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Article Evaluation: Meadville, Pa


 * Within 40 miles of Erie, Pa and 90 miles from Pittsburgh, Pa
 * The first permanent settlement in northwest Pennsylvania
 * Meadville was settled on May 12,1788, by a party of settlers led by David Mead.
 * lies at the confluence of Cussewago Creek and French Creek
 * Chief Custaloga built in a large meadow is known as Cussewago
 * Around 1800, many of the settlers to the meadville area came after receiving land bounties for service in the Revolutionary War
 * Meadville became an important transportation center after the construction of the French Creek Feeder Canal in 1837and of the Beaver and Erie Canal that connected with Conneaut Lake and sub subsequent railroad development
 * Meadville played a small role in the 18th and 19th century Underground Railroad helping escape slaves to freedom
 * 19th century economy was driven by logging, agriculture and Iron production
 * The Zipper was founded in Meadville, Pa (Talon Corporation)
 * The company encountered significant difficulties after it was absorbed by Textron industries in 1968, eventually ending up bankrupt
 * As of today nothing remains of Talon in Meadville except for a few run down buildings
 * A cottage industry of tool and die shops were established which resulted in Meadville earning the city nickname "Tool City" with more tool shops than any place else in the United States
 * A blacksmith from Evansburg, Pennsylvania, George B DeArment, began hand-forging farrier's tools and selling them from town to town
 * The business eventually became known as the Champion Bolt and Clipper Company
 * In 1904 it's called Channellock
 * The song "Bittersweet Motel" by Vermont jam band was inspired when keyboardist Page McConnell left a wedding in Meadville and drove to the Pittsburgh Airport
 * Several buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Baldwin-Reynolds House, Bentley Hall (Allegheny College), Independent Congregational church, Roueche House, Ruter Hall (Allegheny College) and judge Harry Shippen House
 * Meadville is the home of Allegheny College, a liberal arts college with approximately 2100 students
 * Allegheny was founded in April of 1815 by the Reverend Timothy Alden, a graduate of Harvard's Schools divinity
 * The city has a total area of 4.4 square miles

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Proposal
Here's my proposal... I was looking forward to working with the article titled "Meadville, Pennsylvania" because I myself being from there, know what its really like to live in this town. I know the bits and pieces of history around Meadville and would like to continuously share and be open to others to maybe have people from other towns come visit and enjoy the little town of Meadville, PA! Meadville is far more interesting that what it seems to be (80.) David Mead (Founder of Meadville) settled here in April 1788 from the county of Norhlumberland through the wilderness to Cussawaga (now Meadville on French Creek).

Here's the information I hope to add (so far).

1.) During World War II, the nearby Keystone Ordnance Works brought additional jobs to the area. Talon remained a major employer, along with the railroad industry, American Viscose (later known as Avtex Fibers), Channellock Tools and Dad’s Pet Food. (https://www.cityofmeadville.org/?SEC=5F136313-AF30-4906-B3FE-6F88E1CE2114)

2.) Authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962, Woodcock Creek Lake is one of 16 flood control projects in the Pittsburgh District. The project’s purpose is trifold: to reduce downstream flooding as part of the French Creek flood control system, to improve downstream water quality, and to provide a diverse array of general recreation activities. (https://visitcrawford.org/listing/woodcock-lake-and-dam/)

3.) For population 25 years and over in Meadville: High school or higher: 90.1% Bachelor's degree or higher: 29.9% Graduate or professional degree: 14.8% Unemployed: 9.0% Mean travel time to work (commute): 12.2 minutes (http://www.city-data.com/city/Meadville-Pennsylvania.html)

http://www.city-data.com/city/Meadville-Pennsylvania.html
Males: 6,171   (46.6%) Females: 7,067   (53.4%)

Land area: 1013 sq. mi. Water area: 25.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 85 people per square mile

Type of Workers:
Private wage or salary: 56% Government: 8% Self-employed, not incorporated: 35% Unpaid family work: 2%

https://www.cityofmeadville.org/?SEC=5F136313-AF30-4906-B3FE-6F88E1CE2114
Meadville was incorporated as a City in 1866 and designated the Crawford County seat in 1880. By the late 1800s, Meadville’s economy included logging, agriculture and iron production.

Today, the Meadville area remains a leader in tooling, machining and advance manufacturing and the city serves as the region’s center for banking, education and social services.

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/meadvillecitypennsylvania,US/PST045218
Population: 12,973 (2017)

Veterans: 628 (2013-2017)

Households: 5,376 (2013-2017)

Median household income: $57,652

Rough Draft
Article Draft:

Baldwin Reynolds house: Meadville, Pennsylvania, is a charming city in Crawford County and was the first permanent settlement in northwestern PA. The Baldwin Reynolds house is an attraction in Meadville, Pennsylvania. It was originally built in 1843 by United States Supreme Court Justice Henry Baldwin. Just a few months after the house was complete, Henry Baldwin passes away in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After his death, the house became a girls’ school for three years until it was sold to a local businessman, William Reynolds. William Reynolds brought the railroad, the fair, plumbing, and indoor lighting to Meadville. The house then became The Baldwin Reynolds house and is now a museum of history, the arts and cultural experiences in northwest Pennsylvania. The museum is alive year round with The Trees of Christmas sponsored by the Meadville Garden Club that is open every four years, great performances from the great American satirist to concerts by the America’s Got Talent stars, VOX, the museum brings the best and brightest minds, voices and sense of Humor for the enjoyment of the community. The Baldwin Reynold house also offers free tours in the summer sponsored by ARMSTRONG (the Local cable television provider).

( http://undercoveringpa.com/visiting-baldwin-reynolds-house-museum-meadville )

As of the census[5] of 2017, there were 12,973 people, 5,376 households, and 2,891 families residing in the city. The population density was 3.060.1 people per square mile (1,214.7/km²). There were 5,985 housing units at an average density of 1,375.5 per square mile (531.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.5% (11,487)  White, 5.28% African American, 0.18% Native American, 2.4% (320) Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 3.2% (420) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.4% (5) of the population.

There were 5,376 households, out of which 17.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.5% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.8% were non-families. 38.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the city the population was spread out, with 19.4% under the age of 18, 20.0% from 18 to 24, 22.0% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. There are currently 6,171 males (46.6%) while there are currently 7,067 females (53.4%).

The median income for a household in the city was $33,848, and the median income for a family was $54,069. Males had a median income of $32,813 versus $22,579 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,290. About 13.7% of families and 22.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.3% of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over.

( https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/meadvillecitypennsylvania,US/PST045218 )

Comments from Dr. Vetter
Some additional sources:

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/meadvillecitypennsylvania,US/PST045218

Here's the source that has some early history that is in the special collections at the library:

https://sshelco-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01SSHELCO_IUP_ALMA21154949140003564&context=L&vid=IUP&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US

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Eileen Cooper
Her work has always contained a strong autobiographical element, however "her vision is always more allegorical than anecdotal, her concerns and experiences as relevant and timeless as those of the human spirit itself"

website that is needed to cite the first paragraph

The artist of the woman without her clothes is without doubt one of the mst compelling in recent British Art History.

Throughout her career, Eileen Cooper has made figurative paintings that encompass themes of fertility, sexuality, motherhood, life and death.

Cooper rose to prominence as an artists in the 1980s, during which time she also held teaching posts at both St. Martins school of Art and the Royal Academy Schools.

Eileen Cooper
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Eileen Cooper OBE RA (born 10 June 1953[1] ) is a British artist, known primarily as a painter and printmaker.[2]

Contents

 * 1Professional career
 * 2Selected Solo Exhibitions
 * 3Selected Group Exhibitions
 * 4Selected Public Collections
 * 5Awards and Honours
 * 6Publications
 * 7Television and Broadcast
 * 8References
 * 9External links

Professional career[edit]
Eileen Cooper was born 1953 in Glossop, in the Derbyshire Peak District. '''Cooper drew from a very early age. At 17, she undertook a foundation course in art at the nearby Ashton-under-Lyne College of further Education and, from there she progressed to Goldsmiths and later to the Royal College of Art before completing an MA in painting at the Royal College of Art in 1977.''' Senior members of staff at that time included Bert Irvin RA, Basil Beattie RA and Michael Craig Martin RA. She went on to study Painting at the Royal College of Art under Peter de Francia, graduating in 1977 and soon began to exhibit her work.[3

Between 1977 and 2000 she was visiting lecturer at arts schools across the UK including Falmouth School of Art, Leicester College of Art & Design, St Martin's School of Art, Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts, and City & Guilds of London Art School. She lectured on Printmaking at the Royal College of Art, London between 1994 and 2006 and became Head of Printmaking at the Royal Academy Schools in 2005 until 2010.

During the 1980s she became a major figure, well known and regarded for her strong commitment to figuration. Throughout her career Cooper's work has contained a strong autobiographical element. However, her vision is always more allegorical than anecdotal, her concerns and experiences as relevant and timeless as those of the human spirit itself. Sometimes described as a magic realist, Eileen Cooper brings an unapologetically female perspective to her subject matter, which encompasses sexuality, motherhood, life and death. Her richly diverse images, simultaneously bold and tender, reveal a range of feeling that is both deeply engrossing and readily accessible, yet still very much part of contemporary art practice.

She was elected a Royal Academician in 2001.[4] From 2010-17 Cooper served as Keeper at the Royal Academy,[5] one of only 4 officers selected from the 80 Royal Academicians, and with primary responsibility for the Royal Academy Schools, thereby becoming the first woman to be elected to this role in the Royal Academy's 250-year history.

'''Eileen Cooper likes to say that "her head is full of stories." They contain Mythology, fairy tales, bible stories, fables and early special effects movies - they're all apart of her work if it's not already obvious enough. Cooper also says that lots of people deserve the arts education that she had growing up in the 70's. It was extraordinary, but back then it was the norm: you went to art school for free, with grants and travel awards. The RA schools will always be free. She always reminds her students that they're the lucky few that get to experience this type of luxury.'''

Fun Facts
'''Eileen Cooper also says that her studio at home has 33 years of paint on the floor. Until her sons left home, there were usually bikes and skateboards parked in there too. Cooper as of now has been sharing her studio at the RA too; students have been up there writing essays when they needed a quiet space. She thinks of her space as an opportunity to invite people in.'''

Selected Solo Exhibitions[edit]

 * 2018   Under the Same Moon, Letitia Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
 * 2017   Till the Morning Comes, The Fine Art Society, London
 * 2017   Eileen Cooper: A Woman’s Skin, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
 * 2016   Between the Lines, Galerie MIRO, Prague, Czech Republic
 * 2015   Hide and Seek: Work on Paper 1977-2014, Royal Academy of Arts, London (touring to Swindon Museum and Art Gallery; The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate)
 * 2015   In the Garden, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough, Wiltshire
 * 2013   Edge to Edge, Art First, London
 * 2012   South Lookout Project, Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk
 * 2010   Collages, Royal Academy of Arts, London
 * 2008   Taking Stock: The Printmaking of Eileen Cooper RA, Clifford Chance, London and Liverpool Hope University
 * 2000   Raw Material: Eileen Cooper at Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
 * 1999   Second Skin: Eileen Cooper in the 80s and 90s travelling exhibition (Wolverhampton, Nottingham, Eastbourne)
 * 1994   Eileen Cooper at Sadlers Wells, Sadlers Wells Theatre, London
 * 1992   Drawings, Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, London
 * 1986   Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
 * 1979   AIR Gallery, London

Selected Group Exhibitions[edit]

 * 1997-2018  Regular exhibitor at Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
 * 2018   Sawdust and Sequins: The Art of the Circus, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
 * 2016   Towards Night, curated by Tom Hammick, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
 * 2015   She Came to Stay, curated by Aretha Campbell and Lucy Farley, Rook and Raven Gallery, London
 * 2015   Good Figures, Mall Galleries, London, Jerwood Gridshell Space, Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
 * 2014   Jerwood Drawing Prize 1994-2014: Artist as Selector, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
 * 2012/13  Encounter: The Royal Academy in the Middle East, Doha
 * 2012   Encounter: The Royal Academy in Asia, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
 * 2004   The Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London
 * 1993   Contemporary Art at the Courtauld, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
 * 1992   The New Patrons: Twentieth Century Art from Corporate Collections, Christie's, London
 * 1992   Myth, Dream and Fable, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
 * 1992   Innocence and Experience, South Bank Centre, London, Manchester Art Gallery, Hull and Glasgow
 * 1988   The New British Painting, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Chicago Public Library Cultural Center; Haggerty Museum, Milwaukee; South-eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan
 * 1986   John Moores, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
 * 1985   Hand Signals, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
 * 1984   The Image as Catalyst, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
 * 1982, 1983, 1987    Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
 * 1980   Women’s Images of Men, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
 * 1974-76  New Contemporaries, Camden Arts Centre, London

Selected Public Collections[edit]

 * Arts Council Collection
 * Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
 * Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
 * British Council Collection
 * British Museum, London
 * Dallas Museum of Art, USA
 * Imperial College, London
 * Kunsthalle, Nuremberg, Germany
 * Manchester Art Gallery
 * Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
 * MIMA, Middlesbrough
 * New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
 * Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Wales
 * The Open University
 * Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
 * The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
 * Royal Academy of Arts, London
 * The Royal Collection Trust
 * Royal College of Art, London
 * Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust
 * Swindon Art Gallery
 * The Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
 * Victoria & Albert Museum, London
 * University of Warwick Art Collection
 * Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Connecticut, USA
 * Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
 * Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Awards and Honours[edit]

 * 2018 Glyndebourne Opera Invited Artist
 * 2009 & 2017  Co-ordinator and curator, Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition
 * 2016 Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Art and Art Education
 * 2016 Made Honorary Fellow, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
 * 2013 Made Honorary Doctor of Arts, Southampton Solent University
 * 2011 Made Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Art, London
 * 2011 Elected Keeper of the Royal Academy of Arts, first woman elected to the post since its foundation in 1768.
 * 2010, 2013  Artist in Residence, Alayrac, Tarn France
 * 2008-09 Artist in Residence, Lewisham College, London
 * 2006 Made Fellow of the Royal College of Art
 * 2002 Made Honorary Member, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
 * 2001 Elected Royal Academician
 * 1999  Arts & Humanities Research Council Award for ceramics
 * 1998-99 Artist in Residence Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
 * 1992 Staircase project Institute of Contemporary Art, London
 * 1982 Purchase Prize, Nuremberg Drawing Triennial

Publications[edit]

 * Under the Same Moon by Anna McNay, Letitia Gallery, Beirut
 * Eileen Cooper: A Woman’s Skin by Meredith M Hale and Philip Lindley, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, 2017
 * Eileen Cooper: Till the Morning Comes by Michèle Roberts, The Fine Art Society, London, 2017
 * Eileen Cooper: Between the Lines by Martin Gayford, Royal Academy of Arts, 2015
 * Hide and Seek: Work on Paper 1977-2014 by Anna McNay, Royal Academy of Arts, 2015
 * The New British Painting by Edward Lucie-Smith, Carolyn Cohen and Judith Higgins, Phaidon, Oxford 1988
 * Contemporary Women Artists by Sister Wendy Beckett, Oxford, 1988
 * Trans Avant Garde International: New Painting in Britain by Achille Bonito Oliva, Milan, 1982

Television and Broadcast[edit]

 * In the Studio film by Charlie Paul, 2015
 * Art School, Smart School, BBC Radio 4 documentary, produced by Just Radio Ltd, 20 November 2014
 * Women Artists interview with Emma Jane Kirby for ‘PM’, BBC Radio 4, 28 August 2014
 * What I See Project, film, 2013,
 * A Story of Eileen Cooper, Artist and Keeper of the Royal Academy’, Ladieswholmpress, 17 October 2013
 * Women’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, 2012
 * Art School Education interview by Alexander Massouras for Tate Library & Archive, 16 September 2010
 * Inside Art documentary series, Channel 4, 1994 (BAFTA nominated)
 * The Art