Vitkus, Jessica
Summary: "An energetic, informative, and inspiring exploration of craftivism -- the intersection of art and activism -- throughout American history, with particular focus on the present day"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 745.5 VITMiller, Judith
Summary: "In 1850, Mellie helps her family by finding employment creating silhouette portraits at a daguerreotype shop. When romance slowly blossoms with one of her charming customers, her life seems to have fallen perfectly into place. But when the unexpected happens, she struggles to find happiness in spite of hidden secrets" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MILSpilsbury, Louise
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 SPIAndré, Marc
Summary: Players take on the role of a rich merchant during the Renaissance. Players choose tokens, purchase development cards, earns bonuses, and receive visits from noblemen in order to earn prestige points. Games ends when a player reaches 15 prestige points.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: JD Editions/Space Cowboys 2017
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1 available in Games, Call number: GAME SPLClark, Cassandra.
Summary: York, 1385. Just as the Mystery Plays are about to unfold, a young woman witnesses a terrible crime and turns to Abbess Hildegard for protection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLAKuh, Patric
Summary: "An award-winning restaurant critic for Los Angeles Magazine and a former restaurant cook profiles the major figures in the so-called artisanal food movement who brought exceptional taste back to food and inspired chefs and restaurateurs to redefine and rethink the way we eat,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 KUHSikes, Amie
Summary: In their first book, the Junk Gypsies--sisters and stars of the popular Texas-born brand and HGTV show--combine big dreams, stories of roadside treasures found, and down-home design projects inspired by epic makeovers for friends like Miranda Lambert, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Sadie Robertson. Amie and Jolie Sikes, the Thelma and Louise of the design world, are the Junk Gypsies: a family with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 SIKSummary: "Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums -- from furniture making and basket weaving to pottery and metalsmithing. Each episode reveals that craft has earned itself a place within the realm of fine art"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Craft in America, Inc. 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CRAGorges, Eric
Summary: "The host of PBS's A Craftsman's Legacy makes the case that the craftsman's way--the philosophy, the skills, and the mindset--can provide a blueprint for all of us in our increasingly hurried, disposable world. In this book he tells the stories and shares the collective wisdom of these modern-day makers while also celebrating the culture of all craftsmen"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 GORShen, Fuyu
Summary: Weaving together his childhood memories and those of his ancestors with the stories of fifteen artisans as their lives intersect over the course of a century, the author reflects on the changes of small-town life in China during the epic shift from agricultural to industrial civilization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FUYFalick, Melanie
Summary: By profiling 30 creatives, the author explores how making by hand is the key to discovering one's passion--whether that means spinning natural fibers, carving a wooden bowl, or creating elaborate papercuts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FALCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 920 FALHowell, Vickie.
Summary: Presents profiles and interviews with artists working in a variety of crafts and examines how social networking on the Internet has created a community of crafters dedicated to sharing ideas and providing support for one another.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lark Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 HOWBurke, Jill
Summary: "Plunge into the intimate history of cosmetics, and discover how, for centuries, women have turned to make-up as a rich source of creativity, community and resistance. The Renaissance was an era obsessed with appearances. And beauty culture from the time has left traces that give us a window into an overlooked realm of history - revealing everything from 16th-century women's body anxieties to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2024
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Summary: Young Sofi enters a New York City community garden and finds a half-painted mural. It's full of big, leafy plants in blue and yellow, and a vibrant emerald green color appears where the two colors meet. As Sofi runs her fingers over the image, she is suddenly transported to a beautiful place with plants just like the ones on the wall! Sofi finds herself in the Dominican Republic, where she...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2020
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Summary: "Jam-packed with imaginative ideas for all kinds of creative crafts . . . this book will make YOU an artist! Pick up your pencils, collect your collage materials, and take inspiration from 25 of the world's best-known artists in this fact-filled book full of activities. Discover famous masterpieces through the included photographs of real works of art - from ancient cave painting to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J702.8 MILChurnin, Nancy
Summary: "Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, singers, political activists, and thinkers all posed for her. Now her portraits hang in Washington,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creston Books, LLC 2020
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 921 WARRowe, Kaz
Summary: "This graphic biography chronicles the life of Surrealist artist Claude Cahun, from their childhood and experiences of antisemitism in France, through the development of their artistic practice in Paris, to their resistance against the Nazis in Jersey, and includes photographs by Cahun and artistic and romantic partner Marcel Moore"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Getty Publications 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 CAHSchomp, Virginia.
Summary: Discover the civilization of ancient China.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 931 SCHSummary: Kirk Douglas gives a fierce portrayal as Vincent van Gogh, torn between the joyous inspiration of his genius and the dark desperation of his tormented mind.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LUSCho, Lian
Summary: "Presenting Olive Chen! The most magnificent and brilliant artist in the whole wide world! Her parents are also artists--serious artists--who paint prim, proper, perfect shapes. They know Olive has the talent to follow in their footsteps. But Olive likes to smear, splatter, splash, and even lick. With a brush in each hand, Olive cascades through town with her friends in tow, painting what she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHOPaul, Janie
Summary: "In Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance, Janie Paul introduces readers to the culture and aesthetics of prison art communities, and shares heart wrenching, poignant, and often surprisingly humorous artists' narratives. These powerful stories and images upend the manufactured stereotypes of those living in prison, imparting a real human dimension--a critical step in the movement to end...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hat & Beard Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 750.086 PAUAdamson, Glenn
Summary: "A groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America, from the nation's origins to the present day"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 680.973 ADAMusso, Guillaume
Summary: Paris, un atelier d'artiste caché au fond d'une allée verdoyante. Madeline l'a loué pour s'y reposer et s'isoler. À la suite d'une méprise, cette jeune flic londonienne y voit débarquer Gaspard, un écrivain misanthrope venu des États-Unis pour écrire dans la solitude. Ces deux écorchés vifs sont contraints de cohabiter quelques jours. L'atelier a appartenu au célèbre peintre Sean Lorenz et...
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Publisher / Publication Date: XO Editions 2017
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 MUS FRENCHSummary: An aspiring artist and the aspiring singer he loves join the most berserk brood of sun-and-funners on Nantucket Island in New England.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003