Sounding for Harry Smith: Early Pacific Northwest Influences, a newly published biography of Harry Everett Smith’s formative years in the Pacific Northwest written by Bret Lunsford. Meticulously researched by the author, a long time native and historian of the area, Lunsford explores the connection between the Coast Salish culture in the Puget Sound during the Great Depression and its influence of Smith’s childhood where his immersion in art, alchemy, music, film and anthropological research began. The roots of time, place and community are intertwined throughout the 232 pages of this beautifully printed and bound hardcover book. Foreword by John Szwed, preface by Phil Elverum, with chronology, selected bibliography, endnotes, maps and over 100 historic photographs.

Raymond Foye tracks the relationship between the two mavericks, investigating their influence on one another and their enduring legacies. Gagosian Quarterly magazine Spring 2021

Art history is fickle. Why do some artists prevail while others falter? How does one build the reputation and legacy of a lesser-known artist? Sound curatorial and art historical methods must be combined with a keen sense of the demands of the commercial marketplace. Independent writer, curator, editor and publisher Raymond Foye and Gagosian’s Rani Singh will discuss the general principles and methodology of archiving, editing, and presenting the work of overlooked artists (and writers). Through shared experiences and firsthand accounts, their experience and relationships with artists Jordan Belson, Gregory Corso, Rene Ricard and Harry Smith will be explored.

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TULSA, Okla., Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — In advance of the Bob Dylan Center’s (BDC) grand opening on May 10, 2022, the center’s archivists have newly acquired a priceless trove of early Bob Dylan recordings and other one-of-a-kind tapes, journals, books and historical elements to add to the more than 100,000 exclusive cultural treasures found in the Bob Dylan Archive®.  These acquisitions shed new and revealing light on Bob Dylan’s formative years as an artist, and will increase the public’s understanding of the myriad influences and environments that forged one of the world’s most important cultural figures.