Art from many hands: multicultural art projects

Method for teaching multicultural art projects: Beginning the project

Materials

Trying it out

Copy or create?

Arts of West Africa: Textiles

Adinkra cloth of Ghana

Adire Eleko cloth of Nigeria

Adire Eleso, or tie-dyeing

Ancient and contemporary metal work of Nigeria

Masks and sculpture

Arts of the Middle East: Egyptian arts; hieroglyphs, jewelry, tapestry weaving of Harrania

Ancient mosaics of Israel

Persian miniature paintings of Iran

European arts: Prehistoric cave paintings and engravings of France and Spain

Ancient Greek sculpture

Stained glass of Great Britain

Swedish cookie stamps

Polish Wycinanki; paper cutouts

Ukrainian pysanky; decorated eggs

Straw designs of Belarus

Flower-related arts of Germany

Asian arts: Chinese arts; calligraphy, invention of paper, woodblock printing, Japanese arts; Haiku, Sumi-e, booklets for poems and ink paintings, fish banners, gyotaku-fish prints

Burmese lacquer ware

Marble inlays of India

Indonesian arts: Wayang Kulit; Javanese shadow plays

Batiks

Kites of Southeast Asia and Taiwan

Felt rugs of central and northern Asia

Arts of Oceania: Hawaiian canoes

Tapa

Hawaiian stamped tapa designs

Design tablets of Tonga

Fern designs of Tahiti

Stenciled designs of Fiji

Gift-giving bowls of Micronesia

Aboriginal arts of Australia: Aboriginal bark paintings of Arnhem land

Didgeridoos

carved emu eggs

Mexican, central American, and South American arts: Mexican arts: Huichol Indian yarn paintings, Amate paper cutouts, amate paper paintings

Clay figures from Tonala and Metapec

Arts of Central America and South America

Cuna Indian Molas

Gold and silver sculpture of pre-conquest Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Costa Rica

Peruvian embroidery

Art of the Caribbean Islands: Puerto Rican arts

Seed necklaces of Puerto Rico

Island Maracas

Haitian designs in steel

Arts of the U.S. and Canada: Native American arts

Pueblo Indian pottery and outdoor kilns

Navajo weaving

Navajo sand paintings

Plains Indian buffalo robes and headdresses

Plains Indian shirts and vests

Woodland Indian quillwork

Woodland Indian beadwork

Inuit stone sculpture and printmaking

Early American folk arts; applehead dolls, scrimshaw, weathervanes

Multicultural art fairs: Japanese decorated papers

Appendix: Papier-mache

Glass cutting

Plaster of Paris

Wool sources.