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Cooper Art Gallery
Cooper, Cooper's, Coopers and similar may refer to: * Cooper (profession), a maker of wooden casks and other staved vessels Arts and entertainment * Cooper (producers), an alias of Dutch producers Klubbheads * "Cooper", a song by Roxette from the 1999 album ''Have a Nice Day'' * Cooper Prize, an international playwriting prize based in Melbourne, Australia, since 2024 Businesses and organisations * Cooper (company), an American user experience design and business strategy consulting firm * Cooper (motorcycles), an American brand of motorcycles * Cooper Canada, a defunct sporting goods manufacturer * Cooper Car Company, a British car company **Mini Cooper, the name of several cars * Cooper Chemical Company, an American chemical manufacturer * The Cooper Companies, an American medical device company * Cooper Do-nuts, Los Angeles cafe which was the site of alleged uprising in reaction to police harassment of LGBT people * Cooper Enterprises, a Canadian boat builder ** Cooper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooper (profession)
A cooper is a craftsman who produces wooden casks, barrels, vats, buckets, tubs, troughs, and other similar containers from timber staves that were usually heated or steamed to make them pliable. Journeymen coopers also traditionally made wooden implements, such as rakes and wooden-bladed shovels. In addition to wood, other materials, such as iron, were used in the manufacturing process. The trade is the origin of the surname Cooper. Etymology The word "cooper" is derived from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German ''kūper'' 'cooper' from ''kūpe'' 'cask', in turn from Latin ''cupa'' 'tun, barrel'. The word was adopted in England as an occupational surname, Cooper. The art and skill of ''coopering'' refers to the manufacture of wooden casks, or barrels. The facility in which casks are made is referred to as a cooperage. History Traditionally, a cooper is someone who makes wooden, staved vessels, held together with wooden or metal hoops and possessing flat ends or he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooper Foundation
The Cooper Foundation of Lincoln, Nebraska, is a charitable and educational organization that supports nonprofit organizations in Lincoln and Lancaster County, Nebraska. Foundation In 1934, Joseph H. Cooper, a long-time theater owner and former partner of Paramount Pictures established the Cooper Foundation. Joseph H. Cooper had filed a suit against Paramount Pictures for $200,000. The foundation once owned and operated fifteen theatres, *https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lincoln-star/705632/ *https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914a0fdadd7b04934682297/ in Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Missouri. It sold off its theater interests in 1975. Cinerama theaters In 1961 and 1962, the Cooper Foundation was instrumental in presenting Cinerama films and film production by building three theaters to showcase the three-projector Cinerama format. There were three of these, the so-called "Golden Triangle" in Denver, Colorado, St. Louis Park, Minnesota (a Minneapolis suburb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooper (artist)
Cooper (stylized as COOPER; born Brian Cooper, 1976) is an American artist known for sculptures and assemblages He lives and works in Alaska. Early life Cooper was born and raised in Miami, Florida. He changed his name to a mononymous title in all capital letters in 1993. Graduated from the New World School of the Arts in 1995, received a BFA from the Pratt Institute in 1997, and an MFA from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa in 1999. Career Cooper's work has been published in ''Miami Contemporary Artists'' by Paul Clemence, Julie Davidow, and Elisa Turner and in Bonnie Clearwater's book ''Making Art in Miami, Travels in Hyper-reality'', as well as '' Art in America'', ''Sculpture'' Magazine, ''Art Papers'', ''ArtNews'', ''The New York Times'', ''The Village Voice'', ''Santa Fe Reporter'' and ''The Miami Herald''. Cooper's works are in the Rubell Family Collection and Miami Art Museum in Miami, Florida. In 2002, he received a Miami-Dade County Miami-Dade Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooper (given Name)
Cooper is a masculine given name of English origin. Its meaning is “barrel maker” People * Cooper Andrews (born 1985), American actor * Cooper Becklin (born 2004), American racing driver * Cooper Beebe (born 2001), American football player * Cooper Blankenship (1929–2015), American politician * Cooper Boone (born 1963), American singer-songwriter, psychologist and chef * Cooper Bowman (born 2000), American baseball player * Cooper Carlisle (born 1977), American professional football player * Cooper Coats (born 1996), Australian rugby union and sevens player * Cooper Connolly (born 2003), Australian cricketer * Cooper Coyle, one half of the sibling drag duo Sugar and Spice * Cooper Criswell (born 1996), American baseball player * Cooper Cronk (born 1983), Australian rugby league player * Cooper DeJean (born 2003), American football player * Cooper Edens (born 1945), American author and illustrator of children's books * Cooper Flagg (born 2006), American basketba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooper (surname)
Cooper is a surname. In England, it was occupational surname, that is, derived from an occupation; in this case the maker and repairer of wooden barrels, casks, vats, etc., known as a cooper. The name evolved from the Middle English ''couper'' or ''cowper'', which in turn derives from Middle Dutch ''kūper'' (''kūp'' meaning "tub container"). In Scotland, the name Cooper was derived from the town of Cupar, in Fife (originating from Cu—pyre, the enclosed or high fire). In the late 19th century, the name was distributed across England, but most common in three main regions: the northern midlands; Sussex and Hampshire; and Suffolk. Related names are the Dutch Kuiper, and the German Kupfer, Kupper, and Kuper. A *Adam Cooper (dancer) (born 1971), actor, choreographer, dancer and theater director *Adrian Cooper (born 1968), American football tight end * Adrienne Cooper (1946–2011), American Yiddish singer, musician and activist * Afua Cooper (born 1957), Jamaican-Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worshipful Company Of Coopers
The Worshipful Company of Coopers is one of the Livery company, livery companies of the City of London. The organisation of Cooper (profession), coopers existed in 1422; the Company received its first royal charter of incorporation in 1501. The cooper trade involved the making of wine, beer, and spirit casks (a barrel is specifically a 36-gallon cask, or 32 in some circumstances); the Livery Company also functions as a charitable foundation, and supports two education establishments: the Coopers' Company and Coborn School of Upminster, Essex, and Strode's College of Egham, Surrey. The former was founded in the Ratcliffe area of London in 1536 and donated to the Company who have been involved with it ever since. The Coopers' Company ranks 36th in the Livery company#Precedence, order of precedence of the 111 livery companies. Its motto is ''Love as Brethren''. History Middle Ages 1298: Coopers faced fines for contempt of the King and Mayor. 1299: Acquisition of original deed of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
