chicago Folk Artist Wayne Kusy. Also known as AVAM, this Museum is a national museum instituted by an act of congress. The Lusitania is now part of the perminent collection. You can see it at 800 Key Highway Baltimore MD. For more ships go to www.WayneKusy.com

Lokversa pakistan on ATV Morning Show Post Zagham

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Special prog on lokversa in A Morning With Farah. LOK VIRSA The Lok Virsa (National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage) works towards preserving the living folk and traditional culture of Pakistan. Its Folk Heritage Museum, located near Shakarparian Hills, has a large display of embroidered costumes. Jewellery, woodwork, metalwork, block printing, ivory and bone work. Traditional architecture facades exhibiting such skills as fresco, mirror work, marble inlay, tile mosaic and stucco tracery are also displayed. Lok Virsa Heritage Reference Library is equipped with resource data on ethnography, anthropology folk music, art, history and crafts. Museum and Library timings are 8:30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Sunday closed (Tel: 9201651, 9203983). Books on culture and heritage, audio and video cassettes of folk and classical vocal and instrumental music are available for sale at Lok Virsa's Sales Centre, also located near the Museum.

洛中洛外図屏風

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Among the inside of the capital city outskirts of Kyoto figure screens which It drew turnout of Kyoto and the scene of the four seasons on, It is the existence oldest thing. In the one of two points of inside of the capital city outskirts of Kyoto figure screens of the Middle Ages which a national history folk museum possesses, I ask it a person from former storehouse name, and it is done with the "the Machidas book" "the Sanjyou book" under an alias. In the generation of a drawn scene, it is thought with (1525) for Taiei era five years. size@ 138.2*342.8cm. 京都の賑わいと四季の景観を描いた洛中洛外図屏風のうち、現存最古のもの。国立歴史民俗博物館が所蔵する二点の中世の洛中洛外図屏風のひとつで重要文化財、「町田家本」「三条家本」とも通称される。描かれた景観の年代は、大永5年（1525）と考えられる。片隻　138.2 × 342.8 cm。

Budapest Queen Of The Danube (PAL)

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TVI-PDVD-BUD - Budapest Queen Of The Danube (PAL) Our travelogue will show you the most attractive sights of the Hungarian capital, also known as the "Queen of the Danube" - the famous pedestrian zone on the Vaci utca, the Chain Bridge, the Danube riverfront, the Castle Hill, and much more. The quiet Buda, with its Castle, National Gallery, counterpart to the lively Pest on the other side of the Danube boasting of its late 19th century boulevards, houses and palaces. You will visit Europe's largest Parliament, the State Opera House, National Museum or Museum of Fine Arts in Heroes' Square. Budapest is also noted for its Art Nouveau style, as exemplified by its Natural History Museum, Post Savings Bank and other edifices. The city's Gellert Hotel competes with the neo-Baroque Szechenyi Spa. Its spas and water sport complexes make it the world's largest spa city. Other sights include ancient excavations and Turkish spas as well as the City Park with Vajdahunyad Castle, the Zoo, the Vidanpark amusement centre or the large Margit Island. The citadel named after the martyr Gellert whose monument lies nearby is a popular tourist destination. The city's oldest building is the Inner City Parish Church, rebuilt in the gothic-Baroque style. The finest basilica in Budapest is consecrated to St. Stephen, the first Hungarian king. Another major sight in the Jewish quarter is the Great Synagogue, the largest in Europe as well as special cave shrines. And the city's life? You will visit the csarda, a typical local pub with live gypsy music, and see a performance of the National Folk ensemble. All this and much more is offered in the individual chapters of this DVD, which is certain to leave you with unforgettable impressions of Hungary's capital - Budapest.

Budapest Queen Of The Danube

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TVI-DVD-BUD - Budapest Queen Of The Danube Our travelogue will show you the most attractive sights of the Hungarian capital, also known as the "Queen of the Danube" - the famous pedestrian zone on the Vaci utca, the Chain Bridge, the Danube riverfront, the Castle Hill, and much more. The quiet Buda, with its Castle, National Gallery, counterpart to the lively Pest on the other side of the Danube boasting of its late 19th century boulevards, houses and palaces. You will visit Europe's largest Parliament, the State Opera House, National Museum or Museum of Fine Arts in Heroes' Square. Budapest is also noted for its Art Nouveau style, as exemplified by its Natural History Museum, Post Savings Bank and other edifices. The city's Gellert Hotel competes with the neo-Baroque Szechenyi Spa. Its spas and water sport complexes make it the world's largest spa city. Other sights include ancient excavations and Turkish spas as well as the City Park with Vajdahunyad Castle, the Zoo, the Vidanpark amusement centre or the large Margit Island. The citadel named after the martyr Gellert whose monument lies nearby is a popular tourist destination. The city's oldest building is the Inner City Parish Church, rebuilt in the gothic-Baroque style. The finest basilica in Budapest is consecrated to St. Stephen, the first Hungarian king. Another major sight in the Jewish quarter is the Great Synagogue, the largest in Europe as well as special cave shrines. And the city's life? You will visit the csarda, a typical local pub with live gypsy music, and see a performance of the National Folk ensemble. All this and much more is offered in the individual chapters of this DVD, which is certain to leave you with unforgettable impressions of Hungary's capital - Budapest.

Montenegro National Anthem

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The use of the name Montenegro began in the 15th century when the Crnojevic dynasty began to rule the Serbian principality of Zeta; over subsequent centuries Montenegro was able to maintain its independence from the Ottoman Empire. From the 16th to 19th centuries, Montenegro became a theocracy ruled by a series of bishop princes; in 1852, it was transformed into a secular principality. After World War I, Montenegro was absorbed by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, which became the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929; at the conclusion of World War II, it became a constituent republic of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. When the latter dissolved in 1992, Montenegro federated with Serbia, first as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and, after 2003, in a looser union of Serbia and Montenegro. In May 2006, Montenegro invoked its right under the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro to hold a referendum on independence from the state union. The vote for severing ties with Serbia exceeded 55% - the threshold set by the EU - allowing Montenegro to formally declare its independence on 3 June 2006. Administrative divisions: 21 municipalities (opstini, singular - opstina); Andrijevica, Bar, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Budva, Cetinje, Danilovgrad, Herceg Novi, Kolasin, Kotor, Mojkovac, Niksic, Plav, Pluzine, Pljevlja, Podgorica, Rozaje, Savnik, Tivat, Ulcinj, Zabljak. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mj.html

yuanmingyuan再现"圆明园"——访设计者刘佐

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A Large Piece of Fine Art A Brief Introduction Of "The Forty Landscapes of Yuanmingyuan " "The Forty Landscapes of Yuanmingyuan" Zhake is a large comprehensive set of ancient architecture pieces that bases its design on the ink and colored pictures of Yuanmingyuan. The "Zhake" constitutes of more than 1000 pieces of pavilions, platforms, mansions, storied buildings, palaces, halls, balconies, corridors, ships, pagodas, bridges, archways and yard walls. Covering more than 3000 square meters, its height is 1/30th of that of the original landscapes. While the forty landscapes can each be considered as an independent piece of art, they altogether constitute a panoramic view of the Yuanmingyuan Garden. The work is made of quality sorghum stalks with a diameter of 0.12-0.90 cm, which were all handpicked from hundreds of tons of sorghum stalks by the Chinese traditional artists. The stalks of the sorghum used is tens of thousands of meters long, which is many times more than the heights of the Everest Peak. Totally made by hand, it took more than 140 Chinese traditional artists 3 years to complete. Mr. Luozhewen, the group leader of the traditional architecture panel of the National Administration of Cultural Heritages was invited as the architectural technical consultant and Mr. Liuzuo, the famous folk arstists of Hebei Province and General Manager of our company, designed and presided over the whole event. The Forty Landscapes is a fine art delicately connected and carved with sorghum stalks. From the varied small muntins to the large doors and windows (though large, they are only as big as a man's thumb) that could be open and closed as one wishes; people could not help marveling at the talents and skills of the oriental artists. The padlock structured archaized Dougong system used in the art is actually much better than the traditional Dougong Structure in the aesthetic and dynamic terms. It was praised as "Typical Oriental Constructivism" by some western experts. Therefore, the art piece not only restores the landscapes of the famous Yuanmingyuan garden, but it also provides a good opportunity for people to appreciate the marvels and uniqueness of the Chinese Folk Art. Having been exhibited in the Chinese National Museum and the Chinese National Museum for Fine Arts for many times, the art-piece has won praises from many experts and scholars both home and abroad as well as the coverage of the Chinese media. In 1997, it was listed in the Shanghai Guinness World Records. Thanks to the techniques provided by the Cultural Heritage Restoration Committee of the State Administration of Cultural Heritages, now the art could be stored and preserved for a long time under museum conditions. The piece is now for sale. All efforts for cooperation are welcome. For those interested, please contact Mr. Liu: Email: lftianyi@yahoo.com.cn Tel:86 0316-6893766;86 0316-2073445 1 Yuanmingyuan is a famous garden in China. Known also as the old summer palace, it was destroyed by the eight allied force in the 1900s. 2 Zhake is a kind of traditional Chinese art. The artists bind, tie and carves stalks of plants to make art pieces like cages, landscapes and buildings. The products or art piece made in this way is also called Zhake. 3 Dougong is a system of brackets in Chinese building; it is using wooden square blocks inserted between the top of a column and a crossbeam to help stabilize the structure.

Visionary painter Leon Kennedy with self-portrait

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Spiritual Leon Kennedy with self-portrait. Here is an article written by Hannah Latham in 2000. Oakland Artist's Work Sold to Smithsonian Institution Oakland, CA (December 4, 2000)—Leon Kennedy, (born 1945, Houston) a self-taught folk artist recently evicted from his MacArthur Street apartment in Oakland, just learned that his work was included in a sale to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C. While Kennedy will not see a dime from the sale of the work, he is pleased to know that he's included in one of the nation's most treasured collections of American art. Kennedy now rents a 8 x 10 ft. single room in a downtown Oakland residency lodge for $500 per month and uses a bathroom down the hall. The sale to the National Museum of American Art was part of large acquisition of folk art from the Rosenak Collection. The Rosenaks, prominent collectors who've written several books on American folk art, sold more than 200 pieces from their collection to the museum for an undisclosed sum rumored to be more than $1,000,000. The sale took place in 1997, though Kennedy only recently learned about the sale through a friend who happened to view an article online from a back issue of Folk Art Messenger, the quarterly publication of the Folk Art Society of America. "This acquisition of 220 pieces from the Rosenaks' collection makes the National Museum of American Art the foremost repository for contemporary folk and self-taught art in the United States," write William and Ann Oppenhimer. Had the sale taken place in California, Kennedy may have been entitled to a percentage of the sale thanks to the CA Resale Royalties Act of 1976 which provides California artists a 5% commission on the resale of their work under certain conditions. Kennedy is one of the most dynamic and spiritual folk artists working today. Known best for his murals, his art depicts spiritually uplifting scenes of inner city life—street scenes with children playing and churches and fast food restaurants in the background, men playing dominoes, children with their parents and grandparents— at times his work is driven to the abstraction—riveting and powerful faces, hands clasped in prayer, wise men walking on water, and prophets. The repetition of faces aims toward being inclusive—everyone is depicted. Kennedy's unshakable faith is self-evident in his work. Working on bedsheets, cloth, wood, glass, and other found materials, Kennedy paints with tempera, markers, crayons, and glitter. "I ran out of canvas and I had a bedsheet," the artist explains." His work has been featured in a number of galleries and museums around the country including the African American Museum in Dallas, the San Francisco Arts Commission, The Ames Gallery in Berkeley, CA, Richmond City Hall, Oakland City Hall, and La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley, CA .

Gloomy Winter

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My friend Penny is in a folk singing trio called Tanteerie. I've put a couple of their tunes together with some video taken in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, playing with the juxtaposition of modern architecture with traditional folk music.

Ukraine National Anthem

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Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cultural and religious legacy of Kyivan Rus laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries. A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine was able to bring about a short-lived period of independence (1917-20), but was reconquered and forced to endure a brutal Soviet rule that engineered two artificial famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for some 7 to 8 million more deaths. Although final independence for Ukraine was achieved in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, democracy remained elusive as the legacy of state control and endemic corruption stalled efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties. A peaceful mass protest "Orange Revolution" in the closing months of 2004 forced the authorities to overturn a rigged presidential election and to allow a new internationally monitored vote that swept into power a reformist slate under Viktor YUSHCHENKO. Subsequent internal squabbles in the YUSHCHENKO camp allowed his rival Viktor YANUKOVYCH to stage a comeback in parliamentary elections and become prime minister in August of 2006. An early legislative election, brought on by a political crisis in the spring of 2007, saw Yuliya TYMOSHENKO, as head of an "Orange" coalition, installed as a new prime minister in December 2007. Capital: name: Kyiv (Kiev) Administrative divisions: 24 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtonomna respublika), and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status**; Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Crimea or Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol'), Dnipropetrovs'k, Donets'k, Ivano-Frankivs'k, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmel'nyts'kyy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv**, Kyiv, Luhans'k, L'viv, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sevastopol'**, Sumy, Ternopil', Vinnytsya, Volyn' (Luts'k), Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/up.html

yuanmingyuan再现"圆明园"(中国中央电视台一套)

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Re: Czech bagpipes at National Czech & Slovak Museum

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The artist is demonstrating the similarity of some folk Czech tunes to highland bagpipe music. This was recorded at a later performance of the same tour.

"The House is Blue, but the Old Lady Ain't"

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The new Alice Moseley Museum in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, opened on July 20th 2007, with a celebration in honor of the reknowned folk artist. The title of this "movie" is taken from one of Moseley's more famous paintings. "Miss Alice" was a long-time resident of Bay St. Louis and helped establish the city's national reputation as an artist colony. She "passed over" in 2004. Her son Tim has restored her beloved house and transformed it into a art and antique museum. Alice's dog, Herman, is still hardy and happy and many days can be found "working" at the gallery. For more information: http://www.hancockchamber.org or http://www.alicemoseley.com

Rovin Ploughboy 2

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A visually jazzier version! My friend Penny is in a folk singing trio called Tanteerie. I've put a couple of their tunes together with some video taken in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, playing with the juxtaposition of modern architecture with traditional folk music.

yuanmingyuan《综艺大观》（节选）倪萍采访刘佐中国中央电视台一套

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yuanmingyuan部分作品照片

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Outsider Leon Kennedy paints Woman Washing.

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Kennedy talks about water symbolism and painting technique regarding a new work. Colors and images have the power to awaken the soul. Leon Kennedy (b. 1945, Houston, Texas) Renowned African American spiritual visionary artist is featured prominently in several pages of Rosenak's cornerstone book, "Contemporary American Folk Art" (Abbeville, 1996). In 1997 the Smithsonian Institution purchased the 220 most significant pieces from the Rosenak collection, including a 1995 Leon Kennedy bedsheet painted with numerous figures. The Folk Art Messenger (1997 Vol.10 No.3) reported this acquisition makes the The National Museum of American Art the world's preeminent repository for American self-taught art. "It is our desire to see them as part of the history of 20th-century American art," said Chuck Rosenak. Mentioning Kennedy, the article goes on to note these works were the first American collection exhibited at the Collection de l'Art Brut in Switzerland, which "testifies to its quality and uniqueness." This Leon Kennedy masterwork now resides at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, while photos of Kennedy and other materials are stored at the National Archives in Wasington, D.C. Kennedy is listed in Betty-Carol Sellen's important survey, "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art." In 2006 two of Kennedy's paintings formed a major part of the yearlong exhibit at Baltimore's prestigious American Visionary Art Museum, "Race, Class, Gender," which travelled in 2007 to the Lowell Revolving Museum. A major one-man retrospective was exhibited at the Kings Gallery of the San Francisco Unitarian Universalist Church in 2004. In late the 1990's The House of Blues purchased several of Leon's works.

yuanmingyuan媒体报道&活动纪要

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Leon Kennedy on Spiritual Painting

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Leon Kennedy (b. 1945, Houston, Texas) Renowned African American spiritual visionary artist is featured prominently in several pages of Rosenak's cornerstone book, "Contemporary American Folk Art" (Abbeville, 1996). In 1997 the Smithsonian Institution purchased the 220 most significant pieces from the Rosenak collection including an outstanding 1995 Leon Kennedy bedsheet painted with numerous figures. The Folk Art Messenger (1997 Vol.10 No.3) reported this acquisition, involving millions of dollars, makes the The National Museum of American Art the world's preeminent repository for American self-taught art. "It is our desire to see them as part of the history of 20th-century American art," said Chuck Rosenak. Mentioning Kennedy, the article goes on to note these works were the first American collection exhibited at the Collection de l'Art Brut in Switzerland, which "testifies to its quality and uniqueness." This Leon Kennedy masterwork now resides at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, while photos of Kennedy and other materials are stored at the National Archives in Wasington, D.C. Kennedy is also included in Betty-Carol Sellen's important survey, "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art." In 2006 two of Kennedy's paintings formed a major part of the yearlong exhibit at Baltimore's prestigious American Visionary Art Museum, "Race, Class, Gender," which travelled in 2007 to the Lowell Revolving Museum. A major one-man retrospective was exhibited at the Kings Gallery of the San Francisco Unitarian Universalist Church in 2004. In late the 1990's The House of Blues purchased several of Leon's works.

30 second commericals

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Videos created by students at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts as part of Common/Wealth, an artist-in-residence program of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. www.ncdemocracy.org. This work will be featured in the exhibition "Street Signs and Solar Ovens: Socialcraft in Los Angeles" from October 22 to December 31, 2006 @ Craft and Folk Art Museum. A thought-provoking exhibition featuring artwork created with social activism as its inspiration. The exhibit explores the inventive strategies that are created by artists in response to the environmental, political, and social questions of our time. The objects featured will include protest art meant for public display as well as examples of instruments for proactive living.

Traditional Drumming in South Korea

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A quick clip of a performance at the National Folk Museum of Korea.

Albania In Your Pocket - Kruja Highlights

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http://www.inyourpocket.com 05.08.2007 Stroll through Kruja, the main tourist side 47km north of Tirana. Tour the 5th century citadel, the Gjergj Kastrioti Museum which was built to honour Albania's national hero Skanderbeg who fought the Ottomans from this mountain fortress. Just outside the citadel is the old bazaar selling lots of Albanian souvenirs such as flags, T-shirts, folk costumes and the traditional felt hats. Here is a video tour (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02VKlnw8JRs) of the small Ethnographic Museum which displays the beautiful interior of a traditional Albanian house around 1800. For more sites in Tirana, Albania go to Tirana In Your Pocket (http://www.inyourpocket.com/albania/city/tirana.html)

Changdeokgung Palace

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The Changdeokgung Palace that is in The National Folk Museum of Korea. It's in Seoul.

Switzerland National Anthem

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The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. In succeeding years, other localities joined the original three. The Swiss Confederation secured its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499. Switzerland's sovereignty and neutrality have long been honored by the major European powers, and the country was not involved in either of the two World Wars. The political and economic integration of Europe over the past half century, as well as Switzerland's role in many UN and international organizations, has strengthened Switzerland's ties with its neighbors. However, the country did not officially become a UN member until 2002. Switzerland remains active in many UN and international organizations but retains a strong commitment to neutrality. Administrative divisions: 26 cantons (cantons, singular - canton in French; cantoni, singular - cantone in Italian; kantone, singular - kanton in German); Aargau, Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus, Graubunden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sz.html

Pan Museum

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The former Pan Museum, Trinidad What constitutes a gallery or museum space? Is it the white walls? The empty converted space? Or the love of one's work? All of this is prevalent in the choices made by folk artist Joseph Charles who decided to do just that. Mr. Joseph has found a house with white walls and has called the space The Pan Museum. His work was first featured at the National Museum a few years ago with a colour catalogue. Not satisfied with the response to his work, Mr. Joseph decided to do something more. It was here that the museum came into being. Starting anything as serious as a gallery requires a great deal of planning, and Mr. Joesph has attempted to show a chronology of Pan history, using his work as the narrative. He also includes audio of famous and familiar calypso's to go along with the images, as well as artifacts on many of the folk stories about Pan and Pan life.

Dali - «Hraj Harmon!» («Грай гармон!»)

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The first Dali Band video © 2007. Produced by Anatol Vieczar (the First National Channel), lyrics and music by Viktar Rudenka (Dali lead singer), filmed at the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus. Released January 12, 2007. The video features a story of a girl — devoted museum guide — who suddenly finds out that the museum's rising popularity is due to her sex appeal being "the main treasure" among the other works of art. || Першае відэа гурта «Dali» © 2007. || Первый видеоклип группы «Dali» © 2007.

Huapango (Jose Pablo Moncayo)

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Sones de Mexico Ensemble performs with a Chicago Sinfonietta chamber ensemble (string quartet and a piano). Recorded live on April 25, 2008 at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. "Huapango" by Jose Pablo Moncayo (1912-1958) is inspired in Mexican folk songs and rhythms. It is Mexico's quintessential symphonic work, and it is widely performed. This reduction arranged by Victor Pichardo, is performed by a combined folk and classical ensemble of eleven players Featuring: --------- Victor Pichardo - jarana, clarinet Juan Rivera - violin Zacbe Pichardo - marimba, harp Lorena Iniguez - reed flute, jarana, guiro, foot tapping Juan Dies - bass, teponaztli Javier Saume - drum set, maracas James Sanders - violin Terrance Gray - violin Robert Fisher - viola Edward Moore - cello Don Neale - piano Sound Engineer: Dave Unger

Spirtual painter Leon Kennedy on dreams and visions

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Dreams and visions, the interconnectedness of artists, the flow of ideas. Using markers, crayons, and paint, renown Oakland folk artist Leon Kennedy creates vibrant visions of God's glory on wood, canvas, old bed sheets and other found objects. An ecstatic spiritualist and self-taught outsider, his message is about the power of faith, our limitless minds, and love. His bold, distinctive works are part of significant collections of black American folk art, including The Smithsonian Institution's American Art Museum, which purchased a bed sheet mural by Mr. Kennedy in 1997, as well as The African American Museum in Dallas, Texas, The House of Blues, The Ames Gallery in Berkeley, CA, and numerous private collections. Mr. Kennedy is in the NMAA online research database; photos and other materials of Kennedy are part of the illustrious National Archives. In 2006 two of Kennedy's paintings formed a major part of the yearlong exhibit at Baltimore's prestigious American Visionary Art Museum, "Race, Class, Gender," which travelled in 2007 to the Lowell Revolving Museum. A major one-man retrospective was exhibited at the Kings Gallery of the San Francisco Unitarian Universalist Church in 2004. His works were exhibited in "Ordinary Folk: Extraordinary Visions" at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery in March and April of 2000, (curator, Bonnie Grossman of The Ames Gallery.) In late the 1990's The House of Blues purchased several of Leon's works. Mr. Kennedy is documented thoroughly in Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector's Guide, by Chuck and Jan Rosenak (Abbeville Press). He is listed in all reliable surveys, including Betty-Carol Sellen's "Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art."

Rovin Ploughboy

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Urban drawing by visionary Leon Kennedy.

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"Leon Kennedy recording life. Man sleeping on bench." Pencil on canvas board. One-Man Shows Kings Gallery of the San Francisco Unitarian Universalist Church 2004 Oakland City Hall, Oakland, CA 2000 Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, Berkeley, CA 1992-2000 Windows Project 2020 Addison Street Good Samaritan Baptist Church, Oakland, CA 1996 La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA 1995 West Berkeley Senior Citizens Center, Berkeley, CA 1992 Richmond City Hall, Richmond, CA 1988 Group Shows Revolving Museum, Lowell "Race Class Gender" 2007 American Visionary Art Museum "Race, Class, Gender" 2006 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA 2000 "Annual Holiday Arts Festival & Art Auction" SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000 Visual Aid's "Big Deal" San Francisco Arts Commission "Extraordinary Artists" 2000 curated by Bonnie Grossman, The Ames Gallery, Berkeley, CA Green Bean, Oakland, CA 1999 The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, Oakland, CA 1999 Sheppard Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 1996 "Memories and Visions: Self-Taught and Outsider Artists West of the Rockies" African American Museum, Dallas, TX 1994 Skyline College, San Bruno, CA 1994 "Emerging Talent: African American Artists of California" California State University, Hayward, CA 1992 "Vernacular Art" Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA 1991 "The Gospel Connection" with Louis Estape Oakland Museum of Art Murals West Berkeley Senior Citizens Center, Berkeley, California 1997 Good Samaritan Baptist Church, Oakland, California 1996 Whitney Community Center, San Francisco 1972 Commissioned through the San Francisco Arts Commission Collections The National Museum of American Art acquired 1997 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. House of Blues Chuck and Jan Rosenak, authors of Contemporary American Folk Art, Abbeville, 1996 Jean and Richard Kellaway Justin Massingale

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