The Call of the Jitterbug
Calling the Shots: Profiles of Women Filmmakers
The Cambridge Guide to World Theatre
The Canada Council Art Bank: A Contemporary Heritage
Canadian Art: Building a Heritage
Canadian Artists Series
Canadian Biography Series
Canadian Children's Dance Theatre - Repertory Highlights
Canadian Composers Series
Canadian Inuit Sculpture Series
Canadian Natives, the Unwritten History
Careers in Art: An Illustrated Guide
Careers in Television
Carmanah: Artistic Visions of an Ancient Rainforest. 2nd ed.
Cartooning With Yardley Jones Series
Castle
Castle
Catalogue of Canadian Plays
Cathedral
Center for Humanities Seminars in Modern Art Series.
Changing Rhythms
Characters in Action: Playwriting the Easy Way
Charcoal
Chautauqua in Canada
A Child in Prison Camp
Children
The Chilkat Dancing Blanket
China: Multicultural Posters
Chinese Designs & Symbols. 2nd ed.
The Choreographer
Choreography: A Basic Approach Using Improvisation
Cinema
Class Acts: Six Plays for Children
Classical Ballet
Clay Molds
Clay: Hand Building
Clip Art Series
C'Mon Geese!
CNN Profiles: Artists and Authors
Coat of Eider
Coil Forming
Collective Creation
Collective Encounters: Documentary Theatre in English Canada
Color
Color - Stephen Quiller: Single Concepts in Art
Colour in Art & Advertising
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein
Companion Series
The Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing
Complete Calls and Instructions for Fifty Canadian Square Dances
Composition
Composition
Concepts in Computer Design: A Professional Perspective
A Concise History of Canadian Painting. 2nd ed.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet. Rev. ed.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 3rd ed.
Conducting
Connections: The Arts and the Integration of the High School Curriculum
Constructing Reality: Exploring Media Issues in Documentary
Consuming Images
Contemporary Canadian Architecture. Rev. ed.
Contemporary Canadian Painting: Part 1 - Beyond Impressionism: Non-Representational Painting in Canada
Contemporary Canadian Painting: Part 2 - Back to the Egg: The Continuing Representational Traditions
Contemporary Challenges: Conversations With Canadian Native Authors
Contemporary Crafts Series
Contemporary Traces
Contemporary Trends
Contours: Plays From Across Canada
Conversations With Artists: Program 1
Craft Education Resource Guide
Crash Course in Architecture
Crash Course in Art
Creating and Understanding Drawings
The Creative Camera
The Creative Cartoonist
Creative Handmade Paper: How to Make Paper From Recycled and Natural Materials
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
The Culture Vulture: A Guide to Style, Period, and ISM
(Video). Filmakers Library, Inc. (MGR), 1987. 30 min. Dup. order no. V8691.
The heydey of Harlem is recalled by many of the people who danced the Jitterbug and the Lindy Hop into the wee small hours of the morning.
Suggested Use: Dance
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
Calling the Shots: Profiles of Women Filmmakers
(Print-Non-Fiction). Cole, Janis and Dale, Holly. Quarry Press (QUA), 1993. 257 p. ISBN 1-55082-085-0 ($23.95 pbk.).
This book presents engaging conversations with some of North America's most successful women film directors who discuss their vision, ambitions, challenges, and triumphs, while sharing their thoughts on cultural hierarchy, social structures, feminism, and the power of the film image. Featuring complete filmographies and black-and-white production photographs, this book is an important contribution to cultural history, film theory, and all levels of women's studies. Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Media Studies
The Cambridge Guide to World Theatre
(Print-Non-Fiction). Banham, Martin, ed. Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1989. 1104 p. ISBN 0-521-26595-9 ($65.00 U.S. hdc.).
This single-volume encyclopedia of world theatre is similar in format and content to The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. Organized alphabetically, the reference includes entries about prominent actors, playwrights, theatres and theatre companies, styles of theatrical performance, and longer articles about performance traditions from many countries. Description of theatre in Canada includes a separate section about French Canadian theatre. It includes black-and-white photographs.
Suggested Use: Drama
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
The Canada Council Art Bank: A Contemporary Heritage
(Kit). Globe/Modern Curriculum Press (PRN), 1981. No order number is required. ($107.00 kit).
(CAN) The four filmstrips in this kit form a useful collection of Canadian visual images related to painting, sculpture, and photography. Audiocassettes and a teacher’s guide are included.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
Canadian Art: Building a Heritage
(Print-Non-Fiction). Bennett, Bryan and Hall, Constance P. Prentice Hall Ginn Canada (BB), 1987. 159 p. Order no. BB 389 ($35.75 hdc.). Teacher's Manual - Order no. BB 395 ($18.50 pbk.).
(CAN, I/M) This resource acquaints readers with Canadian artists and the cultural events and attitudes that influenced their work. Through a historic overview of Canadian art from the pre-contact Aboriginal era to the present, the book establishes the interrelationships among artistic, religious, political, economic, and cultural changes. Included are several examples of work from Aboriginal artists, past and present, as well as architecture, clothing fashions, transportation, and corporate logos through the years. Sections on commercial art include discussions of environmental and industrial design as well as graphic and communication arts. The book offers numerous photographs in colour and black-and-white. It includes a chronology of events in art and design, a chronology of historical events, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index. Both the book and teacher's manual provide suggestions for discussion and activity. Note: There is an incorrect reference to the Ukraine as being part of Russia.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Elementary Level; Arts Education: Grade 9; Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Audiorecording). Freeman, Paul. Canadian Music Educators Association (CMEA), 1987-89. No order number is required. ($25.00 cassette).
The volumes include:
• Volume 1 (1987) - $25.00
• Volume 2 (1988) - $25.00
• Volume 3 (1989) - $25.00.
(CAN) Designed to help students develop an understanding of music, these sets present Canadian performers such as The Canadian Brass, Liona Boyd, and the Toronto Symphony. The accompanying guide is written for educators with a music background. It describes the musical selection, composer, or musician and gives suggestions for related activities for developing student listening skills. Each volume set contains 4 cassettes and a listening guide in French and English.
Suggested Use: Music
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
(Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the title: Alex Colville: The Observer Observed.
Canadian Children's Dance Theatre - Repertory Highlights
(Video). Canadian Children's Dance Theatre (CCDT), 1990. 19 min. No order number is required. ($50.00).
Each of the following dances is introduced with a brief explanation:
• Le Charme de l'Impossible - Peggy Baker (7:00 min.)
• Attach Of The Small Ones - Holly Small (7:00 min.)
• Sephartic Songs - Carol Anderson (16:00 min.)
• Nine Person Precision Ball Passing - Charles Moulton (7:00 min.)
• Tamarack'er Down - Deborah Lundmark (11:00 min.)
Suggested Use: Dance
Canadian Composers Series
(Video). Please refer to the title: Blue Snake.
Canadian Inuit Sculpture Series
(Video). Please refer to the titles: Art and Environment, Art and the Artist, Artist and Materials, and Is It Unique?.
Canadian Natives, the Unwritten History
(Video). (Aboriginal Voices Series). Magic Lantern Communications (MAG), 1991. 30 min. Order no. 137-31-132 ($39.00).
(CAN, I/M) An overview of what the Aboriginal Voices Series is about, this program will help viewers gain an understanding of Aboriginal history, from pre-European times to present date including current problems. It offers interviews by anthropologist Dr. Bruce Trigger, Native Elder Arthur Solomon, and Native lawyer David Nahwegabow.
Suggested Use: General
Careers in Art: An Illustrated Guide
(Print-Non-Fiction). Brommer, Gerald and Gatto, Joseph A. Davis Pubns., Inc. (FHW), 1984. 255 p. ISBN 0-87192-149-9 ($34.95 hdc.).
This research resource details the nature of jobs in visual art and the personal qualities and high school preparation necessary for success. Careers profiled include architectural, graphic, interior, display, industrial, fashion and stage design as well as positions in photography and museum development or maintenance. Although references are made only to American institutions, the book is a valuable resource for increasing awareness of the varied careers possible in the visual arts. Included are a table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
(Print-Non-Fiction). Blumenthal, Howard J. Little, Brown & Co. (Canada) (LIT), 1992. 162 p. ISBN 0-316-10076-5 ($20.95 hdc.).
This American book features interviews and biographical information about 20 people engaged in varied television careers. Along with information sidebars, the firsthand details given in the book show readers the training, daily schedules, and steps to success for each career. Included are jobs such as reporter, videographer, sales manager, animation executive, and editor. It offers black-and-white photographs. Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Media Studies
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
Carmanah: Artistic Visions of an Ancient Rainforest. 2nd ed.
(Print-Non-Fiction). Western Canada Wilderness Committee (RAI), 1991. 168 p. ISBN 1-895123-08-9 ($19.95 pbk.).
(CAN) In 1988, the Western Canada Wilderness Committee joined forces with over 100 well-known West Coast artists in an effort to save Carmanah Valley, British Columbia from indiscriminate logging practices. Through written and colourful visual expression, artists such as Robert Bateman, Jack Shadbolt, Toni Onley, Ron Parker, and Roy Henry Vickers clearly express how they feel about the preservation of this sanctuary. The book also offers essays by renowned environmentalists, a detailed map of Carmanah Valley, and the lyrics to Bruce Cockburn's song "If a Tree Falls...." Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Cartooning With Yardley Jones Series
(Video). Please refer to the following title: Where the Action Is.
(Print-Non-Fiction). Macaulay, David. (David Macaulay Series). Houghton Mifflin Canada (ALL), 1977. 80 p. ISBN 0-395-32920-5 ($11.95 pbk.). ISBN 0-395-25784-0 ($24.95 hdc.).
This architectural resource focuses on the motivation for building castles, decisions regarding site and design, and reasons for use of differing building materials. The book’s emphasis is less on the structures themselves than on the castles as reflections of perceived needs and desires of their respective cultures. Authoritative text, often in narrative style, is accompanied by Macaulay's sketches. Castle has received a Caldecott Honor medal for illustration. Included is a glossary.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9; Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8; Science: Middle Level; Social Studies: Grade 9
(Video). School Services of Canada (SSC), 1983. 60 min. Order no. KAA10411 ($44.95).
Colourful animation and live action commentary by David Macaulay depict the planning, building, habitation, and siege of a fortress. The film describes the social, political, and cultural lives of people in the era. The rise and fall of the castle as a war machine are carefully detailed.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9; Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Print-Non-Fiction). Playwrights Canada Press (PLCN), 1994. 80 p. ISBN 0-88754-467-3 ($2.00 pbk.).
(CAN) This catalogue is an excellent resource for teachers searching out Canadian plays for student study and performance. Included are indexes, brief biographies, summaries, and ordering information for both older and younger performers' plays, monologue and scene books, anthologies, and drama resources. A particularly well-annotated section describing plays for young audiences includes several suitable plays on which play studies for drama students may be based.
Suggested Use: Drama - Teacher Reference
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Print-Non-Fiction). Macaulay, David. (David Macaulay Series). Houghton Mifflin Canada (ALL), 1973. 80 p. ISBN 0-395-31668-5 ($11.95 pbk.). ISBN 0-395-17513-5 ($25.50 hdc.).
This architectural resource from the David Macaulay Series studies the motivation for building, decisions regarding site and design, and reasons for use of different building materials. The book’s emphasis is less on the cathedrals themselves than on the buildings as reflections of perceived needs and desires of a culture. Authoritative text, often in narrative style, is accompanied by Macaulay's sketches. Cathedral has received a Caldecott Honor medal for illustration. Included is a glossary.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9; Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8; Science: Middle Level; Social Studies: Grade 9
Center for Humanities Seminars in Modern Art Series.
(Video). Please refer to the titles: The Break With Tradition, Contemporary Trends, Exploring the Heart and Mind, and Modern Art: The Reconstruction of Space.
(Video). Moving Images Distribution (MOI), 1990. 23 min. No order number is required. ($250.00).
(CAN) This video documents a transformational theatre project in Victoria, B.C. created by Lina de Guevara and a group of Latin American immigrant men. As members of the popular salsa group "Cumbia," they wrote and performed a play about their experiences as refugees adapting to life in a new country. Their music is a thread that runs through the play as they present their stories of pain, loneliness, struggle, and enrichment.
Suggested Use: Drama; Music
Characters in Action: Playwriting the Easy Way
(Print-Non-Fiction). Cassady, Marsh. Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. (FHW), 1995. 205 p. ISBN 1-56608-010-X ($20.95 pbk.).
In an easy-to-read format, this book introduces every step in playwriting from the conception of an idea to a completed theatre production. It addresses the basics of writing for theatre, creating characters in conflict, plots and subplots, structure and dialogue, and winning an audience. Characters in Action provides many examples and anecdotal illustrations from various playwrights. Included are a table of contents and a bibliography.
Suggested Use: Drama
(Video). (Art in the Classroom Series). SaskMedia (MGR), 1980. 20 min. Dup. order no. V922.
(SK) This program shows the basics of drawing with charcoal.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(Print-Non-Fiction). Jameson, Sheilagh S. Glenbow Museum (GLE), 1987. 161 p. ISBN 0-919224-07-5 ($19.95 pbk.).
(CAN) In the early 1900’s, circuit performers with the Chautauqua tours provided cultural experiences including music, lectures, and dramatic presentations throughout Canada. This is a history of the Chautauqua from its beginnings in the United States to its demise in the depression of the 1930’s. It offers numerous black-and-white photographs and includes a table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: Drama; Music
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Print-Non-Fiction). Takashima, Shizuye. Tundra Books Inc. (UTP), 1971. unp. ISBN 0-88776-241-7 ($7.95 pbk.).
(CAN) In simple text and poignant watercolours, Shichan Takashima presents an account of what it was like to spend three of her childhood years (ages 11-14) in a Canadian internment camp for the sole reason that her parents were of Japanese origin. Included is a map of some of the camps that were located in British Columbia.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(Print-Non-Fiction). Roalf, Peggy. (Looking at Paintings Series). Hyperion Press Limited (LIT), 1993. 48 p. ISBN 1-56282-309-4 ($8.95 pbk.).
In Children, Roalf leads readers on a personal gallery tour of 19 favourite paintings of children. From the work of an unknown Egyptian artist to Peter Paul Rubens, John Singer Sargent, William H. Johnson, and others, each artist's vision and interpretation of children is unique. Some artists, such as Hans Holbein the Younger in Edward VI as a Child and Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez in his painting titled Portrait of the Infanta Margarita, immortalize the offspring of powerful kings and queens. Others, such as Frank W. Benson in Calm Morning and Mary Cassatt in Children Playing on the Beach, capture the pleasures of children at play. The full-page portraits are done in rich, appealing colours. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Print-Non-Fiction). Samuel, Cheryl. University of Oklahoma Press (VLI), 1982. 234 p. ISBN 0-8061-2299-4 ($26.95 U.S.).
(I/M) This book describes the origin, ceremony, design, weaving techniques, and materials of distinctive, woven robes of the Tlingit people in Alaska and British Columbia. Black-and-white photographs and diagrams detail the weaving steps. An index is included.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
(Poster). (Multicultural Art Posters). Social Studies School Service (ZVF), 1990. Order no. AG101 ($32.50 U.S.). Complete series of 5 - Order no. AG100 ($135.00 U.S. set).
Nineteen (30 cm by 32 cm) posters depict a variety of artforms from 5,000 BC to the present in China. The text is most appropriate for the middle years, but the visuals could be used at any grade level. Most of the prints are in black-and-white.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Chinese Designs & Symbols. 2nd ed.
(Print-Non-Fiction). Pacific-Rim Publishers (PRSS), 1991. 33 p. Order no. B91012 ($7.95 pbk.).
In vibrant colours, this book illustrates examples of popular Chinese design motifs and symbols. Most of the designs selected are comparatively modern, from the Ming or Ching Dynasties. A brief explanation of what each design symbolizes is included.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(Video). (Arts-A-Bound Series). Great Plains National T.V. Library (CLC), 1985. 15 min. Order no. 5-1255 ($49.95).
In this title, ballet choreographer Heinz Poll describes the inspiration for his work Light Breeze. Scenes from the dance are performed by the Ohio Ballet. Jazz music is by David Sanborn.
Suggested Use: Dance
Choreography: A Basic Approach Using Improvisation
(Print-Non-Fiction). Minton, Sandra Cerny. Human Kinetics-Canada (BB), 1986. 134 p. Order no. BB 678 ($34.90 pbk.).
A practical handbook for teachers new to the field of dance, this resource provides insight and ideas for shaping a dance, selecting musical accompaniment, improvisation, and performance elements such as lighting, costuming, and blocking. It offers black-and-white photographs and diagrams. It includes a table of contents, a glossary, references, and an extensive index.
Suggested Use: Dance - Teacher Reference
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9; Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Print-Non-Fiction). Higson, Andrew. (The Media Series). Wayland Publishers, Ltd. (NEL), 1988. 48 p. ISBN 1-85210-240-3 ($22.50 hdc.).
This book provides a history of the film industry and looks at new trends in film and film distribution, the melodrama, and what constitutes star quality. It offers numerous illustrations in both colour and black-and-white. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, a short bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Media Studies
Class Acts: Six Plays for Children
(Print-Anthology). Hamill, Tony, ed. Playwrights Canada Press (PLCN), 1992. unp. ISBN 0-88754-487-8 ($17.95 pbk.).
(CAN) The plays in this Canadian collection are prefaced by brief biographic notes on the playwright, information about first performances, cast of characters, and production notes. Listed below are titles and playwrights included in the book.
• Beware the Quickly Who by Eric Nicol
• The Capetown City Kite Crisis by Rex Deverell
• Love and Work Enough - Collectively created
• Mandy and the Magus by Brian Tremblay
• My Best Friend Is Twelve Feet High by Carol Bolt
• The Secret Garden, adapted by Paul Ledoux
Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Drama
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Video). (Arts-A-Bound series). Great Plains National T.V. Library (CLC), 1985. 15 min. Order no. 5-1260 ($49.95).
This title looks at the history of ballet, its terminology and training. Included are discussions of dance as art and the influence of social dance on ballet, rehearsals, and a staged performance of Coppelia.
Suggested Use: Dance
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Video). (Art in the Classroom Series). SaskMedia (MGR), 1980. 17 min. Dup. order no. V946.
(SK) In this program the artist shows students how to prepare a wire armature and cover it with cheese cloth to produce a piece of sculpture.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9; Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8; Arts Education: Elementary Level
(Print-Non-Fiction). Sapiro, Maurice. Davis Pubns., Inc. (FHW), 1983. 88 p. ISBN 0-87192-105-7 ($21.50 hdc.).
This book provides brief, clearly written suggestions for pinch, coil, and slab hand building. Ideas included are for both functional and decorative works such as boxes, pots, bowls, wall hangings, and free standing sculptures. The final chapter gives suggestions for surface texturing and embellishments such as intaglio, alto, and plano decorations. It offers black-and-white illustrations. Included are a table of contents and a glossary.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Elementary Level; Arts Education: Grade 9
(Video). Please refer to the titles: Animals, Family, Friendship, The Hero, Humour, Imagination, Kiss, Madness, Monsters, Nature, Rebels, Travel, and War.
(Video). Bullfrog Films, Inc. (MGR), 1989. 29 min. Dup. order no. V3667.
(CAN) Bill Lishman is a contemporary Canadian wildlife sculptor and flier. He has invented his life day by day with courage, imagination, and his own hands. It was his childhood dream to really fly with the birds. After three years of effort and innovation, he has succeeded in realizing that dream. This is the wonderful and often touching story of how Bill raised a dozen goslings to be his flying partners. It is a visual treat for anyone interested in our feathered friends or the miracle of natural flight. We are wing to wing with them as they tumble down and glide into their grass airstrip.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
CNN Profiles: Artists and Authors
(Video). National Television Marketing (NTM), 1992. 30 min. Order no. 375 ($59.95).
This video is a compilation of CNN news reports showcasing some of America's successful artists and authors. Students are introduced to four young American artists: sculptor Joel Otterson, photographers Elizabeth Turk and James Balou, and painter Dana Cibulski who describe their works, lifestyles, and the influence of society on their art through personal interviews, news reports, and first-person stories. Students also examine the lives and works of five great American authors and their influential writings.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(Video). Cotter Wildlife Productions (CWP), 1990. 12 min. No order number is required. ($225.00).
(CAN, I/M) Three Inuit women, the last of a generation born on the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay, demonstrate an old craft--the making of eider duck skin clothing. This clothing was worn until the 1960's when modern clothing became accessible.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(Video). (Art in the Classroom Series). SaskMedia (MGR), 1980. 14 min. Dup. order no. V952.
(SK) This title shows another method of sculpting with clay. Students are shown the techniques needed to produce pieces of sculpture using coils of clay.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9; Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8; Arts Education: Elementary Level
(Print-Non-Fiction). Berry, Glenys and Reinhold, Joanne. Alberta Alcohol Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC), 1985. unp. No order number is required. ($5.00 pbk.).
(CAN) This is a concise and practical introduction to exploring collective creations in drama. This booklet outlines steps in planning and provides examples of creations. Written by two Alberta teachers of middle and secondary level students, the resource presents examples taken directly from classroom experience. It is centre-stapled.
Suggested Use: Drama - Teacher Reference
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
Collective Encounters: Documentary Theatre in English Canada
(Print-Non-Fiction). Filewood, Alan. University of Toronto Press (UTP), 1987. 214 p. ISBN 0-8020-6669-0 ($35.00 hdc.). ISBN 0-8020-2633-8 ($16.95 pbk.).
(CAN) This book traces the evolution of documentary theatre in Canada. It provides an in-depth, yet highly readable, analysis of the development of collectives and refers to several successful collectives as it traces development of documentary theatre from The Farm Show to Paper Wheat. A highly recommended resource providing an insightful rationale for the collective in the Canadian context, this book is valuable reading for all secondary level drama teachers. Included are a table of contents, a reference section, and an index.
Suggested Use: Drama - Teacher Reference
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9; Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8; Drama 10, 20, 30
(Poster). Lidstone, John. (Davis Visuals Series). Davis Pubns., Inc. (FHW), 1990. ISBN 0-87192-2223 ($200.00 set).
This quality print set, focusing on colour, contains contemporary works of art as opposed to those of the "masters." It includes 24 prints (45 cm by 60 cm). Examples of photography, crafts, and graphic arts are presented. Though the posters included are excellent examples of colour, the images are designed to be viewed and discussed in many ways, particularly centring on students' personal observations and ideas.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Color - Stephen Quiller: Single Concepts in Art
(Video). (Art Is...Video Series). Crystal Productions (SSC), 1993. 20 min. Order no. KCRCP886 ($40.00).
This chart presents over 4,000 years of western art history. It includes graphs depicting lengths of styles, important world history events, representational styles for each century, including images and explanatory text. The various media represented include: sculpture, ceramic, painting, mosaic, illumination, fresco, tapestry, stained glass, printmaking, and craft. The various subject matters represented include: still-life, figure, architecture, abstract, and landscape.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(Print-Non-Fiction). Morgan, Sally and Morgan, Adrian. (The Wonderful World of Colour Series). Evans Brothers Ltd. (FHW), 1994. 48 p. ISBN 0-237-51277-7 ($23.95 hdc.).
Through simple language and abundant colour photographs, Sally and Adrian Morgan introduce ways that colour can be employed to express emotions and concepts, and to persuade and deceive. They discuss different ways that pigments and dyes have been made and used by artists from prehistoric times to today. They briefly address the effects that colours have on people, and what people think about colours. Two chapters focus on how advertisers use colour psychology to manipulate consumers in the marketplace. Included are a table of contents, an index, and a short bibliography.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein
(Video/16mm). National Film Board of Canada (MGR), 1991. 29 min. Dup. order no. V9115. Loan order no. MP 21717.
(CAN) Although Sam Borenstein painted for over 40 years, it was only in his latter years that his work was publicly recognized. Then 20 years after his death, his daughter Joyce Borenstein brought her father's work to a wider audience. Using various animation techniques, she combined filmed sequences, the original paintings, and reminiscences of friends and family to bring Sam Borenstein's work to life through this program.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
(CD-ROM) Franz Schubert: "The Trout", and Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring.
The Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing
(Print-Non-Fiction). Stephenson, Richard M. and Iaccarino, Joseph. Doubleday & Co. Inc. (DOU), 1980. 246 p. ISBN 0-385-42416-7 ($17.50 pbk.).
This is a comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to social dancing. It offers step-by-step instructions for the most popular ballroom dances including the waltz, fox-trot, tango, cha-cha, polka, lindy, rumba, mambo, tango, samba, bossa nova, merengue, and hustle. It contains a table of contents, a brief bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Dance
Complete Calls and Instructions for Fifty Canadian Square Dances
(Print-Non-Fiction). Everett, Bert. Can-Ed Media Ltd. (CEM), 1983. 142 p. ISBN 0-920102-02-6 ($10.95 coil-bound).
(CAN) Following an introductory overview of the types of music and dance included, this manual provides directions, calls, and preferred music for basic mixers, quadrilles, square dances, French Canadian jigs and reels, and Newfoundland mixers and reels. A concluding chapter presents several traditional singing calls such as "Buffalo Gal."
Suggested Use: Dance
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
(Video). (Art in the Classroom Series). SaskMedia (MGR), 1980. 18 min. Dup. order no. V925.
(SK) This title shows students working with different shapes and putting them together to create short dance sequences.
Suggested Use: Dance; Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Elementary Level; Arts Education: Grade 9; Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Video). (Meet the Canadian Musicians Series). School Services of Canada (SSC), 1994. 30 min. Order no. GMLV156A ($69.95).
(CAN, I/M) In Composition, the elements of the composition process, such as developing a style, sources of inspiration, cultural influences, and the inclusion of lyrics as part of musical expression, are discussed by a number of different musicians including an Aboriginal artist. Examples of original compositions by blues, jazz, new age, and rock musicians are presented. By breaking the composition process down into its various components, and hearing about different methods of songwriting, the creative process of making music is demystified and made more accessible to beginning musicians.
Suggested Use: Music
Concepts in Computer Design: A Professional Perspective
(Print-Non-Fiction). Erdos, Dawn and Singer, Leslie. MIS: Press (FHW), 1993. 224 p. ISBN 1-55828-297-1 ($48.95 pbk.).
This book presents an opportunity to learn how professionals are using computers to spark creativity, and to save time and money. In-depth interviews with respected business leaders who have pioneered cutting-edge computer technology in fields such as advertising, magazine and book publishing, photography, marketing, electronic illustration, and packaging offer sound advice and insight into computer design. Detailed analyses of production, printing, and creative processes, as well as complete equipment inventories, provide the kind of background information needed to make the most of computer design. It is extensively illustrated with attractive colour photographs. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
A Concise History of Canadian Painting. 2nd ed.
(Print-Non-Fiction). Reid, Dennis. Oxford University Press (OUP), 1988. unp. ISBN 0-19-540663-X ($20.95 pbk.).
(CAN) Dennis Reid, curator of Canadian Historical Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, and Professor of the History of Art, University of Toronto, has produced a wide-ranging, authoritative history of Canadian painting to 1980. The book offers 36 colour plates and numerous black-and-white photographs of paintings. Included are a table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
(Print-Non-Fiction). Chilvers, Ian, ed. Oxford University Press (OUP), 1990. 528 p. ISBN 0-19-282676-x ($16.50 pbk.).
Over 2,000 entries in this dictionary offer brief information on western art from Ancient Greece to the present. It includes artists and their work, patrons and dealers, collectors and writers, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. It is written in a technical style and the print is small.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet. Rev. ed. (Print-Non-Fiction). Koegler, Horst. Oxford University Press (OUP), 1982. 458 p. ISBN 0-19-311330-9 ($25.50 pbk.).
This is an alphabetical listing, providing definitions and descriptions of ballet terminology, composers, dancers, ballets, and ballet companies. It is a detailed reference containing valuable information about every aspect of ballet. It is written in a technical style and the print is small.
Suggested Use: Dance
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8; Arts Education: Grade 9
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 3rd ed.
(Print-Non-Fiction). Kennedy, Michael. (Oxford Reference Series). Oxford University Press (OUP), 1980. 724 p. ISBN 0-19-311320-1 ($20.95 pbk.).
This compendium includes definitions, biographies, and brief articles about musical names, works, instruments, and terminology. It is written in a technical style and the print is small.
Suggested Use: Music
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Video). (The Nature of Things Series). CBC Educational Sales (CBC), 1986. 27 min. Order no. WOF-86-24 ($109.00).
(CAN) Students and professional conductors demonstrate various techniques involved in conducting the symphony orchestra. It is useful in helping viewers to understand the role of the conductor.
Suggested Use: Music
Connections: The Arts and the Integration of the High School Curriculum
(Print-Non-Fiction). Boston, Bruce O. College Board, The (TCB), 1996. 48 p. ISBN 0-87447-534-1 ($14.00 U.S. pbk.).
This teacher resource provides a rationale for integrating curricula through the exploration of an object, central theme, concept, topic, issue, or experience. Included are a table of contents and a bibliography.
Suggested Use: Visual Art - Teacher Reference
Constructing Reality: Exploring Media Issues in Documentary
(Kit). National Film Board of Canada (BB), 1993. Resource Book and 6 videos - Order no. BB 6779 ($276.40 kit). Resource Book - Order no. BB 6781 ($52.45 pbk.).
(CAN) This kit exposes viewers to issues central to understanding media and culture including: "truth" and "objectivity"; point of view; bias; the use of violence; representations of race, gender, and class; and responsibility of the filmmaker. The six-part video package provides 32 powerful films and study excerpts from the National Film Board and the independent film industry, plus two films created especially for the package--What Is Documentary? and Techno-babies: The Making of a Television Documentary. The videos vary in length, but in total provide nine hours of viewing. The comprehensive resource book combines insights about media and culture with classroom materials and teaching strategies for each film section.
Suggested Use: Media Studies
(Video). (The Public Mind Series). Films For The Humanities & Sciences Inc. (FFH), 1994. 60 min. Order no. EX-4932 ($89.95 U.S.).
This video focuses on the numerous visual images in our society and what messages they are conveying. It stimulates thought about how mass-produced images (e.g., rock videos, billboards, magazines) can manipulate the way people think and act. It would be good for motivating discussion about advertising.
Suggested Use: Media Studies
Contemporary Canadian Architecture. Rev. ed.
(Print-Non-Fiction). Cawker, Ruth and Bernstein, William. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. (FHW), 1988. 216 p. ISBN 0-88902-733-1 ($30.00 pbk.).
(CAN) This book deals with architecture in Canada since Expo '67, describing creation and redevelopment projects such as the Vancouver Museum of Anthropology, Winnipeg Centennial Hall, Toronto Harbourfront, Toronto Eaton Place and Spadina Subway, and Sussex Drive redevelopment in Ottawa. Black-and-white photographs illustrate projects which represent compromises between modernism and continuity, conservation efforts, changing forms for today's lifestyles, and innovation. Informative text details the stages of decision making involved in projects and sources of the controversies that continue to surround the architectural works today. Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
Contemporary Canadian Painting: Part 1 - Beyond Impressionism: Non-Representational Painting in Canada
(Video). School Services of Canada (SSC), 1989. 17 min. Order no. KMLV071A ($40.00).
(CAN) This filmstrip-on-video begins with a brief summary of the movements away from realism in Europe and early experiments with abstraction in Canada, then surveys the major movements of totally non-representational painting in Canada. The accompanying print provides brief information on each slide.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Contemporary Canadian Painting: Part 2 - Back to the Egg: The Continuing Representational Traditions
(Video). School Services of Canada (SSC), 1989. 20 min. Order no. KMLV071B ($40.00).
(CAN) This filmstrip-on-video surveys the various forms of representational painting which have remained important in the contemporary Canadian art world, including Impressionism, Expressionism, Folk Painting, and High Realism. The accompanying print provides brief information on each slide.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Contemporary Challenges: Conversations With Canadian Native Authors
(Print-Non-Fiction). Lutz, Hartmut. Fifth House Publishers (FIF), 1991. 276 p. ISBN 0-920079-75-X ($15.95 pbk.).
(CAN, I/M) Harmut Lutz recorded conversations with 18 Aboriginal writers and listened to their thoughts and concerns. These discussions focus on writing, the influence of the oral tradition, what makes them write, the relationship between Aboriginal writers and non-Aboriginal critics, their views on spirituality, the question of appropriation of Native stories, the problems of overcoming barriers to understanding and perception between Natives and non-Natives, and the larger question of how people relate to the Earth. The authors interviewed for this collection are Jeannette Armstrong, Beth Cuthand, Maria Campbell, Jordan Wheeler, Lenore Keeshig-Tobias, Tomson Highway, Beatrice Culleton, Thomas King, Greg Young-Ing, Anne Acco, Howard Adams, Daniel David Moses, Lee Maracle, Emma LaRocque, Ruby Slipperjack, Joy Asham Fedorick, Basil Johnston, and Rita Joe. Included are a table of contents and a bibliography.
Suggested Use: General - Teacher Reference
(Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the title: Painting Fabric.
(Video). (Dance Alive Series). Reel Eye Media (MGR), 1994. 24 min. Dup. order no. V8959.
(SK) This video examines the work of two inspiring Saskatchewan choreographers, Robin Poitras and Tracy Pfeifer. Their approaches to the art of dance-making are explored through interviews and excerpts of their work. Included are excerpts from: Tangora, choreographed by Robin Poitras, performed by Robin Poitras and Bill Coleman; Girl at the Party and Just a Body Moving ThroughSpace, choreographed and performed by Tracy Pfeifer; and Modern Dancers Lose Their Marbles, choreographed by Tracy Pfeifer, performed by Tracy Pfeifer and Elaine Hanson.
Suggested Use: Dance
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
(Video). (Center for Humanities Seminars in Modern Art Series). Guidance Assoc. /The Ctr. for Humanities (MGR), 1974. 23 min. Dup. order no. V9348.
This video describes the American art scene in the 1940’s when painters in New York developed Abstract Expressionism.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Contours: Plays From Across Canada
(Print-Anthology). Bell, William, ed. Irwin Publishing Inc. (IRW), 1993. 331 p. ISBN 0-7725-1915-3 ($20.95 pbk.).
(CAN) This anthology offers a good selection of Canadian plays that are suitable for secondary level students. It covers a broad range of themes including: native issues, love, personal identity, racism/prejudice, contemporary social issues, old age, isolation/loneliness, humour, family, past and present, old ways/new ways, and coming of age. It contains a thematic overview and thematic questions. The plays are:
• Another Morning by Steve Petch
• Customs by Mavor Moore
• Inukshuk by Joan Mason Hurley
• TheLast Moon by Eufemia Fantetti
• One's a Heifer by Rudi Dorn
• The Passion of NarcisseMondoux by Gratien Gélinas
• Salt-Water Moon by David French
• The Tender Branch by David French
• Toronto at Dreamer's Rock by Drew Hayden Taylor.
Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Drama
Conversations With Artists: Program 1
(Video). (Adrienne Clarkson Presents Series). CBC Educational Sales (CBC), 1991. 22 min. Order no. XPR-91-09 ($138.00).
(CAN) In Part One, one of the world's most popular violinists, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, talks about his passion for music, the demands of technique, and his attempts to attain moments of musical perfection. This artist who has dedicated his life to making his own extraordinary music is also a teacher who has nurtured the musical talents of the next generation, including Nigel Kennedy. In Part Two, Nigel Kennedy discusses the challenges of bringing individuality to his performance, the strong influence of Stephane Grappelli and Yehudi Menuhin, and his subsequent need to consciously eradicate those influences in order that he might discover his own voice.
Suggested Use: Music
Craft Education Resource Guide
(Print-Non-Fiction). Saskatchewan Craft Council (SFT), 1993. 19 p. ISBN 0-921248-06-7 ($FREE pbk.).
(SK) This resource guide groups crafts by medium, and includes information on craftspeople in Saskatchewan and the services that they provide. It was distributed to all schools in the province free of charge in 1993. Limited supplies are available from Saskatchewan Craft Council.
Suggested Use: Visual Art - Teacher Reference
(Print-Non-Fiction). Howarth, Eva. Doubleday Canada Limited (DOU), 1989. 160 p. ISBN 0-385-25264-1 ($14.95 pbk.).
Organized according to era, this is an interesting and clearly written tour of western architecture from classical Greek characteristics to those of post-modernism. Included are chronologies of relevant historical events, sketches of structural features and decorative detailing, floor plans, and a glossary of terms. The book discusses styles of religious, ruling class, domestic, business, and transportation structures. It offers one colour illustration. Included are a table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
(Print-Non-Fiction). Howarth, Eva. Doubleday Canada Limited (DOU), 1990. 176 p. ISBN 0-385-25260-9 ($14.95 pbk.).
This is a quick reference guide to art history. The edges of the pages are colour coded for each period of art. Each section begins with a chronology of the historic events occurring during this time period. Many full-colour examples of work are accompanied by text about the philosophy of that school of art. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and a compendium of artists.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
Creating and Understanding Drawings
(Print-Non-Fiction). Mittler, Gene A. and Howze, James. Glencoe (MHR), 1989. 275 p. ISBN 0-02-662273-4 ($52.02 hdc.). Teacher's Guide - ISBN 0-02-662274-2 ($19.55 pbk.).
An introductory resource, this book describes and illustrates basic principles of art, linear perspective, cartooning, computer imaging, and realistic, structural, and expressive drawing. Included in each section are suggestions for studio exercises and references to related works by renowned artists. It offers black-and-white photography and a colour insert. A table of contents, glossary, and an index are included.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 9
(Print-Non-Fiction). Howell-Koehler, Nancy. Davis Pubns., Inc. (FHW), 1989. 166 p. ISBN 0-87192-210-X ($37.95 hdc.).
Designed for the amateur as well as the professional photographer, this book offers information that helps readers to develop a thorough understanding of creative photography. Beginning with the creative process and progressing to lenseless photography, use of 35 mm SLR cameras, slit cameras, instant photography, and copy machine art, it provides step-by-step instructions for several camera techniques. Numerous black-and-white photographs enhance the text. Included are a table of contents, a bibliography, and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
The Creative Cartoonist
(Print-Non-Fiction). Gautier, Dick. Bejo Sales, Inc. (BEJ), 1989. 122 p. ISBN 0-399-51434-1 ($14.50 pbk.).
A visually interesting manual, this resource uses brief text and numerous black-and-white sketches to describe cartooning techniques and materials. Chapters focus on varied interpretations of facial features and expressions, human figures, and animals. Included is a table of contents.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Grades 6 to 8
Creative Handmade Paper: How to Make Paper From Recycled and Natural Materials
(Print-Non-Fiction). Watson, David. Search Press Limited (FHW), 1992. 80 p. ISBN 0-85532-730-8 ($17.95 pbk.).
This clearly written, appealing book suggests creative and environmentally friendly ways to transform waste papers and plants into different types of paper suitable for various purposes. The colour photographs are plentiful and most attractive. Included are a table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
(Video/16mm). National Film Board of Canada (NFB/MHP), 1991. 117 min. NFB - Order no. 1-0190-079 ($34.95). MHP - Loan order no. MP 21720.
(CAN) Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced 60 films in a stunning range of styles and techniques, collecting over 200 international awards, and world recognition. In Creative Process, director Donald McWilliams demystifies the process of artistic creation. Drawing on McLaren's private film vaults, a gold mine of experimental footage and uncompleted films, McWilliams explores McLaren's methods, including his celebrated "pixillation" technique, and his daring forays into animated surrealism. He reveals sources of McLaren's creativity and shows how they were transformed into cinema. This film is a unique examination of creativity--a journey through McLaren's own extraordinary creative process.
Suggested Use: Media Studies; Visual Art
The Culture Vulture: A Guide to Style, Period, and ISM
(Print-Non-Fiction). Dunlap, Carol. Preservation Press (WIL), 1994. 320 p. ISBN 0-471-14423-1 ($27.95 pbk.).
With an emphasis on the American experience, this amusing book focuses on key concepts and identifying characteristics in art and architecture, history, philosophy, music, literature, and the decorative arts. In encyclopedia style, it provides information on such terms as "yuppie," "cyberpunk," "baroque," and "rococo." The text is interspersed with black-and-white illustrations. Included are a bibliography and an index.
Suggested Use: General