McNiff, Shaun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.8515 MCNGaiman, Neil
Summary: "Drawn from Gaiman's trove of published speeches, poems, and creative manifestos, Art Matters is an embodiment of this remarkable multi-media artist's vision--an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives"
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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Summary: Drew, whose animated doodles rarely stay on the page of her sketchbook, must rein them in while on a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SELOgle, Richard.
Contents: Outing the mind -- Spaces to think with : reason, imagination, and the discovery of DNA -- Genius, imagination, and the nature of mind -- The fools on the hill : tipping points and the microcomputer revolution -- Darwinian networks, or why the fit get fitter -- The mathematical ecology of creativity -- Sex and the single doll : Barbie, Ruth Handler, and the navigation problem -- Think different...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Business School Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.3 OGLTankard, Judith B.
Summary: "In this thoroughly revised edition of "Gardens of the arts and crafts movement", landscape scholar Judith B. Tankard surveys the inspirations, characteristics, and development of garden design during the movement. Tankard presents a selection of houses and gardens of the era from Great Britain and the United States, with an emphasis on the diversity of designers who helped forge a truly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2018
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Summary: An intimate glimpse into Potter's private world and the places that inspired her stories. She found must of her inspiration in her surroundings, and Zach takes readers on a visual tour of the areas in the British Isles that most influenced her work. The work includes early sketches as well as photos of Potter's family and household items that inspired her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.6092 ZACSummary: Throughout history, one type of individual has instinctively grasped art's power to persuade and manipulate-and indeed, images have become at least as deadly as swords or guns in the hands of political and military leaders. This program revolves around a basic question: when did art mutate from a vehicle of the imagination into a tool of the ruler? Beginning in Britain, the program looks at the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Kohl, MaryAnn F.
Summary: "Fantastic art projects using easy-to-find, everyday materials, Art With Anything provides a year of creativity, imagination and fun for children ages 4-10!"--p.4, cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gryphon House 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 KOHSummary: In its strictest sense, the term art brut refers to art created outside the boundaries of official culture and often focuses on the work of people who live in mental institutions. This program focuses on the art of Josef "Pepi" Hofer and several other artists with mental retardation and similar disabilities as it captures them in workshops and at a showing and award ceremony at The House of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Ignored during his lifetime, the artist and poet William Blake is now a literary institution. How did this reversal come about? How did a republican, dissident printer, who was considered insane by his contemporaries, become transformed into an icon? The author Peter Ackroyd, Blake's latest biographer, is the guide as this program explores late-Georgian London: a world of political ferment and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SIMSummary: Part 1 of the documentary Andy Warhol delves deep into his impoverished upbringing in Pittsburgh, taking a rare look behind the façade of one of the most famous pop art celebrities in history. An often riveting and deeply moving portrayal, the film examines his early career as a commercial artist in the 1940s, where he produced his renowned silkscreen pop paintings (including the famous...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Taylor, Cathy.
Summary: Discover magic! Join the vibrant, prismatic world of luminous alcohol inks. Mercurial, versatile, inexpensive, and wildly colorful, alcohol inks are one of the newest mediums to hit the art community. Pigments of Your Imagination is your essential guide for working with alcohol inks, from choosing which inks to use for each project to learning how to maximize your artistic potential with a wide...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schiffer Publishing Ltd 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.425 Taylor 2015Markel, Michelle
Summary: Ever since she was a little girl, Leonora Carrington loved to draw on walls, in books, on paper—and she loved the fantastic tales her grandmother told that took her to worlds that shimmered beyond this one, where legends became real. Leonora’s parents wanted her to become a proper English lady, but there was only one thing she wanted, even if it was unsuitable: to become an artist. In London,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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Summary: Everything about the sense of smell fascinates us, from its power to evoke memories to its ability to change our moods and influence our behavior. Yet because it is the least understood of the senses, myths abound. For example, contrary to popular belief, the human nose is almost as sensitive as the noses of many animals, including dogs; blind people do not have enhanced powers of smell; and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.86 GILSummary: Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. The nine-part series reveals the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and introduces viewers to works of beauty, ingenuity, and illumination across cultures. Narrated by Liev Schreiber.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CIVBogart, Julie
Summary: "A guide for parents to help children of all ages process the onslaught of unfiltered information in the digital age". Education is not solely about acquiring information and skills across subject areas, but also about understanding how and why we believe what we do. At a time when online media has created a virtual firehose of information and opinions, parents and teachers worry how students...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.4 BOGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.4 BOGAlvarez, Lorena
Summary: After entering an empty turtle shell she found on a school trip, Sandy meets Hicotea, who has filled the shell with paintings, sculpture, and books, but when Sandy encounters Livion, a dark force, she learns a lesson about the power of art and imagination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nobrow 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In this program, Andrea Lemon, Timothy Daly, Katherine Thomson, David Williamson, and other theater professionals describe what it was that prompted them to set pen to paper and write their first plays. They also explain how writing for the stage differs from other types of writing, give their opinions on the qualities needed to succeed as a dramatist, and offer advice on how to begin the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Painfully familiar with the clash of personal and religious expression, Salman Rushdie can now be seen as a literary sentinel regarding the rise of Islamic extremism. In this program, Bill Moyers talks with the author of Shame, The Satanic Verses, and Shalimar the Clown about the impact of 9/11, about tension between moderate and radical Islam, and about the need to hold the line on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Art Ensemble of Chicago
Contents: Coming soon (1:31) -- African woman = Umafazi w ese Afriki (13:54) -- Fundamental destiny (9:13) -- Fresh start (6:41) -- Khauleza = Hurry up (2:43) -- The bottom line (5:31) -- Black man = Indoda emnyama (9:18)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: DIW 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ARTVarious Artists
Contents: 1. Close (To the edit) / Art of Noise -- 2. Tenderness / General Public -- 3. Der Kommissar / After the Fire -- 4. Smalltown boy / Bronski Beat -- 5. Voices carry / 'Til Tuesday -- 6. One night in Bangkok / Murray Head -- 7. Imagination / Belouis Some -- 8. Never never / The Assembly -- 9. Sunglasses at night / Corey Hart -- 10. Free yourself / The Untouchables -- 11. Every word means no /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Records 1995
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NEWNewell, Jennifer.
Summary: Book Description: Pacific Art in Detail introduces the riches of Oceanic art through astonishing close-up views of rarely seen treasures, allowing behind-the-scenes insight into this vibrant work that no conventional gallery tour affords. Carefully selected pieces from the world-renowned Oceanic collection at the British Museum-by artists employing a wide variety of materials and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709.95 NEWArt Institute of Chicago
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Institute 1991