Memphis by Hand: Creative Small-Business Advertising
Amie Vanderford, Photographer
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Recommended Resources:
Links:
Ask Vance
Memphis trivia blog companion to the monthly Memphis Magazine print column Ask Vance.
http://www.memphismagazine.com/askvanceblog/
Backroads of American Music
A site that explores juke joint culture and "overlooked" Memphis musicians.
http://www.backroadsofamericanmusic.com.
Veni Harlan, "Signs of Baton Rouge."
An online photography exhibit about hand-painted commercial signage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
http://www.signsofbatonrouge.com/
Memphis Celebrates Soul
A blog about the "Soul" culture of music and food in Memphis, Tennessee. http://memphissoul50.blogspot.com
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
This site features information about past, present, and future exhibitions of art and photography at the Brooks Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
http://www.brooksmuseum.org/
The Memphis Flyer
An online city newspaper featuring information about the Memphis community and culture.
http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/
2007 Memphis Flyer article about local muralist and sign painter James "Brick" Brigance who painted the Hawk's Bar & Grill wall.
http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/Content?oid=oid:37345
Memphis Sound
A blog run by Preston Lauterbach about the forgotten people and places that make up the "Memphis Sound."
http://www.memphissound.blogspot.com/
Mississippi River Corridor – Tennessee
The Mississippi River Corridor in Tennessee project works to conserve natural, cultural, and scenic resources in West Tennessee.
http://www.msrivertn.org/
Neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee, Wikipedia entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Neighborhoods_in_Memphis,_Tennessee
Stax Museum
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music, located at the original site of Stax Records, holds a collection of more than 2,000 interactive exhibits, films, artifacts, items of memorabilia, and galleries about Stax artists and the history of the recording studio.
http://staxmuseum.org/
Amie Vanderford, "Project 366 - 2008."
http://www.amie.org/
William Eggleston's website
Eggleston is an influential color photographer from Memphis, Tennessee.
http://www.egglestontrust.com.
Joe York, "With Signs Following...Religion on the Southern Roadside."
An online photography exhibit from the University of Mississippi.
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/south/signs/page1.htm
Print Materials:
Branston, John. Rowdy Memphis. Brentwood, Tennessee: Cold Tree Press, 2004.
Withers, Ernest. Memphis Blues Again. Viking Studio, 2001.
Wright, Sharon D. Race, Power, and Political Emergence in Memphis. Taylor and Francis, 2007.
Ask Vance
Memphis trivia blog companion to the monthly Memphis Magazine print column Ask Vance.
http://www.memphismagazine.com/askvanceblog/
Backroads of American Music
A site that explores juke joint culture and "overlooked" Memphis musicians.
http://www.backroadsofamericanmusic.com.
Veni Harlan, "Signs of Baton Rouge."
An online photography exhibit about hand-painted commercial signage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
http://www.signsofbatonrouge.com/
Memphis Celebrates Soul
A blog about the "Soul" culture of music and food in Memphis, Tennessee. http://memphissoul50.blogspot.com
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
This site features information about past, present, and future exhibitions of art and photography at the Brooks Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
http://www.brooksmuseum.org/
The Memphis Flyer
An online city newspaper featuring information about the Memphis community and culture.
http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/
2007 Memphis Flyer article about local muralist and sign painter James "Brick" Brigance who painted the Hawk's Bar & Grill wall.
http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/Content?oid=oid:37345
Memphis Sound
A blog run by Preston Lauterbach about the forgotten people and places that make up the "Memphis Sound."
http://www.memphissound.blogspot.com/
Mississippi River Corridor – Tennessee
The Mississippi River Corridor in Tennessee project works to conserve natural, cultural, and scenic resources in West Tennessee.
http://www.msrivertn.org/
Neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee, Wikipedia entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Neighborhoods_in_Memphis,_Tennessee
Stax Museum
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music, located at the original site of Stax Records, holds a collection of more than 2,000 interactive exhibits, films, artifacts, items of memorabilia, and galleries about Stax artists and the history of the recording studio.
http://staxmuseum.org/
Amie Vanderford, "Project 366 - 2008."
http://www.amie.org/
William Eggleston's website
Eggleston is an influential color photographer from Memphis, Tennessee.
http://www.egglestontrust.com.
Joe York, "With Signs Following...Religion on the Southern Roadside."
An online photography exhibit from the University of Mississippi.
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/south/signs/page1.htm
Print Materials:
Branston, John. Rowdy Memphis. Brentwood, Tennessee: Cold Tree Press, 2004.
Withers, Ernest. Memphis Blues Again. Viking Studio, 2001.
Wright, Sharon D. Race, Power, and Political Emergence in Memphis. Taylor and Francis, 2007.
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