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	African and African-American Art: Core Reference Tools

Bibliography

Frye, Daniel. African American Visual Artists: An Annotated Bibliography of Educational Resources. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001.
AAL Stacks N6538.N5 F79 2001.

Igoe, Lynn. 250 Years of Afro-American Art: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Bowker, 1981.
AAL Stacks N6538.N5 I38.

Stanley, Janet L. African Art: A Bibliographic Guide. New York: Africana Pub. Co., 1985.
AAL Ref Stacks N7380.S7 1985.

Stanley, Janet L. Modern African Art: A Basic Reading List. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1998 - .
Available online via Melvyl.
A bibliography of books, serials and exhibition catalogs about modern African art. Covers academic and self-taught artists along with street artists and workshop artists. Popular arts, including tourist arts, are included.

Encyclopedias

Grove Art Online. http://www.groveart.com

Microsoft Encarta Africana 2000. Redmond, WA: Microsoft, 1999. 2 CD-ROMs.
SSH Controlled Circulation YCD 225.

Biographical Resources

Contemporary Art of Africa. New York: Abrams, 1996.
AAL Stacks (and circulating copy in stacks) N7391.65 .C66 1996

Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthology of Contemporary African American Women Artists. New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1995.
AAL Stacks N6538.N5 G85 1995

St. James Guide to Black Artists. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1997.
AAL Stacks N40.S78 1997

Online databases: for citation to journal articles, book and exhibition reviews
Access to these databases are provided onsite via Roger, Melvyl or AAL webpage, http://aal.ucsd.edu/

ABM (Art Bibliography Modern).

Art Full Text (indexing 1984-present, abstracts 1994-present, full text 1997-present).

Art Retrospective (1929-84).

Books: Subject Headings to use in Roger and Melvyl (online catalogs)

Art, African
Art, African - 20th century
Art, African - 20th century - Exhibitions
Art, African - 21st century
Sculpture, African
Decorative Arts - Africa
Art Objects - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Handicraft - Africa

African American Art - 20th century
African American Art - Decorative Arts
African American Art - Folk Art
African American Art - Sculpture
African American Art - African Influences
African American Art - History

Also try keyword searching in the online catalogs.

Journals

African Arts.
AAL Stacks and current issues. N 173 A3. 1967 - Select full text online (see Roger record).

Black Renaissance=Renaissance Noire.
SSHL Stacks E185.5 .B564. 1996- Select full text online (see Roger record).

International Review of African American Art.
AAL stacks NX164.B55 B5. 1984- Select full text online (see Roger record).

Revue Noire.
AAL NX 1 .A1 R48. 1991-99.

Select Websites

Sage (UCSD Libraries gateway to the web)
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/sage/subjects/african_americans.html
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/sage/subjects//art.html

National Museum of African Art
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/

Art and Life in African Online
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/

Art History Resources on the Web: Part 17- African Art
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHafrica.html

Africa Focus
http://webcat.library.wisc.edu:3200/AfricaFocus/

Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Papers of African American Artists
http://archivesofamericanart.si.edu/guides/afriamer/afamguid.htm

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