Passage 1:Battle for BrooklynBattle for Brooklyn is a 2011 documentary that follows the stories of a Brooklyn neighborhood as the residents fight to save theirhomes from being destroyed by an impending real estate project. The film attempts to show the unjust outcomes that are possible when moneyed interestspartner up with government entities to outweigh the rights of citizens.Film contentSet in the years between 2003 and 2011, the story follows graphic designerDaniel Goldstein, the last defiantly remaining homeowner in his building, as he battles Bruce Ratner's Forest City real estate company and their plans to completethe Atlantic Yards Project in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The massive building project – according to the filmmakers, the densest real estatedevelopment in U.S. history – required the procurement of 22 acres of land, and would bring a sports complex to house the New Jersey Nets along with 16high-rise buildings to the heart of Brooklyn. Initially tasked with filling the behemoth 22 acre complex was architect Frank Gehry, who NPR calls "Americanarchitecture's prince of wasted space". The film documents that the land was obtained by the developers through various means including the controversialdeclaration of the buildings in the area as "blighted", and the utilization of eminent domain to seize land from businesses and homeowners in the proposed projectarea.Director Michael Galinsky explained that it was their intention to create an immersive experience devoid of excessive commentary by "talking heads" in orderto allow the viewer some latitude to experience the events of the film for themselves.  The result of this immersive experience after 7 years of filming can be seenas a character study of Daniel Goldstein – in the background of the story of the formation of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn and the fight against thedevelopment, Goldstein, through the course of the filming, experiences personal triumphs and great sadness, including the death of his mother, the breakup withhis fiancée, the formation of a new relationship, and the birth of his child. The film documents his "evolution from a bewildered property owner to sophisticatedspokesman and property rights activist."The formation of the community activism group Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB) with the help of NYCCouncilmember Letitia James helped bring Goldstein's cause into the public eye, quickly gaining the support of Brooklyn-based actors like Steve Buscemi, RosiePerez and John Turturro, and conservative columnist George Will.ProductionThe film, which was shortlisted for an Academy Award in 2012 for the 84th AcademyAwards, was produced and directed by Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley. Hawley and Galinsky began production in 2003, when they came across a flyerexplaining the protest. Galinsky started shooting the very same afternoon. The film's importance extends beyond Goldstein's fight against the abuse of eminentdomain, Galinsky describes the film as being "really about the people retaking narratives from the media which is faltering ... in these situations."  The filmreceived its initial financing from the New York-based non-profit Moving Picture Institute.In a 2011 interview, Galinsky described the events that led to the start offilming:I saw an article in the paper that said, "A development project is coming to Brooklyn. Hooray!" I thought, "This seems a little bit weird." I knew the area itwas coming to. It seemed it was impossible. It's in the middle of playgrounds and neighborhoods. My daughter went to daycare a block from there. So, when Isaw a flyer saying, "stop the project," I immediately picked it up, called the number on the flyer, and the woman who answered was Patti Hagan, who I could tellright away was an interesting character. So I started shooting that afternoon. That was eight years ago.On April 30, 2011, Battle for Brooklyn premiered inToronto at the HotDocs Film Festival.Critical receptionAndrew O'Hehir of Salon says of the film's appeal, "No doubt "Battle for Brooklyn" will be of most interest toNew Yorkers, and particularly to people who live or work in the city's most populous borough. But the film's basic situation — local residents and communityactivists vs. the development schemes of major politicians and big business — is an archetypal element of urban life, one that can be found in almost any city,large or small, from Maine to California."S. James Snyder of Time Out New York writes, "Nothing propels a documentary like injustice, and Michael Galinsky andSuki Hawley's infuriating chronicle of an outer-borough David-versus-Goliath saga plays like a marathon of inequity."Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times saidthat although the film is "not exactly even-handed, the movie proves a deft look at a reluctant crusader and how financial sway and political override can soeffectively trump the power of the average citizen."Awards and recognition2011 Best Documentary & Best Film – Brooklyn Film FestivalNew York Times Critics'PickFilm Festivals2011 Chicago Underground Film Festival2011 Rooftop Films Summer Series2011 Brooklyn Film Festival (United States Premiere)2011 HotDocs(World Premiere)Passage 2:List of artists from BrooklynBrooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, New York. Many artists have originated fromBrooklyn or have relocated there.Brooklyn-based fine artistsPaintersRuth Abrams (1912 – 12 March 1986) – New York School painter who was born in Brooklyn.As a painter, she belonged to the New York School. After her death, a critic from The New York Times remarked that she was "a woman unfairly neglected in amacho era." Her papers are held at the Yeshiva University Museum and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.Alexander Brook (July 14, 1898 – February 26,1980) – American artist and critic who was born in Brooklyn. During his twenties, Brooks painted still lifes and posed figures with vigor and sensuality. He laterbegan to emulate the style of Jules Pascin. From 1924 to 1927 he was the assistant director of Whitney Studio Club. His realist painting was exhibited widely andhe won multiple awards. Georgia Jungle won the Carnegie Prize at the Carnegie International art exhibition. Unfortunately for Brook, the realist style fell out offavor late in the 1940s.Marion Greenwood (April 6, 1909 – August 20, 1970) – painter and engraver who had lived in Brooklyn.Breuk Iversen (born July 25, 1964)– lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and is the founding member of the art collaborative known as "Offalists", using common refuse as a medium.Nell Choate Jones(1879–1981) – artist who had lived in Brooklyn Jones was awarded an honorary doctorate by the State University of New York in 1972 and received theDistinguished Citizen Award from the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 1979. She exhibited regularly across North America in the 1940s and 1950s as well as overseasin France, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Greece, and Japan. Her work can be found in many museums, including the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia andthe Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia.Tim Okamura (born 1968) – painter based in Brooklyn Okamura is known for his depiction of African-American andminority subjects in urban settings, and his combination of graffiti and realism. His work has been featured in several major motion pictures and in London'sNational Portrait Gallery. He was also one of several artists to be shortlisted in 2006 for a proposed portrait of Queen Elizabeth of England.Michael AnthonyPegues (born May 11, 1962) – artist and designer, born and raised in Brooklyn. Self-taught, modern-day Fauve, Expressionist as well as Pop artist, contemporaryof Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, his work is strongly influenced by Hip Hop and Graffiti.David Salle (born September 28, 1952) – painter andleading contemporary figurative artist, Salle helped define postmodern sensibility. His paintings and prints comprise what appear to be randomly juxtaposedimages, or images placed on top of one other with deliberately ham-fisted techniques.Walter Satterlee (January 18, 1844 – May 28, 1908) – American figure andgenre painter who was born in Brooklyn. He was a member of the American Water Color Society and of the New York Etching Club, and was an excellent teacher.Satterlee died in Brooklyn in 1908.Susan Sills – drawings and portraits.Danny Simmons (born August 17, 1953) – abstract-expressionist painter who was aBrooklyn resident in 2009 Simmons is the co-founder and Chairman of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation (since 1995), which provides disadvantaged urbanyouth with arts access and education. Simmons also founded Rush Arts Gallery and soon thereafter converted part of his loft in Brooklyn into the Corridor Gallery.Both galleries provide exhibition opportunities to early and mid-career artists who do not have commercial representation through galleries or privatedealers.Andrea Zittel (born September 6, 1965) – installation artist who has lived in Brooklyn Zittel produced her first "Living Unit"—an experimental structureintended to reduce everything necessary for living into a simple, compact system—as a means of facilitating basic activities within her 200-square-foot (19 m2)Brooklyn storefront apartment.Photographers and video artistsStephen Shames (born 1968) – photographer who was living in Brooklyn in 2008Ka-Man Tse –photographer, video artist, and educator based in Brooklyn.See alsoList of people from BrooklynLists of artists by nationalityPassage 3:Battle for RomeBattle forRome may refer to:The title under which the series Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire was transmitted on the Discovery ChannelOne of the alternativenames for what is now more commonly referred to as the Battle of Monte CassinoSee alsoCapture of Rome (1870) by the Kingdom of SardiniaBattle of Rome(disambiguation)Siege of Rome (disambiguation)Sack of Rome (disambiguation)Fall of Rome (disambiguation)Battle (disambiguation)Rome(disambiguation)Passage 4:Battle for EarthBattle for Earth may refer to:Alien invasionTransformers: Battle for Earth, a book in the Transformers franchise.MarvelAvengers: Battle for Earth, a 2012 motion-controlled fighting video game.Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth, a 2011 BBC documentary.Maelstrom: The Battlefor Earth Begins, a 2007 real-time strategy game.Godzilla vs. Mothra, or Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth, a 1992 Japanese kaiju film.Battle for Terra, a2007 animated science fiction film.Battle for Earth (Wing Commander), a fictional event in the Wing Commander novel series.Passage 5:John NelsonPartridgeJohn Nelson Partridge (1838 – April 8, 1920)  was the Police Commissioner for Brooklyn and Fire Commissioner for Brooklyn in the 1880s before themerger into New York City. He was the New York Superintendent of Public Works, and the New York City Police Commissioner from 1902 to 1903.BiographyHewas born in 1838 In Leicester, Massachusetts. From 1886 to 1887 he was president of the Brooklyn City and Newtown Railroad.He was the New York City PoliceCommissioner from 1902 to 1903. During his tenure he wanted to move the New York City police headquarters from Mulberry Street to Times Square.In 1906 hemarried Charlotte Held.They then moved to Westport, Connecticut. He died on April 8, 1920, in Westport, Connecticut.Passage 6:CrimebusterCrimebuster or


Passage 1:I Believe in Miracles (film)I Believe in Miracles is a 2015 film directed by Jonny Owen.PlotThe film tells the story of football club Nottingham Forest'srise, under Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, to becoming English champions in 1978 and European champions in 1979 and 1980. The film features documentaryfootage of matches and interviews with many of the former Forest players who played at the time.The film's soundtrack includes funk and soul music from the1970s, including the song from which its title is based, featuring versions from The Jackson Sisters and Mark Capanni.A book of the same name to accompany therelease of the film was written by Daniel Taylor, chief football writer of The Guardian.Passage 2:Saturday Night at the Movies (disambiguation)Saturday Night atthe Movies was a Canadian weekly television series. Saturday Night at the Movies may also refer to:NBC Saturday Night at the Movies, an American weekly primetime network television series"Saturday Night at the Movies" (song), a song by The Drifters, released in 1964, written by Barry Mann and Cynthia WeilSaturdayNight at the Movies (album), a 2017 album by Joe McElderrySaturday Night at the Movies, a 2013 album by The OvertonesPassage 3:A Month of Sundays (2015film)A Month of Sundays is a 2015 film starring Anthony LaPaglia.PlotReal estate agent Frank Mollard won't admit it, but he can't move on. Divorced but stillattached, he can't sell a house in a property boom - much less connect with his teenage son. One night Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out ofthe ordinary. Apart from the fact that she died a year ago.Thus blossoms a charming and unusual friendship with an elderly woman which inspires Frank toreconnect with life.CastAnthony LaPaglia as Frank MollardJulia Blake as SarahJohn Clarke as Phillip LangWayne Anthoney as Noel LangJustine Clarke as WendyMcKinnonTerence Crawford as StuartGary Sweet as Gary SweetReceptionOn Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 63% based on reviews from 19critics.Luke Buckmaster of The Guardian wrote "Situations, subplots and even barely seen characters are unified with an almost cosmic sense of fate." DavidNusair of Reel Film Reviews wrote "One can only hope that this marks a temporary stumble for an otherwise talented filmmaker." Paul Byrnes in the SydneyMorning Herald said "A Month of Sundays is a small miracle of a film – an odd combination of modesty and ambition."Passage 4:Manhattan AngelManhattan Angelis a 1949 American comedy musical film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Gloria Jean, Patricia Barry and Thurston Hall.It was originally called Sweetheartof the Blues. It was made after I Surrender Dear.PlotGloria Cole and Eddie Swenson are working to keep an old house, now being used as a youth center, frombeing razed to make room for a new skyscraper in Manhattan. Gloria enters a friend in a beauty contest with a $25,000 first prize and, after someiffy-maneuvering, her friend wins the contest and the money goes to preserving the youth center.CastGloria Jean as Gloria ColeRoss Ford as EddieSwensonPatricia Barry as Maggie Graham (as Patricia White)Thurston Hall as Everett H. BurtonAlice Tyrrell as Queenie WaltersBenny Baker as AloysiusDuffRussell Hicks as J.C. RaylandFay Baker as Vi LangdonJimmy Lloyd as ElmerToni Harper as ToniThe Sweetheart Choristers as SingersSee alsoList of Americanfilms of 1949Passage 5:Amy (2015 film)Amy is a 2015 British documentary film directed by Asif Kapadia and produced by James Gay-Rees. The film coversBritish singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse's life and her struggle with substance abuse, both before and after her career blossomed, and which eventually causedher death. In February 2015, a teaser trailer based on the life of Winehouse debuted at a pre-Grammys event. David Joseph, CEO of Universal Music UK,announced that the documentary titled Amy would be released later that year. He further stated: "About two years ago we decided to make a movie abouther—her career and her life. It's a very complicated and tender movie. It tackles lots of things about family and media, fame, addiction, but most importantly, itcaptures the very heart of what she was about, which is an amazing person and a true musical genius."Amy premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, beingshown in the Midnight Screenings section. Distributed by the Altitude and A24, it was released theatrically on 3 July 2015. The film received critical acclaim,garnering 33 nominations and winning a total of 30 awards, including Best Documentary at the 28th European Film Awards, Best Documentary at the 69th BritishAcademy Film Awards, Best Music Film at the 58th Grammy Awards and the Best Documentary Feature at the 88th Academy Awards. The success of Amy and themusic of its soundtrack also led Winehouse to her second posthumous nomination at the 2016 BRIT Awards for British Female Solo Artist.SynopsisThe filmnarrative is focused on the life of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, who was found dead on 23 July 2011 from alcohol poisoning, at the age of 27 at her home inCamden, North London.The film starts with a 1998 home movie depicting a 14-year-old Winehouse singing along with her long-time friend, Juliette Ashby, at thebirthday party of their mutual friend, Lauren Gilbert, at a home in Southgate, London. The rest of the documentary shows the songwriter's life, in a chronologicalorder from her early childhood, to her music career, which attained commercial success through her debut album, Frank (2003), and second, final album Back toBlack (2006), to her troubled relationships, self-harm, bulimia, the controversial media attention, and her downfall with her drug and alcohol addiction, all untilher death in 2011. Winehouse is featured throughout the film talking about her early influences and how she felt about fame, love, depression, family and hermusic career.Kapadia conducted more than 100 interviews with Winehouse's friends and family that combine to provide a narrative around the star's life and isbilled as "the singer in her own words." The film shows extensive unseen footage and unheard tracks Winehouse had recorded in the years before she died.Unheard tracks featured in the film are either rare live sessions, such as "Stronger Than Me", "In My Bed", "What Is It About Men?" and Donny Hathaway's "We'reStill Friends", a cover of Johnny Mercer's "Moon River" from when Winehouse attended the National Youth Jazz Orchestra at the age of 16 in 2000 or never-beforeheard songs the star wrote, such as "Detachment" and "You Always Hurt The Ones You Love".There are various pieces of extensive, unseen archive footage ofWinehouse, such as when she is video-recorded in a cab with friend Tyler James in January 2001 and driving to tours and on her long-term friend, LaurenGilbert's holiday tape in Majorca, Spain in August 2005. The film also shows various interviews, such as with Jonathan Ross, Tim Kash, and a funny video of whenWinehouse is interviewed and talked to about singer Dido in 2004, when she promoted her debut album. The documentary also includes when Winehouseperformed live from London on the Grammy Awards in 2008, and won the award for "Record of the Year".The film also features footage from when she was filmedwith her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, various performances, and when she auditioned at Island Records in February 2003, singing "I Heard Love Is Blind". Alsoincluded is footage from when she was recording her second album in March 2006 and a duet single, "Body and Soul", with Tony Bennett in March 2011 as herlast recording before her death. Some outtakes are also featured of her last shambolic performance in Belgrade, Serbia, a month before she died. The filmconcludes with long-term friend Juliette Ashby talking about her last phone call with Winehouse, footage of Winehouse's body being taken out of her home afterher death, and Bennett stating: "Life teaches you really how to live it, if you live long enough." It then shows scenes from three days later of footage fromWinehouse's funeral at Edgwarebury Cemetery and Golders Green Crematorium in North London. Closing clips end the film with videos of Winehouse from herearly years until her death, with Antonio Pinto's composition, "Amy Forever".ContributorsThe following heavily contributed in the documentary through archivefootage andrecorded interviews:ProductionIn 2012, Universal Music first approached film producer James Gay-Rees if the team behind the documentary filmabout Ayrton Senna would be interested in creating a project on Amy Winehouse.On 25 April 2013, it was confirmed and announced that the team behind thedocumentary film Senna (2010), including director Asif Kapadia and Universal Music, were making a film about the late singer-songwriter. It was revealed thatthe film would be very similar to Senna, and that unseen footage of Winehouse would be shown. Kapadia and Gay-Rees stated: "Everyone fell under her spell. Buttragically, Amy seemed to fall apart under the relentless media attention, her troubled relationships, her global success and precarious lifestyle." They introducedthe project at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and it was said the documentary film would be released in 2015.MusicThe documentary features various unheardtracks Winehouse had completed from when her career began in 2003 until her death. The film includes live sessions, such as: "There Is No Greater Love","Stronger Than Me", "In My Bed", "Rehab" and "What Is It About Men", covers of Johnny Mercer's "Moon River" from when Winehouse was 16 at the NationalYouth Jazz Orchestra in 2000 and Donny Hathaway's "We're Still Friends" and never-before heard songs the star wrote, such as "Detachment" and the lyrics to"You Always Hurt The Ones You Love", combined with Pinto's composition "Amy Lives". Winehouse is recorded in March 2006 when she is recording her 2007single "Back to Black" and there are also cuts and edits of her well-known tracks, which helps unveil every piece of footage in the film.SoundtrackOn 8 October2015, Island Records announced that the soundtrack for the film would be released on 30 October 2015. The soundtrack includes various tracks that wereincluded in the documentary; including classic tracks from Winehouse and compositions that were featured in the film by composer Antonio Pinto. The soundtrackwas later released for the second time on vinyl in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 1 April 2016.The twenty-three track album includes well-known tracks byWinehouse, such as "Stronger Than Me", "Tears Dry on Their Own", and "Back to Black", live sessions of "What Is It About Men", "Rehab", "We're Still Friends",and "Love Is a Losing Game", demo tracks; "Some Unholy War" and "Like Smoke"; a cover of The Zutons' "Valerie" performed by Winehouse and Mark Ronsonand a 2011 version of "Body and Soul" performed by Winehouse and Tony Bennett. The soundtrack is also the second posthumous compilation album ofWinehouse's music.The commercial success and music behind the film earned Winehouse her second posthumous nomination at the 2016 BRIT Awards for"British Female Solo Artist", won by singer Adele and the film won a Grammy Award for "Best Music Film" at the 2016 Grammy Awards. This was the ninth


Passage 1:Joshua SinclairJoshua Sinclair (born May 7, 1953) is an American writer, producer, actor and director born in New York City.FilmographyPassage2:Claude WeiszClaude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris.FilmographyFeature filmsUne saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel (1972) with Germaine Montéro,Lucien Raimbourg, Florence Giorgetti, Jean-François Delacour, Hélène Darche, Manuel Pinto, etc.Festival de Cannes 1973 - Quinzaine des réalisateursJury Prize:Festival Jeune Cinéma 1973La Chanson du mal aimé (1981) with Rufus, Daniel Mesguich, Christine Boisson, Věra Galatíková, Mark Burns, Philippe Clévenot,Dominique Pinon, Madelon Violla, Paloma Matta, Béatrice Bruno, Catherine Belkhodja, Véronique Leblanc, Philippe Avron, Albert Delpy, etc.Festival de Cannes1982 - Perspectives du cinéma françaisCompetition selections: Valencia, Valladolid, Istanbul, MontréalOn l'appelait... le Roi Laid (1987) with Yilmaz Güney(mockumentary)Valencia Festival 1988 - Grand Prix for documentaries "Laurel Wreath"Competition selections: Rotterdam, Valladolid, Strasbourg, Nyon, Cannes,Lyon, CairoPaula et Paulette, ma mère (2005) Documentary - Straight to DVDShort and mid-lengthLa Grande Grève (1963 - Co-directed CAS collective,IDHEC)L'Inconnue (1966 - with Paloma Matta and Gérard Blain - Prix CNC Hyères, Sidney)Un village au QuébecMontréalDeux aspects du Canada (1969)LaHongrie, vers quel socialisme ? (1975 - Nominated for best documentary - Césars 1976)Tibor Déry, portrait d'un écrivain hongrois (1977)L'huîtreboudeuseAncienne maison Godin ou le familistère de Guise (1977)Passementiers et RubaniersLe quinzième moisC'était la dernière année de ma vie (1984 -FIPRESCI Prize- Festival Oberhausen 1985 - Nomination - Césars 1986)Nous aimons tant le cinéma (Film of the European year of cinema - Delphes1988)Participation jusqu'en 1978 à la réalisation de films "militants"TelevisionSeries of seven dramas in GermanNumerous documentary and docu-soap type films(TVS CNDP)Initiation à la vie économique (TV series - RTS promotion)Contemplatives... et femmes (TF1 - 1976)Suzel Sabatier (FR3)Un autre Or Noir (FR3)Vivreen GéorgiePortrait d'une génération pour l'an 2000 (France 5 - 2000)Femmes de peine, femmes de coeur (FR3 - 2003)Television documentariesLa porte de Sarpest ouverte (1998)Une histoire balbynienne (2002)Tamara, une vie de Moscou à Port-au-Prince (unfinished)Hana et Khaman (unfinished)En compagnie d'AlbertMemmi (unfinished)Le Lucernaire, une passion de théâtreLes quatre saisons de la Taillade ou une ferme l'autreHistoire du peuple kurde (in development)Leskurdes de Bourg-Lastic (2008)Réalisation de films institutionnels et industrielsPassage 3:Day of the PainterDay of the Painter is a 1960 American short filmdirected by Robert P. Davis. It was filmed at Mamaroneck Harbor in Mamaroneck, NY.Plot and critical responseTime magazine:An extremely funny 15-minute film,may be taken as a solemn leg-pull of the recent vogue for dribble-and-splotch painters, those athletic canvas-coverers whose style owes less to Van Gogh's brushtechnique than to Stan Laurel's custard pie stance.  Or it may be taken as an explicit set of instructions for getting rich.The film, a first-time effort by threeex-admen, begins with a loving shot of wharfs, fishing shacks and sounding sea-the sort of vista once sketched avidly by artists and now appreciated chiefly byretired couples who tour Cape Cod in late September.  The artist is a burly fellow (Ezra Reuben Baker), recognizably aesthetic in paint-smeared dungarees,scurrilous red sweater and combat boots.  He trundles a cart filled with paint buckets along a dock, then throws an enormous sheet of wallboard down on a mudflat ten feet below.Soberly, with exquisite skill, using first a vigorous forehand, then a precisely executed backhand, the painter slops color from buckets.  Clearlyhe is a master, for his stroke with the long-handled hoe is sure and strong, his touch with the dribble-stick more than Japanese in its delicacy.  And when he fills aflare pistol with paint and fires the last accent of orange at his abstraction, he does not pull the trigger.  He squeezes.When the thing dries, he hacks it up inrandom rectangles with a power saw, then carefully signs each fragment.  A seaplane, labeled "Galerie des Abstracts, Paris-New York," touches down.  A mandebarks whose rich, dark overcoat obviously proclaims him an art dealer.  He strokes his jaw as he examines the paintings, eventually selects a small one, shakeshands with the painter and takes off.  Pleased with himself, the painter matter-of-factly shoves the remaining works of art into the ocean.  This, as the screentruly proclaims, is the end.New York Herald Tribune:A hilarious good - natured spoof of abstract-expressionist painting has been made the subject of a coloredfilm-short called "Day of the Painter." .........Without sound or sub-titles (except for a delightful musical score somewhat reminiscent of that which accompaniedthe Alex Guinness film, "The Horse's Mouth") the film begins with the artist's awakening in a crumbling shack on a rickety pier reaching out over a picturesquestream.  His "Wall Street Journal" is delivered by boat, and, having ascertained that his investments are doing well, he loads a wheelbarrow with assorted cans ofpaint, long sticks, and a spray gun, has two helpers carry his enormous blank canvas, and sets off to his muddy "studio" by the side of the stream.  All day longhe flings, scatters, shoots, pushes paint all over his canvas and himself.  The picture grows, and, actually, turns out to be quite handsome-in the Jackson Pollockmanner, of course, but attractive for all it imitativeness.  Sea gulls and swans waddle by, their expressions rather suggesting that of critics.At last the painter isfinished, carefully studies his work-and then proceeds to cut the enormous canvas up into pieces.At the end of the day a small seaplane comes by, docksalongside the pier, while the passenger-pilot, looking like any 57th St. dealer you care to name, surveys the day's work.  He examines carefully, he ponders, andhe finally selects one small segment of the canvas, places it in the plane, and takes off.The painter takes all the other pieces, tosses them into the stream, andthey float away with the gulls and swans, not unlike the unforgettable Gulley Jimson, in "The Horse's Mouth," floating gallantly out to sea in his batteredtugboat.Audiences, apparently, are enjoying the film-except for a group the other night who were plainly pro-abstract-expressionism, and hissed when the rest ofthe house applauded.  None of it was ill-natured, however, probably because the abstract-expressionism picture being kidded looks so agreeable.AwardsDay ofthe Painter won an Oscar at the 33rd Academy Awards in 1961 for Best Short Subject.Passage 4:Jacques DécombeJacques Décombe is a French author, actor anddirector born in 1953.BiographyAfter he studied at the Conservatoire national d'art dramatique, he was the director of the shows of Les Inconnus at the request ofDidier Bourdon and won the Molière Award for best comedy show. (See fr:Molière du meilleur spectacle comique) in 1991. He also directed shows by Charlotte deTurckheim, Chevallier et Laspalès, Patrick Timsit, Les Chevaliers du fiel...Passage 5:Robert P. DavisRobert P. Davis (October 8, 1929 – November 7, 2005) was anAmerican author, screenwriter, and film director whose works are primarily centered on aviation.His 1960 short film, Day of the Painter, won an Academy Awardin 1961 for Best Short Subject.Davis's 1976 novel The Pilot, about an alcohol-abusing airline captain, served as the source material for his screenplay for themotion picture of the same title, released in 1980, in which Cliff Robertson acted out the lead role and which Robertson also directed.Movies and TVDay of thePainter (short film) (1960)The Pilot (1980)Final Descent (TV) (1997), based on The Glass CockpitBooksThe Pilot (New York: Morrow, 1976)Cat Five (New York:Pocket Books, 1977)Control Tower (New York: Putnam's, 1980)The Glass Cockpit (1991)Passage 6:Yolonda RossYolonda Ross is an American actress, writer anddirector.Life and careerRoss was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. She began her acting career in New York, appearing in the episodes of television seriesNew York Undercover and Third Watch. Before landing the leading role in the independent drama film, Stranger Inside (2001). The movie produced by HBO, firstpremiered on television, but Ross was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance. She later had supporting roles in a number ofindependent productions and guest-starred on Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and in 2011 had a recurring role of HBO's Treme.Ross co-starredalongside LisaGay Hamilton in the critically acclaimed 2013 independent drama film, Go for Sisters. She received Independent Spirit Award for Best SupportingFemale nomination for her performance in film. She later was cast opposite Viola Davis in Lila & Eve. In 2015, Ross played Robyn Crawford, the friend, assistant,and reported girlfriend of Whitney Houston, in the Lifetime movie, Whitney directed by Angela Bassett.In 2017, Ross had a recurring role opposite Viola Davis inthe ABC legal thriller How to Get Away with Murder. The following year she was cast in a series regular role in the Showtime drama series, TheChi.FilmographyFilm and TV MoviesTelevisionAwards and nominationsPassage 7:Kurt LandKurt Landesberger (19 February 1913, Vienna, Austria – 13 July 1997New York City) was an Austrian born Argentine film director of the 1950s and 1960s.Born in Vienna, Land moved to Argentina in the 1930s and began as a filmeditor, editing for some 20 films in the 1940s. However, by the early 1950s he became interested in directing and directed a number of popular Argentine films inthe 1950s such as the 1955 film Adiós problemas starring Enrique Muiño and the 1957 picture Alfonsina which starred actress Amelia Bence. He also workedregularly with classic Argentine actress Olga Zubarry.He directed his last film in 1970 in Buenos Aires. He died in New York City in 1997.SelectedfilmographyEditorMadame Bovary (1947)Stella (1943) Credited as Kurt Land.La casta Susana (1944) Credited as Kurt Land.Villa Rica del Espíritu Santo (1945)Credited as Kurt Land.Lauracha (1946) Credited as Kurt Land.ProducerSeven Women (1944)DirectorHoy canto para ti (1950)¡Qué hermanita! (1951)Vuelva elprimero (1952)Como yo no hay dos (1952)Asunto terminado (1953)Mercado negro (1953)La telaraña (1954)Los problemas de papá (1954)Adiós problemas(1955)La Delatora (1955)Bacará (1955)Surcos en el mar (1956)Estrellas de Buenos Aires (1956)Alfonsina  (1957)Dos basuras  (1958)Evangelina (1959)Elasalto  (1960)La Culpa  (1969)El sátiro  (1970)El Hombre del año  (1970)External linksKurt Land at IMDbPassage 8:Sepideh FarsiSepideh Farsi (Persian: ; born 1965) is an Iranian director.Early yearsFarsi left Iran in 1984 and went to Paris to study mathematics.  However, eventually she wasdrawn to the visual arts and initially experimented in photography before making her first short films. A main theme of her works is identity. She still visits Tehraneach year.Awards/RecognitionFarsi was a Member of the Jury of the Locarno International Film Festival in Best First Feature in 2009. She won the FIPRESCI Prize


Passage 1:Y asíAustria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Y así" written by Christof Spörk and Edi Köhldorfer. The song wasperformed by the group Global Kryner. The Austrian broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) organised the national final Song.Null.Fünf in order to selectthe Austrian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Five artists and ten songs competed in a televised show where a public vote consisting of regionaltelevoting and mobile phone voting exclusively selected "Y así" performed by Global Kryner as the winner.Austria competed in the semi-final of the EurovisionSong Contest, which took place on 19 May 2005. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "Y así" was not announced among the top 10 entriesof the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Austria placed twenty-first out of the 25 participating countries inthe semi-final with 30 points.BackgroundPrior to the 2005 contest, Austria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-one times since its first entry in1957. The nation has won the contest on one occasion: in 1966 with the song "Merci, Chérie" performed by Udo Jürgens. Following the introduction of semi-finalsfor the 2004 contest, Austria has featured in only one final. Austria's least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on seven occasions,most recently in 1991. Austria has also received nul points on three occasions: in 1962, 1988 and 1991.The Austrian national broadcaster, ÖsterreichischerRundfunk (ORF), broadcasts the event within Austria and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. ORF confirmed their intentions to participate atthe 2005 Eurovision Song Contest on 17 September 2004. From 1995 to 2000, ORF has held an internal selection to choose the artist and song to representAustria at the contest, while the broadcaster had set up national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision forAustria from 2002 to 2004. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announced that the Austrian entry for the 2005 contest would beselected through a national final.Before EurovisionSong.Null.FünfSong.Null.Fünf (Song.Zero.Five) was the national final that selected Austria's entry for theEurovision Song Contest 2005. The competition took place on 25 February 2005 at the ORF Center in Vienna, hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun and ChristianClerici and broadcast on ORF eins. The national final was watched by 630,000 viewers in Austria.FormatFive artists with two songs each competed in thecompetition where the winner was selected by exclusively by public voting. Viewers were able to cast their votes via landline and the voting results of each of thenine Federal States of Austria created an overall ranking from which points from 1-8, 10 and 12 were distributed. Viewers were also able to vote from mobiles viatelephone or SMS and the overall ranking of the entries was also assigned scores from 1-8, 10 and 12. After the combination of all scores, the entry with thehighest number of points was selected as the winner.Competing entriesORF invited all interested artists with a contract to a record company to apply to thebroadcaster between 17 September 2004 and 30 September 2004. All applications were reviewed by a team of music professionals who nominated four artists toeach submit two songs for the national final. On 20 October 2004, DJ Ötzi revealed that he had initially been selected for the competition but later withdrew afterissues with creating his two candidate Eurovision songs. An additional artist was nominated by the talent scout organisation Projekt Pop after an additionalsubmission period was opened for interested artists without a contract to a record company to submit two songs to the organisation between 4 November 2004and 25 November 2004. The five artists and songs were revealed on 5 January 2005 and among the competing artists was former Austrian Eurovisionrepresentative Alf Poier who represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003.FinalThe televised final took place on 25 February 2005. Each of the fiveartists competed with two songs where regional televoting and mobile phone voting selected "Y así" performed by Global Kryner as the winner.ControversyThenational final caused controversy due to the format that was amended shortly before the show (the original format was to include two rounds of public votingwhere one song per artist would be selected in the first round to advance to the second round). When the results were published, 80% of the 337,179 votesregistered were submitted via mobiles but distributed just as many points as each federal state did. It was also revealed that "Good Old Europe Is Dying"performed by Alf Poier received the most overall votes (45,000 votes more than "Y así") but placed second due to the voting system. Poier's manager René Bertostated: "We prefer to be the moral winner rather than winning a cheap victory. Global Kryner did not win because of the fans, but because of ORF's last-minutechange of the voting system."At EurovisionAccording to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany,Spain and the United Kingdom), and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2004 contest are required to qualify from the semi-final on 19 May 2005 in order tocompete for the final on 21 May 2005; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final. On 22 March 2005, a special allocation draw was held whichdetermined the running order for the semi-final and Austria was set to open the show and perform in position 1, before the entry from Lithuania. At the end of theshow, Austria was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed thatAustria placed twenty-first in the semi-final, receiving a total of 30 points.The semi-final and the final were broadcast in Austria on ORF 2 with commentary byAndi Knoll and via radio on Ö3 with commentary by Martin Blumenau. The Austrian spokesperson, who announced the Austrian votes during the final, was DodoRoscic.VotingBelow is a breakdown of points awarded to Austria and awarded by Austria in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12points to Croatia in the semi-final and to Serbia and Montenegro in the final of the contest.Points awarded to AustriaPoints awarded by AustriaPassage 2:CasparBabypantsCaspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also the vocalist and bassist of The Presidents of the United States ofAmerica.HistoryBallew's first brush with children's music came in 2002, when he recorded and donated an album of traditional children's songs to the nonprofitProgram for Early Parent Support titled "PEPS Sing A Long!" Although that was a positive experience for him, he did not consider making music for families untilhe met his wife, collage artist Kate Endle. Her art inspired Ballew to consider making music that "sounded like her art looked" as he has said. Ballew began writingoriginal songs and digging up nursery rhymes and folk songs in the public domain to interpret and make his own. The first album, Here I Am!, was recordedduring the summer of 2008 and released in February 2009.Ballew began to perform solo as Caspar Babypants in the Seattle area in January 2009. Fred Northup,a Seattle-based comedy improvisor, heard the album and offered to play as his live percussionist.  Northrup also suggested his frequent collaborator Ron Hippe asa keyboard player. "Frederick Babyshirt" and "Ronald Babyshoes" were the Caspar Babypants live band from May 2009 to April 2012. Both Northup and Hippeappear on some of his recordings but since April 2012 Caspar Babypants has exclusively performed solo. The reasons for the change were to include moreimprovisation in the show and to reduce the sound levels so that very young children and newborns could continue to attend without being overstimulated. Ballewhas made two albums of Beatles covers as Caspar Babypants. Baby Beatles! came out in September 2013 and Beatles Baby! came out in September 2015.Ballewruns the Aurora Elephant Music record label, books shows, produces, records, and masters the albums himself. Distribution for the albums is handled by BurnsideDistribution in Portland, Oregon.Caspar Babypants has released a total of 17 albums. The 17th album, BUG OUT!, was released on May 1, 2020. His albumFLYING HIGH! was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album. All 17 of the albums feature cover art by Ballew's wife, Kate Endle."FUNFAVORITES!" and "HAPPY HITS!" are two vinyl-only collections of hit songs that Caspar Babypants has released in the last couple ofyears.DiscographyAlbumsPEPS (2002)Here I Am! (Released 03/17/09) Special guests: Jen Wood, Fysah ThomasMore Please! (Released 12/15/09) Specialguests: Fred Northup, Ron HippeThis Is Fun! (Released 11/02/10)  Special guests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe, Krist Novoselic, Charlie HopeSing Along! (Released08/16/11) Special guests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Stone Gossard, Frances England, Rachel LoshakHot Dog! (Released 04/17/12) Specialguests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe, Rachel Flotard (Visqueen)I Found You! (Released 12/18/12) Special guests: Steve Turner (Mudhoney), Rachel Flotard(Visqueen), John RichardsBaby Beatles! (Released 09/15/13)Rise And Shine! (Released 09/16/14)Night Night! (Released 03/17/15)Beatles Baby! (Released09/18/2015)Away We Go! (Released 08/12/2016)Winter Party! (Released 11/18/16)Jump For Joy! (Released 08/18/17)Sleep Tight! (Released 01/19/18)Keep ItReal! (Released 08/17/18)Best Beatles! (Released 03/29/19)Flying High! (Released 08/16/19)Bug Out! (released 05/1/20)Happy Heart! (Released 11/13/20)EasyBreezy! (Released 11/05/21)AppearancesMany Hands: Family Music for Haiti CD (released 2010) – Compilation of various artistsSongs Stories And Friends: Let'sGo Play – Charlie Hope (released 2011) – vocals on AlouetteShake It Up, Shake It Off (released 2012) – Compilation of various artistsKeep Hoping MachineRunning – Songs Of Woody Guthrie (released 2012) – Compilation of various artistsApple Apple – The Harmonica Pocket (released 2013) – vocals on MonkeyLoveSimpatico – Rennee and Friends (released 2015) – writer and vocals on I Am Not AfraidSundrops – The Harmonica Pocket (released 2015) – vocals on DiggaDog KidPassage 3:Bernie BonvoisinBernard Bonvoisin (French pronunciation: [bna b̃vwaz̃]), known as Bernie Bonvoisin (French pronunciation: [bnib̃vwaz̃], born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director. He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.Hewas one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/DC and together they recorded the song "Ride On" which was one of the last songs by BonScott.External linksBernie Bonvoisin at IMDbPassage 4:Billy MilanoBilly Milano (born June 3, 1964) is an American heavy metal and hardcore punk musician. He isthe singer and occasionally guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and was the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death. Prior to these


Passage 1:Jesse E. HobsonJesse Edward Hobson (May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director of SRI International from 1947 to 1955. Prior to SRI, he wasthe director of the Armour Research Foundation.Early life and educationHobson was born in Marshall, Indiana. He received bachelor's and master's degrees inelectrical engineering from Purdue University and a PhD in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Hobson was also selected as anationally outstanding engineer.Hobson married Jessie Eugertha Bell on March 26, 1939, and they had five children.CareerAwards and membershipsHobson wasnamed an IEEE Fellow in 1948.Passage 2:Ian Barry (director)Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.Select creditsWaiting for Lucas (1973) (short)Stone(1974) (editor only)The Chain Reaction (1980)Whose Baby? (1986) (mini-series)Minnamurra (1989)Bodysurfer (1989) (mini-series)Ring of Scorpio (1990)(mini-series)Crimebroker (1993)Inferno (1998) (TV movie)Miss Lettie and Me (2002) (TV movie)Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!(2008) (documentary)The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)Passage 3:Brian Kennedy (gallery director)Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is anIrish-born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.  He was the director of the Peabody EssexMuseum in Salem for 17 months, resigning December 31, 2020. He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019. He was the directorof the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) from 1997 to 2004.CareerBrian Kennedy currently lives and worksin the United States after leaving Australia in 2005 to direct the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. In October 2010 he became the ninth Director of theToledo Museum of Art. On 1 July 2019, he succeeded Dan Monroe as the executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum.Early life and career inIrelandKennedy was born in Dublin and attended Clonkeen College. He received B.A. (1982), M.A. (1985) and PhD (1989) degrees from UniversityCollege-Dublin, where he studied both art history and history.He worked in the Irish Department of Education (1982), the European Commission, Brussels(1983), and in Ireland at the Chester Beatty Library (1983–85), Government Publications Office (1985–86), and Department of Finance (1986–89). He marriedMary Fiona Carlin in 1988.He was Assistant Director at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin from 1989 to 1997. He was Chair of the Irish Association of ArtHistorians from 1996 to 1997, and of the Council of Australian Art Museum Directors from 2001 to 2003. In September 1997 he became Director of the NationalGallery of Australia.National Gallery of Australia (NGA)Kennedy expanded the traveling exhibitions and loans program throughout Australia, arranged for severalmajor shows of Australian art abroad, increased the number of exhibitions at the museum itself and oversaw the development of an extensive multi-mediasite.  Although he oversaw several years of the museum's highest ever annual visitation, he discontinued the emphasis of his predecessor, Betty Churcher, onshowing "blockbuster" exhibitions.During his directorship, the NGA gained government support for improving the building and significant private donations andcorporate sponsorship. However, the initial design for the building proved controversial generating a public dispute with the original architect on moral rightsgrounds.  As a result, the project was not delivered during Dr Kennedy's tenure, with a significantly altered design completed some years later.  Private fundingsupported two acquisitions of British art, including David Hockney's A Bigger Grand Canyon in 1999, and Lucian Freud's After Cézanne in 2001. Kennedy built onthe established collections at the museum by acquiring the Holmgren-Spertus collection of Indonesian textiles; the Kenneth Tyler collection of editioned prints,screens, multiples and unique proofs; and the Australian Print Workshop Archive. He was also notable for campaigning for the construction of a new "front"entrance to the Gallery, facing King Edward Terrace, which was completed in 2010 (see reference to the building project above).Kennedy's cancellation of the"Sensation exhibition" (scheduled at the NGA from 2 June 2000 to 13 August 2000) was controversial, and seen by some as censorship. He claimed that thedecision was due to the exhibition being "too close to the market" implying that a national cultural institution cannot exhibit the private collection of a speculativeart investor. However, there were other exhibitions at the NGA during his tenure, which could have raised similar concerns. The exhibition featured the privatelyowned Young British Artists works belonging to Charles Saatchi and attracted large attendances in London and Brooklyn. Its most controversial work was ChrisOfili's The Holy Virgin Mary, a painting which used elephant dung and was accused of being blasphemous. The then-mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani,campaigned against the exhibition, claiming it was "Catholic-bashing" and an "aggressive, vicious, disgusting attack on religion." In November 1999, Kennedycancelled the exhibition and stated that the events in New York had "obscured discussion of the artistic merit of the works of art". He has said that it "was thetoughest decision of my professional life, so far."Kennedy was also repeatedly questioned on his management of a range of issues during the AustralianGovernment's Senate Estimates process - particularly on the NGA's occupational health and safety record and concerns about the NGA's twenty-year-oldair-conditioning system. The air-conditioning was finally renovated in 2003. Kennedy announced in 2002 that he would not seek extension of his contract beyond2004, accepting a seven-year term as had his two predecessors.He became a joint Irish-Australian citizen in 2003.Toledo Museum of ArtThe Toledo Museum ofArt is known for its exceptional collections of European and American paintings and sculpture, glass, antiquities, artist books, Japanese prints and netsuke. Themuseum offers free admission and is recognized for its historical leadership in the field of art education.  During his tenure, Kennedy has focused the museum'sart education efforts on visual literacy, which he defines as "learning to read, understand and write visual language."   Initiatives have included baby and toddlertours, specialized training for all staff, docents, volunteers and the launch of a website, www.vislit.org. In November 2014, the museum hosted the InternationalVisual Literacy Association (IVLA) conference, the first Museum to do so. Kennedy has been a frequent speaker on the topic, including 2010 and 2013 TEDx talkson visual and sensory literacy.Kennedy has expressed an interest in expanding the museum's collection of contemporary art and art by indigenous peoples. Worksby Frank Stella, Sean Scully, Jaume Plensa, Ravinder Reddy and Mary Sibande have been acquired.  In addition, the museum has made major acquisitions of OldMaster paintings by Frans Hals and Luca Giordano.During his tenure the Toledo Museum of Art has announced the return of several objects from its collection dueto claims the objects were stolen and/or illegally exported prior being sold to the museum.  In 2011 a Meissen sweetmeat stand was returned to Germanyfollowed by an Etruscan Kalpis or water jug to Italy (2013), an Indian sculpture of Ganesha (2014) and an astrological compendium to Germany in 2015.HoodMuseum of ArtKennedy became Director of the Hood Museum of Art in July 2005. During his tenure, he implemented a series of large and small-scale exhibitionsand oversaw the production of more than 20 publications to bring greater public attention to the museum's remarkable collections of the arts of America, Europe,Africa, Papua New Guinea and the Polar regions. At 70,000 objects, the Hood has one of the largest collections on any American college of university campus. Theexhibition, Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body, toured several US venues. Kennedy increased campus curricular use of works ofart, with thousands of objects pulled from storage for classes annually. Numerous acquisitions were made with the museum's generous endowments, and hecurated several exhibitions: including Wenda Gu: Forest of Stone Steles: Retranslation and Rewriting Tang Dynasty Poetry, Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe, andFrank Stella: Irregular Polygons.PublicationsKennedy has written or edited a number of books on art, including:Alfred Chester Beatty and Ireland 1950-1968: Astudy in cultural politics, Glendale Press (1988), ISBN 978-0-907606-49-9Dreams and responsibilities: The state and arts in independent Ireland, Arts Council ofIreland (1990), ISBN 978-0-906627-32-7Jack B Yeats: Jack Butler Yeats, 1871-1957 (Lives of Irish Artists), Unipub (October 1991), ISBN978-0-948524-24-0The Anatomy Lesson: Art and Medicine (with Davis Coakley), National Gallery of Ireland (January 1992), ISBN 978-0-903162-65-4Ireland:Art into History (with Raymond Gillespie), Roberts Rinehart Publishers (1994), ISBN 978-1-57098-005-3Irish Painting, Roberts Rinehart Publishers (November1997),  ISBN 978-1-86059-059-7Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe, Hood Museum of Art (October 2008), ISBN 978-0-944722-34-3Frank Stella: IrregularPolygons, 1965-1966, Hood Museum of Art (October 2010), ISBN 978-0-944722-39-8Honors and achievementsKennedy was awarded the Australian CentenaryMedal in 2001 for service to Australian Society and its art. He is a trustee and treasurer of the Association of Art Museum Directors, a peer reviewer for theAmerican Association of Museums and a member of the International Association of Art Critics. In 2013 he was appointed inaugural eminent professor at theUniversity of Toledo and received an honorary doctorate from Lourdes University. Most recently, Kennedy received the 2014 Northwest Region, Ohio ArtEducation Association award for distinguished educator for art education.== Notes ==Passage 4:Elizabeth Barlow RogersElizabeth Barlow Rogers (born 1936) isan environmentalist, landscape preservationist, author of numerous books and essays, and a former park administrator. Her most notable achievement was herrole in the revitalization of New York City's Central Park in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1980, Rogers helped found the Central Park Conservancy, a not-for-profitcorporation formed to organize private sector support for the restoration and renewed management of the park. She served as the Conservancy's first presidentfrom its founding until 1995.Early life and educationElizabeth “Betsy” Browning was born in San Antonio, Texas to Caleb Leonidas Browning (1902–1970), ageneral contractor and cattle rancher, and his wife, Elizabeth (Ewing) Browning (1904–1992). She grew up in Alamo Heights and prepared for college at SaintMary's Hall. In 1952, she enrolled at Wellesley College, where she majored in art history (BA 1957), and in the summer following her graduation married EdwardL. Barlow, a graduate of Lawrenceville and Yale (BA 1956). They lived in Washington DC, where he was a naval officer stationed at the Pentagon, but in 1960


Passage 1:O Valencia!"O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album, The Crane Wife.The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy. It tells a story of two star-crossed lovers. The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang. At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother (the singer's "sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.Track listingThe 7" single sold in the UK was mispressed, with "Culling of the Fold" as the B-side despite the artwork and record label listing "After the Bombs" as the B-side.Music videosFor the "O Valencia!" music video, The Decemberists filmed themselves in front of a green screen and asked fans to complete it by digitally adding in background images or footage. Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, having recently asked fans to do the same with a video of him with a light saber in front of a green screen, brought up The Decemberists on his segment "Look Who's Riding on My Coattails Now" and accused the band of stealing the idea. The Decemberists' response was to challenge Stephen Colbert to a guitar solo showdown on December 20, 2006, on The Colbert Report.On January 19, 2007, The Decemberists premiered an alternate music video of "O Valencia!", directed by Aaron Stewart-Ahn, on MTV2. The video follows a character named Patrick, played by Meloy, as he and his love Francesca (Lisa Molinaro), daughter of "the Boss", plan an escape to an unknown location. At a cafe, a man in a suit, portrayed by the band member Chris Funk, tells him to hide in the "Valencia" hotel (the Super Value Inn on North Interstate Avenue in Portland, Oregon) while he gets them the necessary documentation to escape. Above the name of the hotel, there is a neon sign that reads " Office". The letters have all burnt out except for the "O", creating the title of the song. The video then introduces other characters - various assassination teams - who sit in different rooms of the hotel waiting for the chance to catch the two lovers. Most are portrayed by other members of the band (along with Meloy's wife, Carson Ellis). They kill off any potential witnesses to their plan. Patrick manages to take down one member from each team, before they gang up on him. The Boss arrives, along with the man from the cafe, who reveals that he snitched on Patrick and Francesca. They execute Francesca, while forcing Patrick to watch. After they leave, Patrick finds a note by Francesca, which reveals that she never fell in love with him, and only wanted protection. 2 months later, Patrick and the man, who has lost an eye from a previous assassination attempt, have a sit-down at the same cafe. The man reveals that he snitched on Patrick just to take over the town. Patrick reveals that he poisoned a drink the man was having, but before he could get away, the man stabs Patrick in the neck with a fork before dying, followed by Patrick.The video is somewhat influenced by the distinct style and themes of director Wes Anderson, with bold fonts being used to introduce characters and groups on the bottom of the screen (much like in the film The Royal Tenenbaums). The band had previously (and more explicitly) drawn influence from Anderson's Rushmore in their video for "Sixteen Military Wives". The layout of the hotel is also similar to the one used in Bottle Rocket.Kurt Nishimura was chosen as the winner by mtvU for his video that depicted a love affair between a woman and her television, with the TV containing the green-screened Decemberists video footage.Passage 2:Obata ToramoriObata Toramori (, 1491 – July 14, 1561) was Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku Period. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen" He also recorded as having been wounded 41 times in 36 encounters. He was the father of Obata Masamori.See alsoIsao ObataPassage 3:Billy MilanoBilly Milano (born June 3, 1964) is an American heavy metal and hardcore punk musician. He is the singer and occasionally guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and was the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death. Prior to these bands, Milano played in early New York hardcore band the Psychos, which also launched the career of future Agnostic Front vocalist Roger Miret. Milano was also the singer of United Forces, which included his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker. Milano managed a number of bands, including Agnostic Front, for whom he also co-produced the 1997 Epitaph Records release Something's Gotta Give and roadie for Anthrax.DiscographyStormtroopers of Death albumsStormtroopers of Death videosMethod of Destruction (M.O.D.)MasteryPassage 4:Lars EliassonLars Eliasson  (December 8, 1914 – June 5, 2002) was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Centre Party. He was the party's first vice chairman 1957-69 and a member of the Parliament of Sweden 1952–1970. For a short time in 1957, he was a minister in the Government of Sweden, in the Second cabinet of Erlander.He is the father of the later Member of Parliament Anna Eliasson.Passage 5:Norah JonesNorah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has won several awards for her music and, as of 2023, had sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000's decade. She has won nine Grammy Awards and was ranked 60th on Billboard magazine's artists of the 2000s decade chart.In 2002, Jones launched her solo music career with the release of Come Away with Me, which was a fusion of jazz with country, blues, folk and pop. It was certified diamond, selling over 27 million copies. The record earned Jones five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist. Her subsequent studio albums—Feels Like Home (2004), Not Too Late (2007), and The Fall (2009)—all gained platinum status, selling over a million copies each. They were also generally well received by critics. Jones's fifth studio album, Little Broken Hearts, was released on April 27, 2012; her sixth, Day Breaks, was released on October 7, 2016. Her seventh studio album, Pick Me Up Off the Floor, was released on June 12, 2020. Jones made her feature film debut as an actress in My Blueberry Nights, which was released in 2007 and was directed by Wong Kar-Wai.Jones is the daughter of Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar and concert producer Sue Jones, and is the half-sister of fellow musicians Anoushka Shankar and Shubhendra Shankar.Early lifeJones was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979, in Manhattan, New York City, to American concert producer Sue Jones and Indian Bengali musician Ravi Shankar.After her parents separated in 1986, Jones lived with her mother, growing up in Grapevine, Texas. As a child, Jones began singing in church and also took piano and voice lessons. She attended Colleyville Middle School and Grapevine High School before transferring to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. Her music took its first form early on in the local Methodist Church where she regularly sang solos. While in high school, she sang in the school choir, participated in band, and played the alto saxophone. At the age of 16, with both parents' consent, she officially changed her name to Norah Jones, removing the Indian elements from her name.Jones always had an affinity for the music of Bill Evans and Billie Holiday, among other "oldies". She once said, "My mom had this eight-album Billie Holiday set; I picked out one disc that I liked and played that over and over again".She attended Interlochen Center for the Arts during the summers. While at high school, she won the Down Beat Student Music Awards for Best Jazz Vocalist (twice, in 1996 and 1997) and Best Original Composition (1996).Jones attended the University of North Texas (UNT), where she majored in jazz piano and sang with the UNT Jazz Singers. During this time, she had a chance meeting with future collaborator Jesse Harris. She gave a ride to a band playing at the university whose members happened to be friends of Harris. He was on a cross-country road trip with friend and future Little Willies member Richard Julian, and stopped to see the band play. After meeting Jones, Harris started sending her lead sheets of his songs.In 1999, Jones left Texas for New York City. Less than a year later, she started a band with Harris, and her recordings with them were bestsellers.Musical careerJones was a lounge singer before becoming a recording artist. Before releasing her first studio album, she performed with Wax Poetic, Peter Malick, and jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter.2000–2001: New York City, First SessionsAs Peter Malick states in the liner notes, "I started looking for a singer who might be open to recording [my latest songs] for me. On a Tuesday night, I walked into the Living Room just as the singer announced the last song of the set. The Dinah Washington classic 'Since I Fell for You' filled the room and I was struck breathless. Here, in the tradition of Billie Holiday, was a stunningly beautiful, blues infused voice. This was my first contact with Norah Jones." Malick asked her to participate in sessions at Room 9 from Outer Space in South Boston, during August and September 2000. They recorded Malick's songs "New York City", " Strange Transmissions", "Deceptively Yours" and "Things You Don't Have to Do" in addition to cover versions of "All Your Love" by Sam Maghett and "Heart of Mine" by Bob Dylan. These songs became the album New York City (Koch, 2003) by the Peter Malick Group Featuring Norah Jones.After moving to New York City, Jones signed to Blue Note, a label owned by EMI Group. The signing came as an indirect result of her performing as lead singer for the JC Hopkins Biggish Band. Shell White, who was the wife of J. C. Hopkins, worked for EMI Publishing and gave Jones's three-track demo to Bruce Lundvall, the label's president, and Brian Bacchus, its artists and repertoire agent (A&R). The demo contained two jazz standards and a song by Jesse Harris. The two executives agreed that Jones had potential. Despite their misgivings about the direction of her music, they signed her to the label. Bacchus told HitQuarters, "We let her find her own direction ... We knew that if she could develop her songwriting and we could find great songs, it would work."2002: Come Away with MeBacchus thought producer and engineer Jay Newland's experience in jazz, blues, rock, country, and folk music would give a "feeling for her sound." Jones and Newland recorded nine demo tracks. Four appeared on the sampler First Sessions (2001). The rest were set aside for her debut album. Come Away with Me (2002) was praised for its blend of acoustic pop with soul and jazz. Debuting at No. 139, it reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The single "Don't Know Why" hit No. 1 on the Top 40 Adult Recurrents in 2003 and No. 30 in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. At the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003, Jones was nominated for eight Grammy Awards and won five: Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Record of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Don't Know Why". This tied Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys for most Grammy Awards received by a female artist in one night. Jesse Harris won Song of the Year for "Don't Know Why" while Arif Mardin won Producer of


Passage 1:Polly of the MoviesPolly of the Movies is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Jason Robards, Gertrude Shortand Corliss Palmer. It is loosely based on Harry Leon Wilson's 1922 novel Merton of the Movies and its various film adaptations.SynopsisA small town girl goes toHollywood with ambitions of becoming major dramatic star. However, the melodrama she appears in is unintentionally amusing and becomes a comedyhit.CastJason Robards as Angus WhitcombGertrude Short as Polly PrimroseCorliss Palmer as Lisa SmithStuart Holmes as Benjamin Wellington FairmountJackRichardson as Rolland HarrisonRose Dione as Lulu FairmountMary Foy as Mrs. BeardsleyPassage 2:The Muppets Go to the MoviesThe Muppets Go to the Movies isa one-hour television special starring Jim Henson's Muppets. It first aired May 20, 1981 on ABC as promotion for The Great Muppet Caper, which was released inthe United States a month later.PlotWith the aid of Dudley Moore and Lily Tomlin, Kermit the Frog and the Muppets show spoofs of different movies at the MuppetTheatre.The special opens with a 20th Century Frog logo. The Announcer (Jerry Nelson) provides an introduction over clips from the special.Kermit comes onstageto introduce the show, informing the audience that the Muppets plan on paying tribute to some of their favorite movies.The Muppet company perform "Hey, aMovie!" from The Great Muppet Caper.Fozzie Bear introduces a spoof of The Three Musketeers. Statler and Waldorf attempt to leave, but are stopped by elasticropes tied around their ankles. Gonzo the Great, Scooter and Link Hogthrob play Athos, Porthos and Gummo, out to defeat The Scarlet Pimpernel. Link flies on achandelier, thus landing him backstage, and onto Miss Piggy, who reacts with her famous karate chop, thus sending him flying back onstage, and onto Kermitduring an introduction for the next parody.The sketch Invasion of the Unpleasant Things from Outer Space has Dudley Moore and Lily Tomlin facing giant alienrats. In addition to sci-fi films, the parody also pokes fun at international cinema. Moore speaks in a foreign language, accompanied by English subtitles.Janiceintroduces her favorite film The Wizard of Oz. She mentions that she likes the Land of Oz and might move there. When Janice is about to mention the part ofDorothy Gale, Piggy's voice is heard saying "I'm not ready." Janice attempts to fill in, but Piggy arrives just in time. As the scene begins, Piggy (as Dorothy) andFoo-Foo (as Toto) start out in black and white. Piggy sings "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". When it changes to color, she is joined by Scooter as the Scarecrow,Gonzo as the Tin Man, and Fozzie Bear as the Cowardly Lion in a rendition of "If I Only Had a Brain/a Heart/the Nerve" and "We're Off to See the Wizard".Gonzointroduces Metro-Goldwyn-Bear's The Fool of the Roman Empire. Moore portrays a jazz piano-playing Julius Caesar. Moore plays a melody on the piano, whileGonzo, Beauregard and Lew Zealand have a chariot race. Gonzo's chariot is pulled by a chicken, Beauregard's by rats, and Lew's by a shark.Backstage, Rizzocomplains to Kermit about the previous sketch, claiming that it was an insult to rats. Rizzo and his rat buddies try to convince Kermit to put them in a glamorousrat production number. Kermit tells the rats that the Muppets have already done a similar production number in The Great Muppet Caper, showing a clip,featuring "The First Time It Happens".Lily Tomlin attempts to flirt with Kermit, but Piggy interrupts them. Kermit suggests that Tomlin introduce the horror genre.Despite Tomlin's insistence that she's not a fan, she's attacked by a group of Muppet monsters. In J. Arthur Link's The Nephew of Frankenstein, Fozzie visits hisuncle (played by Dr. Julius Strangepork) who is working on a comedian monster (played by Mulch). They attempt to do a "Hot Cross Bunnies" joke. Theexperiment blows Mulch up and burns the film screen. Firefighters are called, but joke that they are unable to put out a fire that was caused in the 19th Centuryas "our hoses won't reach!". The segment ends with Kermit parodying Porky Pig's "That's all folks!" line.Rowlf the Dog presents a silent film featuring Kermit andSopwith the Camel. Mulch drops in, finally getting the "Hot Cross Bunnies" joke.Sam Eagle comes to translate a film by famed Swedish filmmaker IngmarBergman. Floyd Pepper informs Sam that the film isn't by Ingmar, but by his brother Gummo. The film Silent Strawberries parodies Bergman's filmography. Itfeatures The Swedish Chef, Beaker (as "The Angel of Death"), Fozzie and Kermit. As the film is not in English, Sam has to translate. Much to Sam's disgust, thetranslations make absolutely no sense. The film ends with a rendition of "Hooray for Hollywood". Waldorf claims he doesn't believe in "The Angel of Death", but isautomatically frightened by someone over his shoulder (a popcorn girl).A spoof of Casablanca: Kermit bids his goodbyes to Piggy among the harsh wind of anairplane.Backstage, Floyd and Janice sing "Act Naturally".Dudley Moore tells the audience about his love for artistic French films. He then explains that because ofthis fondness, he asked the Muppets not to parody them, but instead to do a "tasteless tribute to the Western". In Tantamount Picture's Small in the Saddle, acouple of cowboys, their horses, two outlaws, and the outlaws' cows sing "Ragtime Cowboy Joe." Lew shows up paddling a boat. Much to Statler's shock, Waldorfhas apparently turned into a cow.Kermit introduces a spoof of Tarzan with Gonzo as Tarzan and Lily Tomlin as Jane.Backstage, Kermit tells Beauregard that it istime for his tribute to the Hollywood stuntman. A clip, featuring Beauregard driving Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo in a taxi is shown.Kermit introduces the nextmusical number: Piggy performs "Heat Wave" in the style of Marilyn Monroe and is backed up by a penguin chorus.Backstage, Kermit congratulates Piggy on herperformance. Piggy wants everyone to see what a great performer Kermit is, by showing a Fred Astaire tribute that he did in The Great Muppet Caper, succeededby a clip, featuring the song "Steppin' Out with a Star". Afterwards, Statler does his own "tap dance" routine.In Goon with the Wind, Dudley Moore and Piggyportray Rhett and Scarlett as they watch a fire in the background. The sketch is interrupted by the firefighters from earlier on. Statler and Waldorf decide to givethe sketch three big cheers. Three big chairs are thrown at the two.An introduction by Lew Zealand leads into Cholesterol Pictures' A Frog Too Far, starring Kermitas a World War II air force pilot and Tomlin playing various love interests.The full company performs "We'll Meet Again".During the credits, the Muppets leave theMuppet Theatre as Kermit secures the stage door, unaware that he has locked Dudley Moore and Lily Tomlin in.NotesThe same sets from The Muppet Show areused for this special.Later syndicated alongside The Muppet Show.This is the first time a camera shot of the entrance to the Muppet Theatre is shown at the endof the special.Taped between March 9 and 17 of 1981.Muppet performersJim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, Link Hogthrob, The Swedish Chef,Waldorf, and Gladiator PigFrank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the EagleJerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper, Lew Zealand, Mulch, Dr. JuliusStrangepork, Pops, Announcer, Deputy, Gladiator Pig, Firefighter, and RatRichard Hunt as Scooter, Janice, Beaker, Statler, Sheriff, Rat, and CowDave Goelz asGonzo the Great, Beauregard, Joe, Firefighter, Trumpet Blower, Rat, and HorseSteve Whitmire as Rizzo the Rat, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jed, Firefighter, andHorseLouise Gold as Popcorn GirlAdditional Muppets performed by Kathryn Mullen, Brian Muehl, Bob Payne, and Rollie Krewson.Passage 3:La Chair del'orchidéeLa Chair de l'orchidée (The Flesh of the Orchid) is a 1975 film by Patrice Chéreau as his directorial debut, adapted by him and by Jean-Claude Carrièrefrom the 1948 book The Flesh of the Orchid by British writer James Hadley Chase, "a pulp-novel sequel to No Orchids for Miss Blandish" (1939). The film starsCharlotte Rampling, Simone Signoret, Bruno Cremer, Edwige Feuillère and, in a cameo, Alida Valli.PlotClaire is locked up in an isolated building in the grounds of apsychiatric hospital, where the gardener comes in regularly to rape her. Obtaining a knife, she stabs his eyes out and flees. Getting a lift in a lorry, it crasheswhen the driver has his eyes stabbed out; Emerging from the wreckage, she is rescued by Louis who, with an unstable colleague Marcucci, is on his way to abusiness meeting in a hotel. While Louis is in the meeting, Marcucci tries to rape Claire and gets his eyes stabbed out. Claire flees and Marcucci, unable to defendhimself, is then knifed to death by contract killers, the Berekian brothers.Louis rescues Claire and takes her back to his isolated house, where they spend thenight making love. However the Berekians are waiting outside and, when the couple emerge, get a knife into Louis. Claire rescues him, leaving him in a safe placewhile she goes in search of a doctor. She is recognised by a nurse from the psychiatric hospital, who alerts her aunt who placed her there. In fact she is theheiress to a business empire, which her aunt controls so long as Claire is mentally unfit. Locked up by the nurse, Claire is found by the Berekians, who abduct heras a bargaining counter. The aunt finds the wounded Louis, who she locks up as a bargaining counter.The Berekians lock Claire up in the care of Lady, a colleaguefrom the days when all three were circus performers. Feeling sorry for the girl, Lady tells her that she is the result of her dead mother's affair with a circus artisteand lets her escape; As she waits for a train, she is told by an older woman that she is recognisably insane. She goes to her aunt's house, where Louis is aprisoner, and reunites with him. The accountant of the family firm tells her it is going downhill through the aunt's mismanagement and that, as the rightful owner,she should take charge.The Berekians sneak in and manage to murder Louis, but Claire stabs out the eyes of one of them. The police arrive and, wounded in herstruggle, Claire is taken to a hospital. Lady sneaks in to her with a bunch of flowers, but the two are found by the surviving Berekian. He kills Lady and, after aflashback to a moment of horror when he accidentally killed the woman he loved, commits suicide. With the two bodies on either side of her hospital bed, Clairegets on the phone to the accountant to start running her business.Passage 4:Highway PickupChair de poule (French for "goosebumps") is a 1963 French crimefilm directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Robert Hossein, Catherine Rouvel, Jean Sorel and Georges Wilson. The screenplay is based on the 1960 novel ComeEasy, Go Easy by James Hadley Chase, which took several plot elements from the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain. The film wasreleased in the United States as Highway Pickup.PlotIn Paris, Daniel and Paul work installing safes by day and robbing them by night. When a raid goes wrong anda man is killed, Daniel is shot down by the police and jailed. He escapes and, heading south, is given a job and a room by Thomas, who runs an isolated café andgarage with his much younger wife Maria. She scorns the drifter her husband has hired until, by chance, she sees an old newspaper that reports his escape. She


Passage 1:Brian Kennedy (gallery director)Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is an Irish-born art museum director who has worked in Ireland andAustralia, and now lives and works in the United States.  He was the director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17 months, resigning December 31,2020. He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019. He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and theNational Gallery of Australia (Canberra) from 1997 to 2004.CareerBrian Kennedy currently lives and works in the United States after leaving Australia in 2005 todirect the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. In October 2010 he became the ninth Director of the Toledo Museum of Art. On 1 July 2019, he succeededDan Monroe as the executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum.Early life and career in IrelandKennedy was born in Dublin and attended ClonkeenCollege. He received B.A. (1982), M.A. (1985) and PhD (1989) degrees from University College-Dublin, where he studied both art history and history.He workedin the Irish Department of Education (1982), the European Commission, Brussels (1983), and in Ireland at the Chester Beatty Library (1983–85), GovernmentPublications Office (1985–86), and Department of Finance (1986–89). He married Mary Fiona Carlin in 1988.He was Assistant Director at the National Gallery ofIreland in Dublin from 1989 to 1997. He was Chair of the Irish Association of Art Historians from 1996 to 1997, and of the Council of Australian Art MuseumDirectors from 2001 to 2003. In September 1997 he became Director of the National Gallery of Australia.National Gallery of Australia (NGA)Kennedy expandedthe traveling exhibitions and loans program throughout Australia, arranged for several major shows of Australian art abroad, increased the number of exhibitionsat the museum itself and oversaw the development of an extensive multi-media site.  Although he oversaw several years of the museum's highest ever annualvisitation, he discontinued the emphasis of his predecessor, Betty Churcher, on showing "blockbuster" exhibitions.During his directorship, the NGA gainedgovernment support for improving the building and significant private donations and corporate sponsorship. However, the initial design for the building provedcontroversial generating a public dispute with the original architect on moral rights grounds.  As a result, the project was not delivered during Dr Kennedy'stenure, with a significantly altered design completed some years later.  Private funding supported two acquisitions of British art, including David Hockney's ABigger Grand Canyon in 1999, and Lucian Freud's After Cézanne in 2001. Kennedy built on the established collections at the museum by acquiring theHolmgren-Spertus collection of Indonesian textiles; the Kenneth Tyler collection of editioned prints, screens, multiples and unique proofs; and the Australian PrintWorkshop Archive. He was also notable for campaigning for the construction of a new "front" entrance to the Gallery, facing King Edward Terrace, which wascompleted in 2010 (see reference to the building project above).Kennedy's cancellation of the "Sensation exhibition" (scheduled at the NGA from 2 June 2000 to13 August 2000) was controversial, and seen by some as censorship. He claimed that the decision was due to the exhibition being "too close to the market"implying that a national cultural institution cannot exhibit the private collection of a speculative art investor. However, there were other exhibitions at the NGAduring his tenure, which could have raised similar concerns. The exhibition featured the privately owned Young British Artists works belonging to Charles Saatchiand attracted large attendances in London and Brooklyn. Its most controversial work was Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary, a painting which used elephant dungand was accused of being blasphemous. The then-mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, campaigned against the exhibition, claiming it was "Catholic-bashing" andan "aggressive, vicious, disgusting attack on religion." In November 1999, Kennedy cancelled the exhibition and stated that the events in New York had "obscureddiscussion of the artistic merit of the works of art". He has said that it "was the toughest decision of my professional life, so far."Kennedy was also repeatedlyquestioned on his management of a range of issues during the Australian Government's Senate Estimates process - particularly on the NGA's occupational healthand safety record and concerns about the NGA's twenty-year-old air-conditioning system. The air-conditioning was finally renovated in 2003. Kennedy announcedin 2002 that he would not seek extension of his contract beyond 2004, accepting a seven-year term as had his two predecessors.He became a jointIrish-Australian citizen in 2003.Toledo Museum of ArtThe Toledo Museum of Art is known for its exceptional collections of European and American paintings andsculpture, glass, antiquities, artist books, Japanese prints and netsuke. The museum offers free admission and is recognized for its historical leadership in the fieldof art education.  During his tenure, Kennedy has focused the museum's art education efforts on visual literacy, which he defines as "learning to read, understandand write visual language."   Initiatives have included baby and toddler tours, specialized training for all staff, docents, volunteers and the launch of a website,www.vislit.org. In November 2014, the museum hosted the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) conference, the first Museum to do so. Kennedy hasbeen a frequent speaker on the topic, including 2010 and 2013 TEDx talks on visual and sensory literacy.Kennedy has expressed an interest in expanding themuseum's collection of contemporary art and art by indigenous peoples. Works by Frank Stella, Sean Scully, Jaume Plensa, Ravinder Reddy and Mary Sibandehave been acquired.  In addition, the museum has made major acquisitions of Old Master paintings by Frans Hals and Luca Giordano.During his tenure the ToledoMuseum of Art has announced the return of several objects from its collection due to claims the objects were stolen and/or illegally exported prior being sold tothe museum.  In 2011 a Meissen sweetmeat stand was returned to Germany followed by an Etruscan Kalpis or water jug to Italy (2013), an Indian sculpture ofGanesha (2014) and an astrological compendium to Germany in 2015.Hood Museum of ArtKennedy became Director of the Hood Museum of Art in July 2005.During his tenure, he implemented a series of large and small-scale exhibitions and oversaw the production of more than 20 publications to bring greater publicattention to the museum's remarkable collections of the arts of America, Europe, Africa, Papua New Guinea and the Polar regions. At 70,000 objects, the Hoodhas one of the largest collections on any American college of university campus. The exhibition, Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the AfricanBody, toured several US venues. Kennedy increased campus curricular use of works of art, with thousands of objects pulled from storage for classes annually.Numerous acquisitions were made with the museum's generous endowments, and he curated several exhibitions: including Wenda Gu: Forest of Stone Steles:Retranslation and Rewriting Tang Dynasty Poetry, Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe, and Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons.PublicationsKennedy has written oredited a number of books on art, including:Alfred Chester Beatty and Ireland 1950-1968: A study in cultural politics, Glendale Press (1988), ISBN978-0-907606-49-9Dreams and responsibilities: The state and arts in independent Ireland, Arts Council of Ireland (1990), ISBN 978-0-906627-32-7Jack B Yeats:Jack Butler Yeats, 1871-1957 (Lives of Irish Artists), Unipub (October 1991), ISBN 978-0-948524-24-0The Anatomy Lesson: Art and Medicine (with DavisCoakley), National Gallery of Ireland (January 1992), ISBN 978-0-903162-65-4Ireland: Art into History (with Raymond Gillespie), Roberts Rinehart Publishers(1994), ISBN 978-1-57098-005-3Irish Painting, Roberts Rinehart Publishers (November 1997),  ISBN 978-1-86059-059-7Sean Scully: The Art of the Stripe,Hood Museum of Art (October 2008), ISBN 978-0-944722-34-3Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons, 1965-1966, Hood Museum of Art (October 2010), ISBN978-0-944722-39-8Honors and achievementsKennedy was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in 2001 for service to Australian Society and its art. He is atrustee and treasurer of the Association of Art Museum Directors, a peer reviewer for the American Association of Museums and a member of the InternationalAssociation of Art Critics. In 2013 he was appointed inaugural eminent professor at the University of Toledo and received an honorary doctorate from LourdesUniversity. Most recently, Kennedy received the 2014 Northwest Region, Ohio Art Education Association award for distinguished educator for art education.==Notes ==Passage 2:Olav AaraasOlav Aaraas (born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian and museum director.He was born in Fredrikstad. From 1982 to 1993he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museumof Cultural History. In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.Passage 3:Michael DominicMichael Dominic (born June 18, 1970) is anAmerican filmmaker and photojournalist who grew up in New York City. He is best known for his documentary Sunshine Hotel, which won three awards for bestdocumentary.Early lifeDominic was born in Washington D.C., the son of Stephanie and Joseph Dominic. In 1971 his family moved to the Riverdale section of theBronx, New York.He studied film at School of Visual Arts in New York City from 1990 to 1993.CareerDominic has made several films, most notably thefeature-length documentaries Sunshine Hotel and Clean Hands, and the narrative short "Tulips for Daisy".Sunshine Hotel, a documentary about one of the lastflophouses on New York City's Bowery, won three best documentary awards and was nominated for another dozen or so. After its festival run of almost 30 filmfestivals it aired on the Sundance Channel from 2002 to 2004."Tulips for Daisy", a narrative film set in Amsterdam, was also nominated for several awards, mostnotably in the Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition.As a photojournalist Dominic has traveled to places including Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala, andNicaragua. His photography has appeared in dozens of outlets including The Sunday Telegraph, Tribune De Geneve, France-Amérique, The New York Daily News,The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, Playboy, Redbook, Le Figaro, Le Parisien, Bilan, Chåtelaine, and L'actualité.In July 2012 Dominic was recognized as afinalist for The New York Foundation for the Arts 2012 fellowship.In January 2019 Dominic completed the feature documentary Clean Hands, about the Lopezfamily surviving against the backdrop of Central America’s largest garbage dump, La Chureca in Managua, Nicaragua. The film debuted at the 29th AnnualCinequest Film Festival April 9, 2019, where it won Best Documentary Feature. It went on to win a total of 11 awards.Filmography as directorSoup & the Dead