Selsom Seen| Bibliography & Resources

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Children’s Resources

Aardema, Verna. Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears. New York, New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1965.

Baker, Keith. The Magic Fan. San Diego, California: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1989.

Castañeda, Omar S. Abuela’s Weave. New York, New York: Lee & Low Books, 1988.

Cruz Martinez, Alejandro, Rohmer, Harriet, Schecter, David & Zubizarreta, Rosalina. The Woman Who Outshown the Sun. San Francisco, California: Children’s Press Books, 1991.

Gollub, Matthew. Ten Oni Drummers. New York, New York: Lee & Low Books, 2000.

Hamanaka, Sheila. Peace Crane. New York, New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1995.

Ray, Mary Lynn. Basket Moon. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Company, 1999.

Sakade, Florence ed. Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories. Boston, Massachusetts: Turtle Publishing, 2000.

Adult Resources

American and European Section

Apfelbaum, Ben, Gottlieb, Eli and Michaan, Steven. Beneath the Ice: the Art of the Spearfishing Decoy. New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1990.

Becksvoort, Christian. The Shaker Legacy Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style. Newtown, Connecticut: The Taunton Press, 1998.

Rhodes, Colin. Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives. London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd. 2000.

Rosengarten, Dale. Row Upon Row: Sea Grass Baskets of the South Carolina Lowcountry. South Carolina: McKissick Museum, 1986.

Sellen, Betty-Carol with Cynthia J. Johanson. 20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. 1993.

Textiles and Costumes

Hungarian Ethnographical Museum. Hungarian Decorative Folk Art. Budapest, Hungary: Corvina Budapest, 1955.

Landreau, Anthony & Yohe, Ralph S. Flowers of the Yayla Yörük Weaving of the Toros Mountains. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1983.

Latin America

Oettinger, Marion Jr. The Folk Arts of Latin America Visiones del Pueblo. New York: Dutton Studio Books in association with the Museum of American Folk Art, 1992.

Schindler, Dr. Helmut, translated by Carol Irmhoff. “Silver Jewelry of the Mapuche,” Ornament. Feb. 1985, pp. 32-37.

Slater, Candace. Stories on a String the Brazilian Literatura de Cordel. Berkeley, CA.: University of California Press, 1982.

Thompson, Amanda. Ceramicá: Mexican Pottery of the 20th Century. Atglen, PA.: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001.

Asia

All Japan Handmade Washi Association. Handbook on the Art of Washi. Tokyo, Japan: All Japan Handmade Washi Association, 1991.

Baten, Lea. Japanese Folk Toys: The Playful Arts. Tokyo, Japan: Shufunotomo Co. Ltd., 1992.

Playthings and Pastimes in Japanese Prints. New York, New York & Tokyo, Japan: Weatherhill, Inc. and Shufunotomo Co. Ltd., 1995.

Brandon, Reiko Mochinaga. Country Textiles of Japan the Art of Tsutsugaki. Honolulu, Hawaii: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1986.

Kuo, Susanna Campbell. Carved Paper: The Art of the Japanese Stencil. New York, New York & Tokyo, Japan: Santa Barbara Museum of Art & Weatherhill, Inc. 1998.

Lester, Gerd. Washi: Japan’s Handmade Paper and its Myriad Uses, Arts of Asia, Volume 25, Number 1, pp. 74-84.

Merte, Timothy. The Japanese Art of Illumination, Arts of Asia, Volume 23, Number 1, pp. 87-94.

Yanagi, Soetsu. The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty. Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International Ltd., 1972.

Project and How To Books

Brown, Osa. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Activity Book. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983.

Irons, Calvin, Irons, Rosemary Reuille & Burnett, James. Mathematics from Many Cultures. San Francisco, CA: Mimosa Publications, 1993.

Meilach, Dona Z. & Menagh, Dee. Exotic Needlework with Ethnic Patterns, Techniques, Inspirations. New York: Crown Publishers, 1978.

Schuman, Jo Miles. Art From Many Hands. Worchester, Massachusetts: Davis Publications, 1981.

	Curriculum Resources Vocabulary
	aesthetic – having to do with a certain style or beauty artifact – an object made by a human Buddhism – religion of central and eastern Asia that is represented by different sects who following the teachings of Buddha, the doctrine, attributed to Gautama Buddha, that suffering is inseparable from existence but that inward extinction of the self and of the senses culminates in a state of illumination beyond both suffering and existence ceramics – objects made out of clay ceremony – a set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual, custom or etiquette collection – a group of objects that are kept together; a collection can be unified by a theme, material, culture or owner culture – the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions and all other products of human thought and actions of a community of people curator – person in a museum who is in charge of a collection, caring for and cataloging specific objects, researching the collection and collaborating with other museum staff people and exhibition designers to create exhibitions embroidery – the ornamentation of fabric with needle and thread ethnic – of or pertaining to a specific religious, racial, national or cultural group exhibition – a display for the public folk art – a work of art made by a person who is part of an ongoing cultural community as a manner of carrying on a tradition Gullah – a group of African Americans inhabiting the coastal areas of South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida with a distinctive language/dialect lacquer – a glossy, resinous material used as a protective coating Latin America – countries south of the United States that have Spanish, Portuguese or French as their official languages museum – an institution devoted to the acquisition, preservation, study and exhibition of works of artistic, historical or scientific value objects – an entity or thing made out of some kind of physical matter ritual – a detailed method of procedure that is followed faithfully, often in conjunction with a religious ceremony Shaker – a member of a religious sect practicing communal living and spiritual values Shintoism – the aboriginal religion of Japan, characterized by veneration of nature spirits and ancestors utilitarian – usable, the quality of having a function

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