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Doing Detective Work

Being a historian or archaeologist is a lot like being a detective. You start out with clues, which are pieces of evidence that people leave behind.

Folk Art, Vernacular Art, or Naïve Art?

Many of the objects in the Fielding Collection such as Still Life with a Basket of Fruit, Flowers, and Cornucopia attributed to Joseph Proctor are often considered “folk art.”  Some people prefer to use related terms like “naïve,” “vernacular,” or “nonacademic” instead of “folk.”  All of these terms describe work by artists who may not have had extensive, formal training or decided not to follow the teachings and ideas of traditional art instruction.

Icon with a light bulb, star, and shapes above a pencil.

Activity: Think like a Collector

Examine a museum collection for themes and commonalities and consider what the collection represents about a community.

View of eight quilts displayed in a museum gallery with a spinning wheel placed in the center of the room.

Object Story: Stitching Statements and Sentiments

Explore quilt patterns that reflect women’s perspectives on the world and current events.

Print on paper showing arrangement of squares; within each square there are strips of colored rectangles that are arranged asymmetrically in shades of red, blue, white, and black.

Object Story: African American Quilting

Contemporary African American quilt traditions and their transformation into new artforms.

Front view of ovoid jar with handles near the top, decorated with blue pigment and incised decorations, with a flower in a checkered pot at the center and the initials “IS” below.

Object Story: Jar

Stoneware jar with unique decorations.

Identity on Display

Among the many unique traits we have as humans is our ability create, learn, and share different ways of knowing our world.

Library Videos

Litografía en color a partir de una placa de aluminio que muestra varios elementos, incluidas imágenes rotas de mujeres negras, un pájaro, una pluma, una flor, un sol de papel y un tapetito de encaje. La escritura a mano en la parte inferior dice en inglés: Conservar para los viejos recuerdos.

Actividad: Piezas de tí

Crea tu propia obra de arte inspirada en la obra de Betye Saar, Fragments (Fragmentos).

obra de arte de técnica mixta y ensamblaje sobre un pañuelo beige. sobre él hay una variedad de objectos pequeños incluyendo un corazón lleno de pequeñas cucharas y cuchillos de metal, pequeños abanicos, unas manos pequeñas adentro de una ventana pequeña, un pez, un mago y pequeños pedazos de encaje azul gris.

Actividad: Mira de cerca

Crea tu propia obra de arte inspirada en la obra de Betye Saar, The Fragility of Illusion (La fragilidad de la ilusión).

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