Folk Art Memories

Author : Bruce Shelton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983687808
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Helen LaFrance written by Bruce Shelton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helen LaFrance is a self-taught Southern African-American artist whose specialty is visually recording a way of life that is fast disappearing and, in many cases, no longer recognizable. Born in western Kentucky in 1919, LaFrance is the rare artist who is able to work deftly in more than one medium. She is an exceptional painter, quilter, wood carver, and Biblical interpreter. However her real skill is her ability to connect with the viewer emotionally through the memories they share. These paintings fall into a category of American folk art known as Memory Painting. This catalog is from her exhibition, Folk Art Memories at the Tennessee State Museum, July 1 - August 12, 2012

Author : Susan Conklin Thompson
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
ISBN 13 : 1563083825
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folk Art Tells a Story written by Susan Conklin Thompson and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 1998-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Back Cover: What art teaches us in forms that range from rock art and clay pots to songs and scrimshaw, folk art teaches us about the customs, traditions, and values of people around the world and throughout history. With this book, educators can tap into diverse forms of folk art and introduce students to the cultures, people, and art of the world. Birdhouses, weather vanes, scarecrows, kachina dolls, cornhusk ristras, puppets, masks, Peruvian Arpilleras, and Navajo weaving are just a few of the art activities offered in the book. For each project, the author provides a list of materials needed, background information about the people who created it, and learning extensions. Unusual enough to add to the art teacher's typical repertoire, but simple enough for nonartists, this book provides a wonderful way to integrate art, social studies, language arts, and music. Anyone who works with young children will appreciate it.

Author : Emily Urquhart
Publisher : House of Anansi
ISBN 13 : 1487005326
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Age of Creativity written by Emily Urquhart and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving portrait of a father and daughter relationship and a case for late-stage creativity from Emily Urquhart, the bestselling author of Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family, and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes. “The fundamental misunderstanding of our time is that we belong to one age group or another. We all grow old. There is no us and them. There was only ever an us.” — from The Age of Creativity It has long been thought that artistic output declines in old age. When Emily Urquhart and her family celebrated the eightieth birthday of her father, the illustrious painter Tony Urquhart, she found it remarkable that, although his pace had slowed, he was continuing his daily art practice of drawing, painting, and constructing large-scale sculptures, and was even innovating his style. Was he defying the odds, or is it possible that some assumptions about the elderly are flat-out wrong? After all, many well-known visual artists completed their best work in the last decade of their lives, Turner, Monet, and Cézanne among them. With the eye of a memoirist and the curiosity of a journalist, Urquhart began an investigation into late-stage creativity, asking: Is it possible that our best work is ahead of us? Is there an expiry date on creativity? Do we ever really know when we’ve done anything for the last time? The Age of Creativity is a graceful, intimate blend of research on ageing and creativity, including on progressive senior-led organizations, such as a home for elderly theatre performers and a gallery in New York City that only represents artists over sixty, and her experiences living and travelling with her father. Emily Urquhart reveals how creative work, both amateur and professional, sustains people in the third act of their lives, and tells a new story about the possibilities of elder-hood.

Author : Carol Crown
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469607999
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture written by Carol Crown and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folk art is one of the American South's most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century through the present. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the many forms of aesthetic expression that have characterized southern folk art, including the work of self-taught artists, as well as the South's complex relationship to national patterns of folk art collecting. Fifty-two thematic essays examine subjects ranging from colonial portraiture, Moravian material culture, and southern folk pottery to the South's rich quilt-making traditions, memory painting, and African American vernacular art, and 211 topical essays include profiles of major folk and self-taught artists in the region.

Author : Deborah Kneen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646216577
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Book of Memories written by Deborah Kneen and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Flora Waycott
Publisher : Walter Foster
ISBN 13 : 1633223922
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creative Folk Art and Beyond written by Flora Waycott and published by Walter Foster. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get creative with the Scandinavian concept of hygge (hoo-gah) and create your own whimsical, colorful artwork inspired by folk art with Creative Folk Art and Beyond! Continuing the hugely popular Creative… and Beyond series, Creative Folk Art and Beyond features the whimsical and colorful folk-art style of Scandinavia… and beyond! Inspired by the concept of hygge (an idea similar to coziness), Creative Folk Art and Beyond includes creative prompts,easy exercises, and step-by-step projects that embrace all things Scandinavian. No matter your skill level, you can learn how to draw and paint beautiful, colorful art using a variety of accessible, affordable supplies. Starting off with basic tools, materials, techniques, and color basics, Creative Folk Art and Beyond then jumps into tips and exercises that will have you drawing and painting your favorite folk-art designs in no time. This book is a must-have for any "Scandophile" or folk-art enthusiast!

Author : Gladys M. Lutz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781601264275
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folk Art Memories written by Gladys M. Lutz and published by . This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey into the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch country through the acclaimed folk art of Gladys M. Lutz of Lehigh Co., Pa. Often called the "Grandma Moses of the Lehigh Valley," Gladys painted hundreds of full-color images of farm life and the rural landscape of her childhood, capturing even the most mundane daily activities which provide a glimpse into the life of a typical PA Dutch farm family of the past. This beautiful collection of her work is bound to interest the artist and historian in all of us.

Author : Chuck Rosenak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth-century American Folk Art and Artists written by Chuck Rosenak and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive encyclopedia of twentieth century American folk art and artists.

Author : Fernandex De Calderon Candida
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art written by Fernandex De Calderon Candida and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles 180 Mexican folk artists, profiling the works they have created out of clay, vegetable fibers, wood, metal, textiles, and stone which represent many different craft traditions.

Author : Don Tate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781600602603
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It Jes' Happened written by Don Tate and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A biography of twentieth-century African American folk artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama. Includes an afterword, author's note, and sources"--Provided by publisher.