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443-370-4011 Education B.A. Anthropology University of Maryland, College Park Supported by Classes taken at: University of Maryland, Munich, Germany, Durham University, England. Teacher's Certificate Bowie State University Graduate Work: University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Anthropology, Archaeology, Urban Planning Chronology Middle
School- Robert Goddard Middle School -
Lanham, Maryland High School-
Central High School, London, England University- University of
Maryland College Park Graduate School- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Archeology, Urban Planning Teacher
Certification- Bowie State University, Bowie
Md. Contact: e.mail: cbladey@verizon.net Phone: 410-789-0930, 443-370-4011 Postal: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090 To return to the top of the page click here
Publications: (among others: http://www.cbladey.com/npublications.html )1. Pósadh and Bainis -A guide to the Culturally Correct Irish Wedding- all of the wonderful customs. ISBN 0-9702386-3-0 2. Irish Tea time Companion: A grand collection of Irish tea time recipes with traditional sayings. ISBN 0-9702386-2-2 3. The Good St. Brigid of Kildare - A short guide to the Saint, Her Stories and customs ISBN 0-9702386-1-4 4. The Wake that Knows No Sleeping- A guide to Irish Wakes- how to go out in style! ISBN 0-9702386-4-9 5. Brigid of the Gael- A complete reference work stories, recipes, customs, crafts-second edition ISBN 0-9702386-0-6 6. The Irish Crafts,Customs for Samhain/Halloween- A reference for crafts, stories and customs ISBN 0-9702386-5-7 7. Bonfire Prayers Customs Recipes Songs and Chants For Guy Fawkes Day The best short guide to Guy Fawkes Day. ISBN 09702386565 8. The Book of Bonfire Night A Complete Reference and Primary Guide to the Customs and History of Guy Fawkes Day and its celebration- In Production.. 9. Do the Wassail!: A collection of wassail songs, recipes, customs- a handbook of the traditions. ISBN 0970238673 10. A Beuk of the Sangs of Tommy Armstrong the Pitmans Poet- A complete collection of the Songs and Recitations of Tommy Armstrong with commentary and musical scores. ISBN 0-9702386-8-1 11. Traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest Songs., Traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest songs and customs 12. Prayers from American History- A Prayer book for use in American History Classrooms 13.. Saint Stephen and the Wren: Primary source for St. Stephen's day customs. 14. Human Adaptation to the Fall Line Setting: A Framework for the Archeology of Laurel, Maryland 15. Travels With Charley and Mrs. Helen Linthicum., 2008, Guidebook to places associeted with John Charles and Helen A. Linthicum. 16. Mrs. Helen and Uncle Charlie Linthicum Maryland Patriots of the Gilded Age., 2009. 17. The Celebration of St. Martin of Tours in German Speaking Lands 2010 18. The Book of Wassail, Five volume primary reference concerning Wassail traditions, 2011. 19. Newcastle Eccentrics and Folk Music 20.The Book of Guy Fawkes Day and its Bonfire Night , Multi-volume, extensive study To read more about publications and to order them click here Contact: e.mail: cbladey@verizon.net Phone: 410-789-0930, Postal: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090 To return to the top of the page
click here Adult Education- Lecturer in Irish Studies, Art, History, Pub Lore, Storytelling. Course development, lesson planning and instruction. 18 years classroom experience, course development, lesson planning. Harford Community College Teacher-Secondary History- Seton Keough High School- part time, long term substitute. (certified: Secondar, History and Anthropology.) Lecturer National Park Service Interpretation: Clara Barton House, Edision National Historic Site, Harpers Ferry National Historic Park. Contact: e.mail: cbladey@verizon.net Phone: 410-789-0930, Postal: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090 To return to the top of the page click here
Contact: e.mail: cbladey@verizon.net
Phone: 410-789-0930, Postal: 402 Nancy Ave.
Linthicum, Md. 21090 Visionary Artist/ Artcar Artist Visionary Artist:
Artcars, Folk Environments, Horn Hats, Art
Clothes, Awards- Partial list...
Events with Honoraria Partial list....
Artcars/Vehicles 1. Sticker Car- Dodge Omni, 1978, covered with bumper stickers and interactive installations. (dead) 2. Sticker Car II- Dodge Shadow, Covered with bumper stickers, interactive installations and sports trophies. (dead) 3. Handy Car- 1990 Pontiac Grand Am. Shrine to the Helping Hand, doll hands, mannequin hands, music, beads, buttons, mirrors, shells... with interactive installations. Solar Lights Vision: "It is important to help one another" Trumpet playable from within, hubcap spinners. 4. Party Car- 1966 Pontiac Catalina, Style of Jackson Pollack. Now illustrated the vision:"Someday the Frogs will inherit the earth" Covered with frogs, car parts, trombone on hood playable from within. 5. Magnet Truck- 1995 GMC Pickup. Vision- "the heads of our dolls will last longer than we will - what will they say?"Santas on hood, magnet art on sides, brass instruments and toys on cap and cab roof, hub cap spinners.. Interactive installations. Folk art depiction of Adam and Eve.Solar Lights 6. Bowling for Mondrian- 1965 Dodge Coronet in the style of Piet Mondrian with three dimensional sculpture on roof with interactive installations and sports trophies.Brass instruments playable from interior, hubcap spinners. 7. The Soul Car- 1965 Dodge Coronet covered in buttons, shoe soles, transponders.Solar lights, trumpets. Hubcap spinners. Brass instruments playable from within, turbine fan, cooler on roof, beads All Artcars have moving parts,
external speaker systems and three dimensional
artwork. Each is a visionary artwork some have
multiple themes. All have functioning brass
instruments. For the artcar web pages click here. Art Bycycles Tandem
Green Man Bycycle-Schwin tandem bike
covered with greanery, painted green, green men
dolls in basket. Barbie and
Fire Bycycle- Bycycle painted in hot
colors with Barbies in the basket. To return to
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here Folk Environment: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum Md 21090- 1. Reality Changer- discarded weight scale mechanism helps viewer change reality. 2. Plate Bird- Abstract sculpture, Cast Iron Piano plate fragment. 3. Wald Klavier-
Functioning Stringed Piano Plate set in concrete
with strings and sports 4. Leg Planter: Large Doll Leg in stainless steel planter. 5. Flamingos Across the Sky: Flamingos on wire with flowers in flight. 6. Sandbox Keyboard/Foot Gate: Gate leading to driveway entrance decorated with computer keyboards and two large sandboxes in the shape of bug and frog (outer), doll legs set in spray foam, inner. 7. Flamingo Vine Garden- Plastic Flamingos set in flock on 10 foot metal conduit over grape arbor. 8. Assorted Gnomes-Concrete, stone and wood representations. 9. Bowling Ball Fruit Fall- Assorted bowling balls arranged as fruit on the ground under dogwood tree garden. 10. Plate Lizard- Part of piano plate transformed into lizard- moves 11. Cubist Plate- Piano plate with wind chimes transformed into a cubist man. 12. Butterfly Gate- Two piano plates transformed into butterflies either side of a path. 13. Granite Arrow- Two large granite rectangular slabs set in path with smaller rocks forming the arrow head pointing the way. 14. Art Gurney- Human powered, Medical Gurney covered in doll head, beads, Billy Bass, Painted. 15. Fabric Wrapped Perimeter- See
web pages. Wrapped front boundary with orange cloth
and landscaping stakes. 16. Bottle Tree, bottles, brass
instruments, dolls, wind turbine 17. Piano plate gate, trumpets,
flags, bottles, two piano plates representing
flowers abstract.
For the Art Environment Web pages click here Art Clothes: 1. Hand Suit: Raincoat, Overalls, Shirt, Hand Mace of Office- Painted hand impressions to go with Handy Car. 2. CD Coat- Suit coat covered with CDs to go with magnet truck 3. Sticker Coat- Suit coat covered with bumper stickers to go with Sticker Cars 4. Pollack Coat- Raincoat painted in the style of Jackson Pollack. 5. Soul Coat- Covered with colorful shoe sole outlines in paint. 6. Upside down male female
sole shoes- Pair of shoes painted with high
heels sticking up from tips. Buttons. 7. Flaming Baritone art Coat- horn
mounted on back of raincoat painted. 8. Green Man Suit Jacket- baritone
horn surrounded by vines on back of suit jacket Art Hats: 1. Shell Helmet-helmet covered in found sea shells. 2. Magnet Hat- metal cooking pot covered with magnets 3. Hand Hat- Helmet with hand projecting from top with beadwork. 4. Sticker Helmet- Helmet covered with bumper stickers. 5.Dot Hat- Helmet covered with portions of fun noodles, sequins, glitter. 6. Sole Officer's Hat- Hat with shoe sole sticking up in front transponders on top.
Horn Hats: Helmets Modified by the addition of Brass horns which are playable by wearer. These include: 1.Horn Hat 1-French Horn and Helmet. Horn Hat 2- Bombay taxi horn hat modified with mouthpiece and velvet fabric. 3. Pistacio hat-trumpet on helmet liner covered with nut shells. 4. Mondrian Horn Hat-Trombone, foam insulation fabric and helmet liner. 5.Stereo trumpet Napoleon hat- Two trumpets with slide trombone action on Napoleon hat. 6. Big Blow and the Bushwacker Hats: 6 hats commissioned by the band Big Blow and the Bushwackers for performance. 7. 6 hats commissioned by hot times festival Columbus Ohio 2003 Trombones Converted into hats with foam, buttons and fabric. 8. Frog hat with trumpet and frogs and swamp grasses. New! Horn Hat Workshops are available. Participants learn about how brass instruments work, how sound is formed, and are introduced to playing brass instruments. Additionally students create horn hats and learn about the elements of design. First workshop conducted at the Hot Times Festival, Columbus, Ohio 9/2003. Great for children and adults. Innovations:
Current Projects: Ongoing perfection of existing artcars, public appearances at festivals and shows as is appropriate within a visionary context. Available for horn hat design and construction, audiovisual presentations and workshops providing that the visionary context is maintained. Available for the development of artcar events and public relations within the visionary context. To return to the top of the page click here Articles and Media 1. Numerous Articles: Baltimore Sun, Maryland Gazette, Towson Tower Light and other periodicals. 2. Around Town Maryland Public Television 3. The Dan Rodricks Show Channel 2 Baltimore 4. Monster Nation Episode 11 5. The Voice of America- Television 6. Baltimore Magazine. 7. The American Visionary Art Museum- Tabloid 8. George Foreman's Houston 9. Artscape, Baltimore tabloid guide. 10. Wierd Maryland- Book .15. Art Cars: The Cars, the Artists, the Obsession, the Craft Harrod Blank 15.Essential Material Artifact Description Contact: e.mail: cbladey@verizon.net Phone: 410-789-0930, Postal: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090 To return to the top of the page click here
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Archaeology/Cultural
Resource Management
Human Adaptation to the Fall Line Setting: A Framework for the Archeology of Laurel, Maryland-First ever comprehensive source book for the archeology of Laurel, Md. Kings Meade, Howard County, MD.: Preliminary Archeological ReconnaissanceConrad J. Bladey (Author) Mary C. Bladey (Author)1984.
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts- David Chase, prehistoric and historic archeology, training in artifact identification, field survey, conservation, museum display. University of Maryland Field School Oldtown, Md.- Russ Handsman, Mel Thurmond, introduction to cultural resource management, field testing. Department of Anthropology University of Tennessee- Archeological Lab work, Osteology, conservation, artifact processing, Prehistoric,historic. Alexandria Virginia Archeology-Pam Cressy, Established organized and managed archeology lab, torpedo factory, studied historic ceramics, supervised volunteers. City Of Laurel, Maryland Archeological Survey- Director, Research design, public relations, volunteer coordinator, Lab supervisor, Conservation, public speaking, Photography, Surveying, Excavation, Writing, Publication. Museum Services, National Park Service, Harpers Ferry- Museum technician, metals conservation. All aspects of metals conservation and restoration. Laurel Mills Archeological Survey- Director, Contract Archeology, Research design, conservation, writing, excavating, Worked with Maryland Historical Trust to complete several cultural resource management projects. Contact: e.mail: cbladey@verizon.net Phone: 410-789-0930, Postal: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090 To return to the top of the page click here
Contact: e.mail: cbladey@verizon.netPhone: 410-789-0930, Postal: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090 To return to the top of the page click here
Contact: e.mail: cbladey@verizon.netPhone: 410-789-0930, Postal: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090 To return to the top of the page click here
Over 20 years experience supervising a polling place for Anne Arundel County Maryland. Supervision of staff, public relations, technical skills, training of staff. Contact: e.mail: cbladey@verizon.netPhone: 410-789-0930, Postal: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090 To return to the top of the page click here
Skilled in the History of Recorded Sound Skilled in Phonograph repair and recorded media conservation. Director and Lecturer: Hutman Museum of Sound Demonstrations of early phonographs and lectures in the history of recorded sound. Contact: e.mail: cbladey@verizon.net Phone: 410-789-0930, Postal: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090 To return to the top of the page click here
Contact: e.mail: cbladey@verizon.netPhone: 410-789-0930, Postal: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090 To return to the top of the page click here Research Projects Areas of Expertise Folk Music of Newcastle and Northumbria- Created one of the largest archives of Folk Music and information of Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumbria in the UK. This involved research and collection of information, tunes and lyrics, transcription and writing. See; sang/geordiesang.html The Irish Potato Famine- In Depth research produced a comprehensive web page concerning the history of the Irish Potato famine.This involved archival research, work with songs, notation, scientific reserch and food ways. See: patat/PotatCom.html Guy Fawkes, The Gunpowder Plot and it's Celebration- Extensive archival research involving history, folklore, calendar customs, fine arts, music has lead to the creation of a major web source and a multi volume reference work currently in production. See: guy/html/maina.html Brigid of Kildare- In the area of Irish Studies I have specialized in the history and life of St. Brigid of Kildare. This has produced two publications including a definitive collection of primary documents as well as a family guide to the celebration. This work involved archival research including history, folk music, literature and food ways as well as seasonal celebrations and hagiography. See: brigid/thesaint.html Wassail- An extensive study of the calendar customs, literature, food ways, music and celebrations related to Wassail has produced a large definitive publication as well as a comprehensive web page resource. See: wassail.html To return to the top of the page click here Instrumental Music Editing and Transcription -Very experienced in the use of ABC music
transcription language. To return to the top of the page click here
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