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WOW, THINK THE BOOK IS GOING TO BE GOOD? IT WILL BE GREAT!
- FROM ALL THE COWBOYS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS!!
The Society of Illustrators Awards DJ Sout with the Richard Gangel Art Director Award 2010
Awarded to DJ Stout for
his outstanding contributions in promoting and
advancing the art of
illustratio n.
NEW YORK, NY
– February 10, 2010 –The Museum of American Illustration at the Society of
Illustrators awards DJ Stout with the Richard Gangel Art Director Award.
Established
in 2005, the Richard Gangel Award honors Art Directors who are currently
working in the field, commissioning original illustration, with a record of
championing illustration’s strengths and who are active within their profession
with years ahead of them in which they might continue this partnership. The award was named in honor of Richard
Gangel, award winning art director for Sports Illustrated, who for 21 years-
from 1960-1981 built an extraordinary collaboration with illustrators. Gangel gave assignments to the best and
brightest illustrators and painters, known and unknown. “He was absolutely a genius,” said
illustrator Waltz Spitzmiller. Gangel
was also in the forefront of the pioneering of high-speed offset lithography
and electronic transmission of images over long distances, he felt these were
crucial matters to their fast-closing magazine.
Upon retiring in 1981 he was asked what he remembered most of his Sports
Illustrated days? And to that he said
“That people worked like hell and gave their best,” And to that the publisher
replied “What do we remember of Dick’s Sports Illustrated days?--- That he
worked like hell and gave his best.”
Past
recipients of this award include Fred Woodward, Steve Heller, Rita Marshall,
Patrick JB Flynn and Gail Anderson.
DJ Stout will
receive his award and be honored at the Awards Ceremony for Illustrators 52:
Advertising and Institutional Categories on Friday, March 5th.
About the Society of
Illustrators
For more than 100 years, the Society of Illustrators has been an integral part
of New York City’s arts community. Home
to the Museum of American Illustration, the Society promotes the art and
appreciation of illustration, encourages high ideals through exhibitions,
lectures, education and fosters a sense of community and open discussion. The
Society of Illustrators and Museum of American Illustration is open to the
public in a circa 1875 carriage house with state-of-the-art galleries located
on East 63rd Street. To learn
more, please visit www.societyillustrators.org.
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The Alpine Cowboy Table Top Book is on the way!!!
The book will be published by September 2010 and a formal launching
will be held at the Holland Hotel in Alpine Texas on 2 October.
A
special flyer and invitation will be provided on the table top book
launch. DJ Stout, the author of the
baseball table top, has booked the newly refurbished Holland Hotel for the
period of 1-3 October for the grand launch and book signing. All former Alpine
Cowboys, friends and family are invited to attend. Indeed the citizens of
Alpine and University personnel will be invited.
About the book. According
to the author, DJ Stout, the book will have
240 pages, hard bound and a cloth cover, The book size will be 9 ½ “ x 11 ¾” .
It will include over 250 photos and will be an illustrated and captioned
history of the magic period of semi professional baseball from the period of
1946-1960+.
GREETINGS TO THE FORMER PLAYERS,
COACHES, SUPPORTERS AND BASEBALL FANS OF THE FAMOUS ALPINE COWBOY BASEBALL
ORGANIZATION OF 1946-1958.
Herbert
L. Kokernot jr with suglasses and his trademark stetson hat watching his cowboys
in the late 1950 time frame.
The story of a wealthy gentleman with a deep
love for the sport of baseball and the wherewithall to do something GRAND is
somewhat unique. Herbert L. Kokernot Jr.
and his legendary Alpine Cowboys is a magnificent tale of a magical period in
time, of an assemblage of young world-class baseball talent and personages; a
fascinating history with the Cowboys going to the semi professional national
finals nine times.
The good
news is that the Herbert L. Kokernot Jr. era is in the process of being
artistically captured by a new photo book and a novel.
Both
will occur in the near future.
A GLOSSY TABLE TOP ILLUSTRATED PHOTO BOOK
I am
pleased to announce that there will be two new major publications on the Alpine
Cowboys. The first one off the press will be a formal glossy table top book
published by my eldest son DJ Stout[i]
that will have a full line of photography showcasing Herbert L. Kokernot Jr.,
the players, the teams, key events and the magnificent baseball stadium. The
photographic story will be told through the eyes and lens of the cowboy photo
chronicler Charles Hunter and other professional photographers. The table top book will be fully illustrated by international
sports writers, authors and others. The table top will provide for personal interviews
of some of the former Cowboys, special event photography and personal
recollections of players, fans and supporters. The formal announcement on the
first glossy table top book will be made with a full press announcement by July
2009. It is anticipated that the table top will be completed and in the book
stores sometime during the first quarter of 2010.
[i]
Doyle Stout Jr., referred to in the creative world of business as DJ Stout, was
the Art Director for the Texas Monthly Magazine for a period of 10 plus years
before he joined the prestigious Pentagram Design group as a full partner.
Pentagram offices are in New York, Paris, London, San Francisco and Austin.
THE NOVEL
In the 2006 initial web site it was stated that David
Wilkinson had agreed to produce an epic novel around the life of Herbert L.
Kokernot Jr. and his legendary Alpine Cowboys. David, a fine, accomplished writer, has been researching,
collecting, interviewing and preparing for the novel. David has now reconfirmed that the book is his
priority and that the book will be written sometime in the near future. That is
wonderful news. We will use this site to update those that have an interest in
a tale that will surely end up as a magnificent story and perhaps as an HBO
movie. We wish David well in that endeavor and we will keep you informed of
progress on the book.
Visit the Cowboy website at www.alpinecowboysbaseballassociation.org
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