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Although some experts rate De Vicenzo "the best striker of a golf ball in the world" for his smooth, powerful, self-taught swing, Roberto is virtually unknown in the U.S. - because he pre fers competition abroad to the pres sures of the U.S. tour. Not that U.S. courses or U.S. pros hold any particular terror for him. Last year De Vicenzo stopped off in Dallas to see friends, stayed long enough to win the Dallas Open and $15,000; this year, playing in only seven U.S. tournaments, he has earned a tidy...
...invalidate the structures as works of art. Says he: "Every culture must make its art out of what it's really about, and ours is about advanced technology." All the same, he continues, the marriage between art and technology is by no means complete. Since artists are mostly self-taught technicians, Tuchman has been discussing with several North American groups and corporations the establishment of artistic-industrial workshops. In time, Tuchman believes, the work on display at Los Angeles will appear "crude, halting and incomplete," compared with tomorrow's wonders...
...exceptional talent-a Matthew Pratt or Charles Willson Peale-would take up painting as a career. But producing folk art remained largely a part-time occupation of the village cabinetmaker, sign painter, stonecutter or shipwright-or was carried on by the womenfolk at home. The practitioners were nearly always self-taught, untrained in technique or even perspective, and tended to thrive far from urban cultural centers. But they made up for their deficiencies with sharp-eyed observation, an infectious joyousness in their labor, and a remarkable freshness of vision (see color...
...them have the skills to compete effectively in a technological society. Traditional training methods have had only limited success in preparing Negroes for the job market. Consequently, anti-poverty warriors have been deeply impressed by the methods and results of Philadelphia's Rev. Leon Sullivan, a self-taught prophet of self-propulsion...
TEQUILA (Verve) is the title song but not the flavor of the album. Though Wes Montgomery, the fine self-taught guitarist, can hold his own with the driving, jabbing jazzmen of today, for the moment he turns relaxed and romantic. In such songs as Little Child (Daddy Dear) and Midnight Mood his big warm tone holds a strong melodic line that is echoed by a dozen violins and cellos, almost like a Roger Williams showpiece...