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Priscilla Grace Treat, Seattle, ca. 1907
No full textThe Treat family owned a mansion on Queen Anne Hill, a large country estate in Loyal Heights, and were active in Seattle society. This portrait of young Priscilla Treat was taken by the prestigious Curtis Studio owned by Edward S. Curtis.1 photographic print: b&w; 6 x 8 in
The relationship between anxiety, working memory and academic performance among secondary school pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties: a test of Processing Efficiency Theory
No full textResearch has shown that negative emotions, particularly anxiety, can play a role in learning and academic performance. The Processing Efficiency Theory (PET) andthe more recent Attentional Control Theory (ACT) have been put forward to explain the relationship between anxiety and performance. The theories assume that worry (the cognitive component of anxiety) is thought to have a significant impact on performance and that the affect of anxiety on performance is through working memory, and in particular the central executive. The literature review identified a number of key areas of development, including the application of the theories to younger populations and with targeted populations who underachieve in school. Theempirical paper aimed to test the application of PET and ACT for pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD). It investigated whether the negativeimpact of anxiety on academic performance was mediated via working memory and whether this relationship was moderated by emotional regulation.Twenty-four pupils with SEBD aged 12 to 14 completed working memory tasks and self-report anxiety measures. Academic performance was also assessed. Heart ratevariability and parent-rated measures of conduct problems and hyperactivity were used as indicators of emotional regulation. The results showed that overall, therewas a negative association between test anxiety and academic performance and this association was clearer for the thoughts component of test anxiety. Visuospatial, but not verbal working memory was found to mediate the relationship between test anxious thoughts and academic performance on tasks where the central executive was involved. These findings are broadly consistent with PET and ACT. The mediation relationship was stronger for pupils identified as displaying higher levels of hyperactivity; no moderating effect was found for either heart rate variability or conduct problems. The results have implications for understanding the underachievement of children with SEBD and for considering interventions topromote attainment in school
Correspondence to Albert Paul Brinson from Curtis B. Gans, May 2, 1960
No full textThis document contains a letter addressed to Mr. Albert Paul Brinson from Curtis B. Gans, the National Affairs Vice President of the United States National Student Association. The letter expresses gratitude for Mr. Brinson's participation in the National Student Conference on the Sit-In Movement, held in Washington. Gans commends Brinson's courage and leadership in the civil rights movement, highlighting that his contribution inspires others. The letter emphasizes the importance of building a nation where all individuals can experience freedom. It concludes with appreciation for Brinson's efforts and encourages him to continue the fight for positive change. 1 page
Phoebus 5: A Journal of Art History
No full texttableOfContents: Editor's note
Preface. p. 9
Hiram Power's Bust of George Washington, The President as an Icon by Vivien Green Fryd p. 18
A Sky After El Greco, An Early Homage by Demuth by Marie Timberlake p. 29
Ben Shahn's Mine Building, A Symbol of Disaster by Carolyn Robbins p. 45
Georgia O'Keefe's Horse's Skull on Blue, A Dedicatory Essay by Barbara Spies p. 61
Eastman Johnson's Cranberry Pickers by Joseph Lamb p, 67
Dull Knife's Definance by Maria Leone p. 75
A Designer of Dreams, Arthur B. Davies Dawn, Mother of Light by Anne Gully. p.81
Death and Mystical Liberation in John B. Flannagan's Beginning by Timothy Norris p. 89
Architecture that Speaks Edward Hopper's Cottage, Cape Cod by William Laubach p.93
Behind the Mask, Walt Kuhn's Young Clown by Richard Raymond p. 97
George Elbert Burr, A Sometimes Master by Thomas van der Meulen p. 102
Parade In Review, an Interview with Philip C. Curtis by Dawane Walczak p. 109
Notes p. 12
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A study of the organ solo and ensemble works of Curtis Curtis-Smith
No full textThis study documents the life of C. Curtis-Smith and examines his contributions as a composer to both the solo and chamber music literature for the organ. Four major compositions by Curtis-Smith (b. 1941) are examined: Masquerades for solo organ (commissioned by William Albright, who premiered the work at the 1978 Seattle AGO National Convention); Variations on "Amazing Grace" (1983) for solo organ; The Mystic Trumpeter (1991), a setting of the poem of the same title by Walt Whitman for baritone, men's chorus, trumpet, chimes, glockenspiel, and organ; and Masques d'Afrique (commissioned for the 1998 Denver AGO National Convention) for organ, trumpet, and two percussionists. In addition, two miscellaneous works for solo organ, Gargoyles (1978) and On a Ground by Henry Purcell (1978), are also examined.The essay opens with an introductory chapter that briefly documents the substantial accomplishments of Curtis-Smith as a composer, and presents the significance of these four major compositions that employ the organ. A second chapter is devoted to chronicling his life and musical career thus far. Separate chapters are devoted to a formal analysis of each of the four major compositions, and one chapter to the two miscellaneous works. A final chapter examines pedagogical concerns and performance challenges of the six compositions for the organist. The methodology includes written interviews of the composer and of organist Karel Paukert, who premiered The Mystic Trumpeter. These interviews are included as appendices to the essay. Another appendix provides a selected listing of the compositions of Curtis-Smith. Two additional appendices present two essays by Curtis-Smith: a collection of thoughts about his compositional process and philosophy, and a second that is a collection of quotes by various writers about composition and musical expression that he references in his responses to the interview questions.The author performed Masquerades on November 19, 2000, and performed a recital of Curtis-Smith works including Variations on 'Amazing Grace,' On a Ground by Henry Purcell, Masques d'Afrique , and The Mystic Trumpeter on April 1, 2001.</p
A study of the organ solo and ensemble works of Curtis Curtis-Smith
No full textThis study documents the life of C. Curtis-Smith and examines his contributions as a composer to both the solo and chamber music literature for the organ. Four major compositions by Curtis-Smith (b. 1941) are examined: Masquerades for solo organ (commissioned by William Albright, who premiered the work at the 1978 Seattle AGO National Convention); Variations on "Amazing Grace" (1983) for solo organ; The Mystic Trumpeter (1991), a setting of the poem of the same title by Walt Whitman for baritone, men's chorus, trumpet, chimes, glockenspiel, and organ; and Masques d'Afrique (commissioned for the 1998 Denver AGO National Convention) for organ, trumpet, and two percussionists. In addition, two miscellaneous works for solo organ, Gargoyles (1978) and On a Ground by Henry Purcell (1978), are also examined.The essay opens with an introductory chapter that briefly documents the substantial accomplishments of Curtis-Smith as a composer, and presents the significance of these four major compositions that employ the organ. A second chapter is devoted to chronicling his life and musical career thus far. Separate chapters are devoted to a formal analysis of each of the four major compositions, and one chapter to the two miscellaneous works. A final chapter examines pedagogical concerns and performance challenges of the six compositions for the organist. The methodology includes written interviews of the composer and of organist Karel Paukert, who premiered The Mystic Trumpeter. These interviews are included as appendices to the essay. Another appendix provides a selected listing of the compositions of Curtis-Smith. Two additional appendices present two essays by Curtis-Smith: a collection of thoughts about his compositional process and philosophy, and a second that is a collection of quotes by various writers about composition and musical expression that he references in his responses to the interview questions.The author performed Masquerades on November 19, 2000, and performed a recital of Curtis-Smith works including Variations on 'Amazing Grace,' On a Ground by Henry Purcell, Masques d'Afrique , and The Mystic Trumpeter on April 1, 2001.</p
The Blase and the Adventure - Seachange Through Simmel
No full textThe aim of this paper is to not engage thoroughly with the Australian movement that has been loosely termed as Seachange, but rather, it is to critically engage with data emerging from this phenomenon using social theoretical perspective from Georg Simmel. The reason for proceeding with this analysis is to provide further credence to the already well acknowledged brilliance of Simmel’s social theory. Furthermore, by doing so, we will be see that this author’s work is more than useful for examining the movements of post/late/high modernity. This is perhaps largely due to the ability of Simmel’s theory to transcend boundaries between disciplines and provide a ‘variety of theoretical perspectives’ (Featherstone, 1991, p2). However, further to this, Simmel’s sociology appears to have an uncanny ability to correspond with much of what is being written on the subject of the aesthetic postmodern culture in contemporary times. Such comparison advocated Simmel’s title as a ‘postmodernist in advance of the discourse’ (Weinstein and Weinstein, 1991, p152). It is not the case of this paper to engage deeply in such a discourse, rather, the simple purpose is to illustrate effectively the deepness of Simmel’s analysis which provides him with the aforementioned title. By using interview data collected by the author himself and through another project run by Dowling (2004), it will be shown that Simmel’s work in the area of the metropolis and leisure, provides sufficient and engaging analysis of Seachange
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[Urban Writers Conference dialogue of Mary B. Morris over "She Ain't The One]
No full textVideo recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Urban Writers Conference held in March of 2008. The footage features the first speaker of the conference introduced by Curtis King Mary B. Morris. Author Morris dialogues with the audience about her new book "She Ain't the One"
[Urban Writers Conference dialogue of Mary B. Morris over "She Ain't The One]
No full textVideo recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Urban Writers Conference held in March of 2008. The footage features the first speaker of the conference introduced by Curtis King Mary B. Morris. Author Morris dialogues with the audience about her new book "She Ain't the One"
[Writers conference dialogue with E. Lynn Harris]
No full textVideo recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a Writers Conference. The footage features the first speaker of the conference introduced by Curtis King Mary B. Morris. Author Morris dialogues with the audience about her new book "She Ain't the One" followed by the first half of E. Lynn Harris's Q&A
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