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The Minority Artist in America

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 93.04.10

Unit Guide

The Folks of Folk Art

Lynn Marmitt

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EXTENDED ACTIVITIES

FIELD TRIPS: HAMDEN PLAZA, HAMDEN, CONNECTICUT

Environmental and sculptural exhibit

MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FOLK ART

49 West 53rd. Street, New York

RESEARCH PAPERS:

Additional artists to complete research papers about are as follows:

Clementine Hunter

Ralph Fasanella

Grandma Moses

Dow Pugh

Walter Flax

Creek Charlie

Henri Rousseau

Minnie Evans

Elijah Pierce

Bruce Brice

Minnie Evans

Henry Darger

Martin Ramirez

Ike Morgan

Bessie Harvey

Alex Maldonado

WORKS CITED

1. Manley, Roger. Signs and Wonders . (Raleigh, 1989).p. 6.
2. Ibid, p.6.
3. Rosenak, Chuck and Jan. Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists (New York, 1990), p. 14.
4. Manley, p. 39.
5. Horwitz, Elinor L. Contemporary American Folk Artists . (Philadelphia, 1975), p. 30.
6. Perry, Regina A. Free Within ourselves . (Washington, D.C., 1992), p. 145.
7. Horwitz, p. 30.
8. Patton, Phil. “The Art of Innocence”. Metropolitan Home . (Sept. 1989),P. 109.
9. Rosenak, p. 122.
10. VanSickle, Andrew. “G-d’s Last Red Light.” Clifton Magazine . (1987), p. 44.
11. Livingston, Jane and Beardsley, John. Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980 . (Mississippi, 1982), p. 93.
12. Ibid. p. 94
13. Rosenak, p. 210.
14. Simon Rodia and His Tower in Watts. An Introduction and a Bibliography . (Vance Bibliographies.)

SLIDE REFERENCES

Slide 1. Bill Traylor, “Untitled.” p. 306. Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists by Chuck and Jan Rosenak.
Slide 2. Moze Tolliver, “Self Portrait.” p. 302. Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists by Chuck and Jan Rosenak.
Slide 3. Moze Tolliver, “Plant Form.” p. 134. Black Folk Art in America. 1930-1980 by Jane Livingston and John Beardsley.
Slide 4. Jimmy Lee Sudduth, “Self Portrait with Jim and Self Portrait with Guitar.” p. 296. Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists by Chuck and Jan Rosenak.
Slide 5. Sister Gertrude Morgan, “Revelation 7.” p.99. Black Folk Art in America. 1930-1980 by Jane Livingston and John Beardsley.
Slide 6. Sister Gertrude Morgan. “Jesus is my Airplane.” p.142. Free Within Ourselves by Regina A. Perry.
Slide 7. Howard Finster. “No One Has To Cross Jordan Alone.” p. 122. Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists by Chuck and Jan Rosenak.
Slide 8. Howard Finster. “Traveling Show.” p. 123. Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists by Chuck and Jan Rosenak.
Slide 9. James Hampton, “The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly.” p. 80. Free, Within Ourselves by Regenia A. Perry.
Slide 10. Simon Rodia, “Watts Tower.” p. 258. Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists by Chuck and Jan Rosenak.
Slide 11. “Bottlecap Lion”, Artist Unknown, completed after 1966. Wood, bottlecaps, metal parts, fiberboard, plastic wheels, and flashcube. P. 13, A Fish That’s a Box by M.M. Esterman.
Slide 12. “Bing Crosby” , Artist Unknown, around 1950. Minute Maid orange juice can, pained wood and metal. P. 14, A Fish That’s a Box by M.M. Esterman.
Slide 13. “Cigar Box” Pin Cushion, Artist Unknown, 1880-1920. Carved, stained and varnished wood(from cigar boxes), glass beads and velvet. P. 7. A Fish That’s a Box by M.M. Esterman.
Slide 14. “Memory High-Buttoned Shoe”, Artist Unknown, early 20th. Century. Masonite with composition dough embedded with metal, plastic, glass and wood objects, shells and teeth, gilded with gold paint. P. 16. A Fish That’s a Box by M.M. Esterman.
Slide 15. “Lady Liberty of 1953 to 1962?”, “Peter Charlie” Boshegan, around 1962. House paint, metallic paint and pencil on paperboard. P. 27. A Fish That’s a Box by M.M. Esterman.

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