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Verna Suggs Duncan Photos | Digital Traditions

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Verna Suggs Duncan assisted her father, William D. Suggs (1878-1945) at his pottery in the town of Smithville in eastern Mississippi. After she married Joseph Duncan (1909-1963), her husband learned...

Verna Suggs Duncan Recalls Horse & Wagon & Days with Her Father | Digital Traditions

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Verna Suggs Duncan Recalls Horse & Wagon & Days with Her Father | Digital Traditions

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Duncan Pottery, Amory, Monroe County. Interview recorded June 1981. Verna Suggs Duncan assisted her father, William D. Suggs (1878-1945) at his pottery in the town of Smithville in eastern Mississippi...

Critical Viewing: Cigarette Ads | Artopia

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Critical Viewing: Cigarette Ads | Artopia

Critical viewing means taking a closer look, not being critical. It means that you are an active, rather than passive viewer. Active viewing means that you study the elements, in this case, an...

Learning About the Stage: The Proscenium Stage | Artopia

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Learning About the Stage: The Proscenium Stage | Artopia

The most familiar type of theater in the proscenium stage, named for the proscenium arch that surrounds the stage opening like a picture frame.

Learning About the Stage: Body Positions Diagram | Artopia

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Learning About the Stage: Body Positions Diagram | Artopia

How an actor stands onstage in relation to the audience is called the body position. Each position has a name.

Learning About the Stage: Acting Areas Diagram | Artopia

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Learning About the Stage: Acting Areas Diagram | Artopia

Proscenium stages are divided into acting areas. The terms downstage and upstage come from the days when the rear of the stage was tilted, or raked, upward and away from the audience.