Harry Smith Archives

New post about recent Harry Smith biography and exhibition @ccva_harvard @whitneymuseum on Dada Drummer Almanach @HS_Archives dadadrummer.substack.com/p/harry-smith

TOMORROW NIGHT IN BROOKLYN! ⛵️ 🎥 🎶 🌃

9.27.24: Please join us for a symposium of screenings & public conversations that will shed light on Harry Smith’s singular body of work & explore the broader cultural & historical contexts of his practice. Details: carpenter.center/programs/harry…

👀 Hear ye, hear ye! This Thursday/Friday at @ccva_harvard 9.26.24: Join us for an Artist Talk & Fall Reception for the exhibition Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith. Free and open to the public Details here: carpenter.center/programs/artis…

There will be deck tours of the Clearwater before the animation, then a brief Q&A and another round of music will follow the screening. Suggested donation $5+, register to attend here: fareharbor.com/embeds/book/cl…

Smith’s distinctive artwork will be projected on the sail of the sloop Clearwater with the audience seated on the deck of the Mary A. Whalen and paired with live music by Peter Stampfel and The Atomic Meta-Pagans.

Sharing a very cool event that is coming up in Brooklyn on October 3rd: Mind-bending culture afloat! @nyfvc is screening “Early Abstractions” - animations by the avant-garde genius Harry Smith, between two historic ships and accompanied by live music at @PortSideNY

Screenings of Mahagonny are rare, and tickets are available now - link above! Photos by Scott Feero show Harry reviewing some of these reel charts and timing notes.

Images of daily life in New York City interspersed with cameos of important avant-garde figures such as Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, and Jonas Mekas are all synced to the sounds of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.

Los Angeles! We couldn't be more thrilled to announce a very special screening of the new 4K restoration of Harry Smith’s Film #18, Mahagonny at the @AcademyMuseum on Thursday, September 12th at 7:30 pm. academymuseum.org/en/programs/de…

Full weekend details here: harrysmitharchives.com/events/portlan…

To kick things off, join the @HS_Archives and Mississippi Records this Saturday, June 15th at the @HollywoodTheatr for an evening of experimental film and rousing musical guests with a smattering of esoterica. Let's get weird.

PORTLAND: The time to celebrate Harry is upon us! We've got a smorgasbord of events on deck to close out Smith's centenary year.

Scan the QR code on the flyer or click the link below for more details and for venue links/tickets. Hope to see y'all there! harrysmitharchives.com/events/portlan…

***PORTLAND*** SAVE THE DATE for Harry Smith: Portland's Prodigal Son! Join us, along w/author & musician Brett Lunsford, poet Katherine Factor, publisher Darrin Daniel, & our friends at Mississippi Records for 3 days of Harry-centric programming to celebrate his 101st birthday!

Fascinating new essay by our friend @kramermj just published in Cambridge's Modern American History Journal: “The Global Jukebox and the Celestial Monochord: Alan Lomax and Harry Smith Compute Folk Music in Cold War America” michaeljkramer.net/when-folk-musi…

✨Osaka! Come to Futuro Café on February 28th to marvel at the films of Harry Smith/Jordan Belson/Will Carra featuring Louise Landes Levi! Complete with live music soundtrack by Kawabata Makoto! ✨

Ronald Clyne created 500+ covers for Folkways & his work remains in the permanent collection at MOMA. This fascinating 1973 release (w/extensive liner notes by Harry) is available on the Folkways website or check out the audio/notes on the HSA website. harrysmitharchives.com/words/

Shoutout to illustrator/graphic designer Taylor Rushing by way of the @Folkways newsletter for naming Harry's Kiowa Peyote Meeting as one of his favorite cover designs from the label!