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.