Announcing the publication of Visual Resources Association Special
Bulletin #15:
Finding and Cataloging Images of Native American Art
by Karen Kessel, Visual Resources Curator, Sonoma State University
and Wendy Holden, former Special Bulletin Editor
116 pages, PDF - $25
Over the last decade, Native American culture has begun to be
recognized as a part of American history. The 500th anniversary of
the landing of Columbus in the Western Hemisphere in 1992 and
American Indian activism have helped to awaken a fresh perspective on
the relationship between the indigenous peoples of the Americas and
the Europeans and others who now populate these continents. Native
American art is moving into university curricula and art museum
collections to broaden the definition of American art. The new VRA
special bulletin makes it easy to find comprehensive materials for
documenting the arts of the Native peoples of North America. It
provides sources for images, accurate cataloging information, and a
primer on identifying subject content and distinctive patterns. It
comprises a concise annotated bibliography and discography of books,
films, CDs and DVDs, websites, and periodicals; lists of image
vendors, museums, and historic sites that provide visual materials;
pre- and post- European contact chronologies; a guide for building a
basic image collection, 19 maps, and a glossary of common terms. The
culture and period chronology demonstrates the dynamics of Native
American cultures across the continent and the millennia.
View the Table of Contents and access the Publications Order Form via
the VRA Special Bulletin series page:
http://www.vraweb.org/publications/specialbulletin.html.
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