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Clayton Bailey
Clayton George Bailey (March 9, 1939 – June 6, 2020), was an American artist who worked primarily in the mediums of ceramic and metal sculpture. Early life and education Clayton George Bailey was born on March 9, 1939, in Antigo, Wisconsin. In middle school he met his future wife, artist Betty Joan Graveen ( Betty G. Bailey). Bailey attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he received a B.S. degree in 1961, followed by an M.S. in Art and Art Education in 1962. In 1962, Bailey served as a technical assistant to Harvey Littleton, who was conducting glassblowing seminars at the Toledo Museum of Art. Career Over the next five years, Bailey traveled the country accepting invitations to teach, from the People's Art Center in St. Louis, Missouri to positions with the University of Iowa, and the University of South Dakota. During this period Bailey received a Louis Comfort Tiffany grant (1963), and was appointed artist-in-residence at University of Wisconsin–Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigo, Wisconsin
Antigo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,100 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Antigo is the center of a farming and lumbering district, and its manufactured products consist principally of lumber, chairs, furniture, sashes, doors and blinds, hubs and spokes, and other wood products. History The name Antigo is derived from the Ojibwe language, Ojibwe phrase "''niibin-inaandagoog-ziibiing''", meaning "summer balsam firs by the river", which was recorded by early settlers as "''nequi-antigo-sebi''". An alternate etymology, ''nibii-aamijiwan-ziibiing'', seems to be derived from ''mookijiwan-ziibiwishenh'', "spring little-river", which became the name of the river which runs through modern Antigo, Spring Brook. This alternate etymology lives on in the name of Northeast Illinois Council#Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation, Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation near Pearson, Wisconsin, Pearson. The region that is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
