In addition to his son, Joe, from his first marriage, he is survived by a stepdaughter, Holly Harman a sister, Arlene Cline a half-sister, Patricia Anderson and three grandchildren. Clokey’s first marriage, to the former Ruth Parkander, ended in divorce his second wife, Gloria, died in 1998. You may not know Art Clokeys name, but if you were a kid in America a few decades ago, you almost certainly know his work. A student of Edgar Stillman Kelley, he served as dean of the School of Fine Arts at his alma mater, Miami.
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Underwritten by what is now the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the series was meant to teach values like charity and tolerance. Joseph Waddell Clokey (August 28, 1890, New Albany, Indiana September 14, 1960, Covina, California) was an American educator, organist and composer of sacred and secular music in the first half of the 20th century. “Davey and Goliath” was spiritual by design. The other day I was taking a break and noticed that Sundance Channel. Clokey tried LSD but only once, under medical supervision and not till long after he created Gumby, his son said in a telephone interview on Sunday.) Above: Gumby and his best friend Pokey, claymation characters created by Art Clokey. “The Gumby Show” had an undercurrent of tender, if slightly surreal, spirituality. Arthur Art Clokey (born Arthur Charles Farrington) was an American pioneer in the popularization of stop-motion clay animation, best known as the creator. As he often said, Gumby’s asymmetrical head, resembling a rakish pompadour, was a tribute to his biological father’s prominent cowlick. (The film is included on the DVD “Gumby Essentials,” released in 2007 by Classic Media.) In 1953, he made a student film, “Gumbasia” the title was a nod to “Fantasia” in which clay shapes dance to a jazz soundtrack. when he met the famed Sathya Sai Baba, the master magically produced vibhutti (sacred ash), Sathya directly speared vibhutti (sacred ash) over Gumby. Clokey studied with the modernist filmmaker Slavko Vorkapich. Art Clokey Cliams that he has gone through a rough period of his life and made the decision to go to India on a spiritual journey.
Entering the University of Southern California, Mr.
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