Summary: Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1853 on a cotton plantation in rural Alabama, and continued to farm the land until the late 1920s when he moved to Montgomery and worked odd jobs in the thriving segregated black neighborhood. A decade later, in his late 80s, Traylor became homeless and started to draw and paint, devising his visual language to depict his memories of slavery and scenes of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BILSayer, Chloë
Summary: Offers a portrait of the Mexican people, their lifestyles, and a representative sampling of their crafts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.0972 SAYWeill, Cynthia
Summary: Miniature figurines woven from palm fronds in Chigmecatitlaan, a village in the Mexican state of Puebla, present occupations from painter and balloon seller to hairdresser, electrician, and librarian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH WEIKetchum, William C.
Summary: A visual introduction to various forms of American folk art.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Todtri 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 745.097 KETMichaels, Alexandra.
Summary: Explores roots, rhythms, and traditions from all corners of the earth while providing ideas and instructions for related crafts, from Kachina dolls of the American Southwest to paper beads from Egypt.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Williamson Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 MICEdwards, Sybil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.7 EdwardsParsons, Gail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stemmer House Publishers 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.594 PARKert, Bernice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROCKEFELLER, ABBY KertWeill, Cynthia
Summary: Invites emerging readers to identify the animals depicted in figures by Rubí Fuentes and Efraín Broa from the Mexican state of Oaxaca and act out their sounds in English and Spanish.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: BOARD SPANISH WEIAnderson, Hans W.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Leelanau Historical Museum 1988
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 702 ANDSummary: American Craft is a wish book that helps creative people to see the world with fresh eyes. Its memorable stories and images inspire readers to craft a conscientious, expressive life they feel good about. The magazine celebrates the age-old human impulse to make things by hand, in order to communicate, learn, heal, and connect.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Craft Council 1979
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5 available in Magazines - previous years, Call number: 2022-FallCall number: 2022-Spring
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Fritz, Ronald J.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Aardvark Publications 1987
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 731.462 FRISummary: Since their appearance in Europe some 300 years ago, the stories of The Thousand and One Nights have entranced Western readers with visions of an exotic, magical Middle East. In this program, actor and director Richard E. Grant revisits the book he loved as a child and seeks to understand its persistent hold on the collective imagination. Grant travels to Paris to discover how the Arabist...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Lavitt, Wendy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.592 LavittPearsall, Shelley.
Summary: "In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PEACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC PEASchrepfer, Margaret.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sunhill Farm 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.592 SchrepferSummary: Perhaps the world’s most famous epic poem, Homer’s The Odyssey follows Odysseus as he undertake a twenty-year journey to return home from battle to reclaim his wife and kingdom. This episode of Clash of the Gods relates the tale of adventure, filled with legendary beasts, vengeful gods, and seductive sirens. Experts discuss that astronomical clues and new geological evidence suggest that the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Traveling the world, photographer Phil Borges documents endangered cultures with the hope that he can help preserve them by photographing and interviewing members of them. In this TEDTalk, Borges shows rarely seen images of people from the mountains of Dharamsala, India, and the jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon, as he tells their stories. In addition, Borges talks about his initiative to link...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This episode of Clash of the Gods presents the real story behind our most renowned modern myth - that classic story of good vs. evil, fought in the world of Middle Earth. We enter creator J.R.R. Tolkien's fantastical world of hobbits, orcs, and wizards, and uncover the real life influences that shaped his epic fantasy, The Lord of the Rings. Intriguing connections and parallels are drawn from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This episode of Clash of the Gods examines Homer's The Odyssey, one of the most famous epics ever written. Follow its archetypal hero, Odysseus, as he sets sail on a twenty-year journey to return home from battle to reclaim his wife and kingdom. It's a timeless tale of adventure filled with mythological beasts, vengeful gods, and enchanting seductresses. But could it have actually happened?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This episode of Ancient Mysteries brings us back more than 3,000 years to the legendary city of Troy. Scholars delve into the secrets of Troy by researching the Greek poet Homer, who related the city’s history in The Iliad. Their discoveries are revealed and shed new light on the legends of the Trojan horse, Achilles, the abduction of Helen, and the fall of Troy.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1994
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Harding, Deborah.
Summary: The authors approach the popular folk art genre of the house thematically through its depiction in various craft media - quilts, paintings, drawings, samplers, rugs, furnishing and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 745 HARThuro, Catherine M. V.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Collector Books 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 ThuroSummary: When their land is sold to developers, the magicians, acrobats, and puppeteers of Kathputli, a hand-built artist colony hidden away in the alleyways of Delhi since the 1970s, must find a way to unite or splinter apart forever. Filmed from 2011 to 2014, this documentray chronicles the last days of of Kathputli, focusing on Puran the Puppeteer, Rahman the Magician, and Maya the Acrobat as they...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016