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The Fairground Painters with Amy Goodwin
Dr Amy Goodwin is a trustee of Dingles Fairground Museum, and in BLAG 04 she co-authored the regular 'Lettering Location' column with fellow trustee Aaron Stephens.'Dingles Fairground Museum' by Aaron Stephens and Amy Goodwin was the 'Lettering Location' in BLAG 04.As a small postscript to BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 04, Amy treated us to a more expansive look a the museum's collections, sharing the stories of individual items, the people that painted them, and, towards the end, a handful of original Fred Fowle sketches.Here is the recording of her talk and, below this, links to further reading and resources. (I've also added the recording to the 16 others from contributors to BLAG 04.)BLAG Chat: The Fairground Painters with Amy Goodwin.Additional ResourcesAmy's PhD Portal.Fred Fowle: work and documentary film.Pete Tei: Documentary film.Amy Goodwin: Documentary film.Books: All the Fonts of the Fair and Signwriting Tips, Tricks, and Techniques by sign painter and fairground artist Joby Carter.The National Fairground and Circus Archive.Film: When Better Letters Met Stan Wilkinson, retired sign painter and fairground artist.Fairground Art: Heritage Craft Association listing.Joby Carter's Fairground Art courses.Photos from the Letterheads at Dingles.Thank you once again to Amy Goodwin for giving such an informative and visually rich talk. Visit her website, and also the rides themselves at Dingles Fairground Museum.More Event RecordingsBLAG Chat - BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & CultureRecordings of BLAG Chats published at bl.ag online.BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & CultureBetter LettersMore from BLAG 04Whats Inside Issue 04 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine)?Between the covers of the adventures in sign painting in Issue 04 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine).BLAG Magazine: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community & CultureBetter Letters
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