Blog #3

Part 1: Icons

Think of all of the Icons—people, places, things & events—that you plan to include in your Artist Statement. Then...

Choose two and explain how they are connected. Describe what ideas they represent. Describe how they might represent variations on a theme and/or different relationships with you.

Elvis and Memphis go together like two peas in a pod. He started his career there and it was ended there as well. Elvis lived in Memphis his whole life going from rags to riches. His home is in Graceland where people today can still go to see where he lived. All of his outfits and records are there so you are able to see all of his accomplishments and it really makes it so much more real.

Part 2: Resources

Post an annotated list of resources that you are using to create your artist statement.

1. Elvis Presley
2. http://www.elvis.com/
3. This website was really helpful because I was able to go to his biography and really got to see all the important events in his life that would be good for me to include in my artist statement.


1. Elvis Presley: The Early Years
2. http://www.fiftiesweb.com/elvis.htm
3. This article was helpful because it gave me a lot of facts that were interesting like how many albums he sold. I also learned that he was the best selling solo artist in the U.S and that he has more gold albums than any other artist (97)... The Beatles only have 42.