1975 Gaudnek Art Class in the FTU Dome — Public Access Video Workshop (Sony Portapak) — Walker Webb Watson

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Location: Florida Technological University (FTU; now UCF), Orlando, Florida Description: Black-and-white photos from inside the FTU geodesic dome studio during / l Gaudnek’s art class/critique. Students (including Walker Webb Watson, pictured) stand among easels and large, colorful paintings—bold pop/abstract forms, figures, and mural-scale canvases—while discussing works in progress. Several frames also document a hands-on public-access video workshop using early portable video gear: a Sony Portapak-style 1/2" reel-to-reel recorder with camera on a tripod and a monitor, capturing the 1970s crossover of art education and emerging DIY television/media-making.