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Joni Mitchell at Second Fret
NOVEMBER 17, 1966 – backstage Second Fret Coffee House, PHILADELPHIA, PA Chuck and Joni Mitchell interviewed by Barry Bird for WMMR
Nov 17 – 21 at Second Fret
Nov 20 on Gene Shay’s WHAT FM Folklore program
During an WMMR-FM interview with Joni Mitchell at the Second Fret, nineteen year old disc jockey Ed Sciaky is the first to record the three-day old song Both Sides Now. http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=607 Mitchell wrote Both Sides Now in the apartment of Joy Schreiber which was walking distance from the Second Fret. Dan DeLuca, “Talking Folk Music History with Gene Shay,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 18, 2015
1960
Tony Smith: Two Exhibitions of Sculpture
November 22, 1966 – January 6, 1967 Tony Smith: Two Exhibitions of Sculpture, ICA catalog Philadelphia Samuel Adams Green at the suggestion of Barnet Newman gives Smith his first museum exhibition. In conjunction with Sam Wagstaff at Wadsworth Atheneum (November 8 – December 31, 1966). A big influence on architecture student turned sculptor Robinson Freidenthal.
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Andy Warhol in Philadelphia
December 1966- Susan Bottomly (aka International Velvet) introduces Allen Midgette to Andy Warhol. Taking a road trip to Philadelphia with Ivy Nicholson, Rod La Rod, Ultra Violet and Mary Woronov, Midgette and the superstars are filmed in William and Acey Wolgin’s twenty foot heated swimming pool in the 29th and 30th floor Penthouse of the Drake Hotel on 1512-1514 Spruce Street and the Egyptian Wing of the Penn Museum. Two reels of this film are later used as Ivy Swimming and Ivy in Philadelphia, eventually included in the 24-hour star star star star (Four Stars). Callie Angell, Andy Warhol Screen Tests; The Films of Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne, volume 1, p130, Abrams 2006
The trip to the Penn Museum may be in response to the Barbra Streisand's recorded concert at the Philadelphia Museum of Art where Steisand imitates Nefertiti.
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Kahn completes The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Louis I. Kahn, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA; one of the finest 20th century American buildings (completed 1966)
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Scanga Teaches at Pennsylvania State University
Scanga teaches at Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA for one year. Meets Juris Ubans, Harry Anderson, Richard Frankel, and Richard Calabro, who remain friends throughout his career.
1960
Raymond Roussel, A Critical Study
Rayner Heppenstall, Raymond Roussel, A Critical Study published London: Calder and Boyars (1966) by The University of California Press (1967) first study in English on Roussel – direct influence on Duchamp and hence Ree Morton
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Rafael Ferrer Moves to Philadelphia
Spring 1966 Rafael Ferrer moves to Philadelphia. His friend Rafael “Chafo” Villamil was already here working at Louis Kahn’s office. Moves to 18 East Gorgas Lane in Mount Airy section of Philadelphia where he has a studio in the garage.
1960
John Cage
“On the road between Rochester in New York State and Philadelphia, [John] Cage prepared Diary: Audience 1966 for a presentation in New York in May. With characteristic self-discipline, he ascertained at the start of each leg of the journey how many words were needed for the next statement of the text, formulated it and revised it in his head as he drove, pulled over and wrote it down, checked the length of the next statement and drove on. By the time he reached Philadelphia, the piece was finished.”
David Revill, The Roaring Silence, John Cage: A Life, New York: Arcade Publishing 1992, p 215
1960
Vanderlip Gallery at 1823 Sansom
Vanderlip Gallery started by Dianne Perry Vanderlip. 1823 Sansom Street. Lasts until at least March 1968 (PAFA 163rd annual lists Havard, Robert Koffler, Bill Richards, Bruce West) 1967. Tom Chimes group show- Natvar Bhavsar, James Havard, Charles Fahlen, Bill Richards. EO Omwake
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Schwedler Teaches at Tyler
Fall 1966 – Spring 1968 William Schwedler teaches at Tyler School of Art. Under the influence of Italo Scanga begins collecting Roseville pottery.
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Will Brown at UPenn
Will Brown studies at the University of Pennsylvania with the photographer/filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt in 1966–67. He makes films and black and white street photography.
1960
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
Robert Venturi, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture is published. In the introduction, Vincent Scully states it is “probably the most important writing on the making of architecture since Le Corbusier’s Vers Une Architecture, of 1923.”
1960
Hans Haacke Teaches Part-Time at PCA
Hans Haacke teaches part-time at Philadelphia College of Art. Time of early system works. In the Spring of 1968 he is featured prominently in AIR ART at the “Y” Arts Council, YM/YWHA Gallery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1960
Samuel S. White and Vera White Donation
In 1967, the collection of Samuel S. White, III, and his wife, the artist Vera White, added over 300 objects to the Museum; encompassing modern European and American painting as well as Japanese ukiyo-e prints.
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