- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Video of Ulysses Davis, Athens, Georgia 1986 February 8
- Creator:
- McWillie, Judith
- Date of Original:
- 1986-02-08
- Subject:
- Folk artists--Georgia--Athens
Folk art--Georgia--Athens
Sculpture--Georgia--Athens
Wood-carved figurines--Athens
Spray paining
African American artists--Georgia--Athens
Guitarists--Georgia--Athens
Blues musicians--Georgia--Athens
Songs
Singing
Blues (music)--Georgia--Athens
Atlanta University Center
Exhibitions--Georgia--Atlanta
Davis, Ulysses, 1914-1990 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- field recordings
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Video of Ulysses Davis at his home, working on his art and playing guitar. Davis performs blues songs on guitar and vocals in his home, among friends or possibly family. In the second half of the video, Davis silently works on his art, painting two bird figurines, spraying other objects with paint, and working clay into a skull. The original tape notes that this video was used in an exhibition at the Atlanta University Center, and that Davis's location is possibly 252 Hall St., Athens, Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2070
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2070
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 film : circa 122 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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