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A labeled chart depicting the West coast of Central and South America featuring buildings and flags.

Kristi Westberg

Buccaneer's Atlas

Long piece of parchment with written text and a dark crease down the middle.

Jessamy Gloor

Third Treaty of Prairie Du Chien between the U.S. and the Winnebago Tribe

Photograph of flower fields in Los Angeles-Hollywood with a group of individuals standing amongst the flowers.

Jacklyn Chi

Arthur Ito Papers

Zoomed in image of a hand written diary.

Cynthia Kapteyn

William S. McBride diary

Inside book cover with orange, blue, white and pink swirls with a designed inscription at the top.

Austin Plann Curley

Speculum vitae humanae

Everybody Collects

The kinds of objects, artifacts, and artworks that people collect communicate different ideas.  They can be a record of events that happened in society.

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.

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Activity: Beauty in Everyday Objects

Create a definition of art and beauty using everyday objects.

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Activity: Portrait Investigations

Investigate the person in a portrait using clues and information from primary sources, images, and through research.

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Activity: Think like a Collector

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

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