Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Ashukan
View examples of Ashukan, which is songs, visual arts and traditional crafts representing contemporary First Nations, by Jean-Pierre Fontaine and Isabelle Courtois.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Ginette Aubin
Learn about Ginette Aubin who is a painter and engraver from the Malecite nation in Quebec and view examples of her work.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Glenna Matoush
Glenna Matoush is highlighted, along with four pieces of her work and details of what has influenced her visual art.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Christine Sioui Wawanoloath
Learn how visual artist Christine Sioui Wawanoloath uses trickster's humour in her art and view samples of her work.
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Inuit Gallery of Vancouver: Inuit Art
View stone and musk ox horn carvings and ceramic art of the Arctic.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Peter Pelchat
Learn about Peter Pelchat---his education and background--and view several examples of his work.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Pauline Lahache
Learn about Pauline Lahache, a teacher at Kahnawake Survival School, and what influences her artistic outlook. Several examples of her artwork are presented.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Oswald De Leon Kantule
Find out how Oswald De Leon Kantule's protean work comes together and examine some samples of his work.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Raymond Dupuis
Examine works by visual artist Raymond Dupuis and find out where these works can be found.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Jacques Newashish
View works by Jacques Newashish, painter and printmaker and learn what influences his work.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Alanis Obomsawin
View works by Alanis Obomsawin, internationally known artist, examine some samples of her work.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Raphael Benedict
Examine work by visual artist Raphael Benedict, who was the Merite Press-Papier 2002 award winner and learn how he has won the trust of his people.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau
Learn about Cree artist and poet Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau's body of work and view four examples.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: About Geography and Chronological Periods in Native American Art
So how do you organize so many groups and of such diverse natures when studying Native American art? This article discusses how to organize Native American art by geography and chronology.
NWT Literacy Council
Nwt Literacy Council: How to Kit: Culture and Traditions [Pdf]
This kit explains the importance of northern First Nations families keeping their languages and cultures alive through family literacy activities. It provides ideas and materials for cultural games (e.g., string games) and activities...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian: Infinity of Nations
Exhibtion of artwork and artifacts from geographic regions across the Americas highlights the historic significance and diversity of material culture produced by Native Americans, past to present. With examples of textiles, ceramics,...
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Ellen Gabriel
View Ellen Gabriel's depiction of the Oka crisis by examining several examples of her work.
Glenbow Museum
Glenbow Museum: Pictograph Robes of the Plains First Nations
Here is a brief article on the use of pictograph robes to record the "stories of battles, horse raids," and other events. Click on part of the pictograph robe photograph to read the story recorded on that portion.
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
At the online home of the National Endowment for the Arts, an independent agency of the federal government, find information about its grants-to-artists programs, its national initiatives in support of the arts, and its publications and...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Two Faces of Paul Gauguin
Students will examine Paul Gauguin's self-portraits and letters to learn about the individual who created them and consider how first-person art forms (self-portraits, diaries, letters, journals) aid the process of self-discovery. Then,...
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Inuit Gallery of Vancouver: Northwest Coast Graphics
This is an excellent collection of Northwest Coast art by First Nation artists that includes silk screen serigraph and giclee prints and paintings.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of African Art: A First Look at the Disney Tishman Collection
A survey of traditional African art in a variety of media--wood, ivory, metal, and ceramics--from an impressive collection donated to the National Museum of African Art by Walt Disney in 2005. Includes examples of masks from the Yoruba...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Art of Australia
Wikipedia offers a page on the art of Australia, including many hyperlinked names of artists and their works.
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Canadian Native Art
Nokomis, a 70 year old Ojibwa artist tells stories about the Eastern Woodland Indian culture north of Lake Superior and interprets the native legends and myths that provided much of the imagery of Ojibwa artists like Morrisseau.
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