PBS Launches An ABCs Offensive With New Shows Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:22:00 -0400 Television is no longer considered the enemy of education. In the past couple of years, PBS has made a big push to develop shows that help kids prepare to read — but are the kids watching? At Beijing Olympics, Photographers Shine Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:31:00 -0400 Olympic photographers rely on talent, technology and strategic positioning to capture images that become signature moments of the games. Making those pictures happen in a fast-moving track event is a special challenge. Waterboarding At Coney Island: The Thrill That Chills Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:01:00 -0400 It might not be surprising that waterboarding, the controversial interrogation technique that simulates drowning, would become the subject of satire. But it was shocking to many when artist Steve Powers created an attraction called the Waterboard Thrill Ride. Finding Beijing's Not-So-Hidden Art Treasure Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0400 A few years ago a handful of renegade artists staked their claim just outside Beijing, away from the eye of the authorities. Now 798, as the area is called, is a bustling arts zone supported by the Chinese government. A Cross-Country Road Trip Back In Time Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:54:00 -0400 In the summer of 1973, photographer Stephen Shore set out on a quintessential American adventure. Now, 35 years later, his journey has become the focus of a book titled A Road Trip Journal. It reflects an America when gas was about 43 cents a gallon. Experts Uncover A Painting Van Gogh Covered Up Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:07:00 -0400 A work by Vincent Van Gogh was recently uncovered at a museum in the Netherlands. But it wasn't lost in some dusty corridor, it was hidden under the paint of another Van Gogh. Scientists found it by using a giant X-ray machine.
Tribal Arts - Los Angeles - A centralized source of information about dealers and experts in tribal arts in the Los Angeles area.
Meta Description: [ Tribal art dealers. Asia, Africa, China, Oceanic, Polynesian, Native American, Pre-Columbian, Japan, Korea, Philippines, New Guinea, Congo, Kuba, Zaire, American Indian, Borneo, Bali, Sumatra, Timor. ]
Arte Maya Tz'utuhil Gallery - Articles, photos of works, and paintings and textiles by Maya artists from the highlands of Guatemala.
Meta Description: [ Guatemalan Mayan Indian artists depict their traditions in hundreds of colorful oil paintings exhibited in this virtual museum and art gallery. ]
Berna Tribal Arts and Antiquities - Denise and Beppe Berna, dealers in Bologna, Italy. Site is in English and Italian.
Meta Description: [ Arte Tribale, Tribal Art.
Arte Africana, African Art. Archeologia, Antiquities. ]
Brightpath - Tribal arts and antiques from Africa, Asia, Pre-Columbian and Oceanic cultures.
Meta Description: [ Ancient and Tribal art and artifacts , sales and auctions , African , Asian and Precolumbian art. ]
Deborah Michele - Contemporary mystic paintings by self-taught Jamaican artist.
Meta Description: [ Paintings by Self-taught
Jamaican Artist Deborah Michele, Paintings by Deborah Michele
Carroll-Anzinger, Deborah Carroll, Jamaican art, Universal,
Paintings by Jamaican Artist Deborah Carroll, Paintings by
Deborah Michele Carroll, Jamaican artists, Contemporary art,
Abstract Paintings b... ]
Douglas Dawson Gallery - Non-Western art, including textiles, sculpture and vessels, ceramics, and furniture. Frequent on-line exhibitions.
Dowling Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art - Art gallery featuring many well illustrated objects offered for sale.
Meta Description: [ Robert Dowling has been a dealer in quality authentic tribal and pre-Columbian art for more than ten years. Please visit our online galleries for a broad selection of artworks for sale. ]
Ethno-Textil Galerie - Tribal and ethnic textiles from Africa, Asia and the Americas. In German and English
Fake or Fabulous? - How to distinguish Latin American artifacts from the artifakes.
Meta Description: [ Exposes common Spanish Colonial replicas and new Latin American handcrafts often misrepresented as antiques on Ebay. ]
Folk Art International - Dealer in tribal arts and antiquities, with many images and some cultural background on objects.
Meta Description: [ Xanadu Gallery presents antiquities from around the world. ]
Gail Martin Gallery - Ancient, antique and ethnographic textiles; modern and contemporary fiber arts.
Meta Description: [ Textiles. Ancient, antique and ethnographic textiles. Modern and contemporary fiber arts. Gail Martin gallery offers access to an excellent collection of textiles and contemporary fiber arts. ]
Galerie Walu - Swiss dealer in African and Oceanic art. Rich in information, and periodic exhibitions.
Meta Description: [ Galerie Walu, Fine African Art, Est. 1957. Experts for African Art, Zurich Switzerland, Kunst aus Afrika und Ozeanien, Galerie Walu, Zürich, Schweiz, Experten fuer Afrikanische Kunst. ]
Gallery Lemaire - Images of tribal arts from Asia, Africa and Oceania.
Meta Description: [ shawl-Female figure, 1950-apron, col. before 1940-tampan-Tapa, ex van Lier col.-Basket-kapkap-shield-Dance skirt-Dish-Staff (picture is detail)-Kava dish-Neckrest Kali Hahapo-Dish-Hampatong (picture is detail)-book-paddle (picture is detail)-Whistle, 1909-Whistle-Heddle pulley-Bird-Passport mask-... ]
Gamaarte - Non-profit museum service organization committed to promote art and culture and the preservation of Peruvian cultural patrimony.
Gonebeyond - Dealer in worldwide tribal arts, with many images and some cultural information.
Joel Cooner Gallery - Images of African, Asian, and Oceanic tribal art objects.
Komaland - More than 300 photos of terra cotta pieces from Komaland.
Meta Description: [ komaland ]
Mani Gallery - Tribal arts from around the world, and works by contemporary artists influenced by tribal forms. French and English.
Meta Description: [ Galerie d'art tribal & contemporain ]
Mask and More Masks - A place for enthusiastic collectors and students to see and discuss ancient and modern masks from various sources.
Meta Description: [ Mask information for collectors, buyers and those who love old and new masks ]
Merton D. Simpson Gallery - African and Oceanian tribal art, with many images and current exhibition.
Meta Description: [ The Merton D. Simpson Gallery specializes in Tribal and Contemporary art, with an expertise in important African and Oceanic art. The Gallery also features important works by African American artists, including H. O. Tanner. The Merton D. Simpson Gallery was founded in the 1950Õs when its owner,... ]
Michael Campbell Tribal Art - Dealer in Oceanic (especially New Guinea) tribal, as well as American Indian and Indo-Asian art.
Missing Link Collection - Objects originating from the traditional cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.
Meta Description: [ Established in 1970, the Missing Link Collection is comprised of museum quality objects and art originating from the traditional cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. ]
San Francisco Tribal - San Francisco Bay Tribal Art Dealer Association, with links to members' websites.
Meta Description: [ An association of tribal art dealers from the San Francisco Bay Area. ]
Society for Folk Arts Preservation - Nonprofit archive documenting living art traditions and visual anthropology on film and video.
Meta Description: [ Non profit educational and cultural organization's archive of still-living traditions recorded in visual form; folk art documentation. ]
Tribal Art Forum - Noncommercial site with articles and discussion of tribal art from around the world, for novice through expert collectors.
Meta Description: [ Articles and discussion of tribal art from Africa, for all collectors, novice through expert ]
Tribal Arts and Books - Netherlands dealer in tribal art, mostly Asian and African.
Meta Description: [ profiles ]
Tribal Arts Directory - Directory of tribal art related sites.
Meta Description: [ Tribal Arts Directory allows all collectors of Tribal Art to list their website for free. We have designed our site to encompass Oceania (Melanesian, Polynesian, Micronesion, Australian), African, Asian, Indonesian & Himalayan, Pre-Columbian, North American & Northwest Coast. ]
Tribal Arts Online - On-line version of the magazine, The World of Tribal Arts. Exhibitions, book reviews, editorials and a discussion board.
Meta Description: [ Tribal Arts, the online magazine dedicated to fine and antique traditional art from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Indonesia, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. ]
Tribal-explorer - Searchable directory of on-line resources on tribal arts.
Meta Description: [ Tribal explorer, a portal to explore tribal culture over the world, Africa, Asia, america ]
