Teacher Resources for 2011

Bobby Hansson and the Fine Art of the Tin Can | Singular Visions: Contemporary American Folk Art | Ancient Irish past and history of modern day Ireland | Maori Art and Dance

Bobby Hansson and the Fine Art of the Tin Can

• Essay: ReCreation/Recreation: Fun With Found Objects: A review of A Joyful Noyes, by Susan Hagen
• Book: The Fine Art of the Tin Can: Techniques and Inspirations, written by Bobby Hansson. Explores tools techniques other artists work as well as his own. (available for $25)

Singular Visions | Contemporary American Folk Art

Essay: Contemporary American Folk Art: Charming Junk or Art with a Capital A? ~Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History

Ancient Irish past and history of modern day Ireland

• Ireland's History in Maps
• MythHome: a web page with links to articles on Celtic Gods and heroes and Irish history.
• Irish History at MythHome.org
• Travel site – Irish history – web site links
• Irish art work: images at Haverford College
• The Rich and Turbulent Story of Ireland, from the ice age to World War II by the BBC
• Neolithic Megaliths by the BBC
• Copper, Bronze and Gold: 2,000 – 1,000 BC by the BBC
• A PDF document with illustrations for Irish history – rich in maps and illustrations
• Serial film version for Irish on YouTube, based on book by Richard Kelleen
• Page about Celts by Simon James, University of Leicester, School Archeology and Ancient History, UK
• Link to Tom O'Carroll's webstie
• Book: The Celtic Realms:The History and Culture of the Celts by Myles Dillon and Nora Chadwich

Maori art and dance

• Links to background of carving (Whakairo) descriptions and purposes.
• Link to useful Pacific Island websites by country
  
• The National Library of New Zealand has many scanned images and story texts, "The origin of Maori carving"
• Sea routes to Polynesia by Thor Heyerdahl.
• Images and photo sharing site
• On the founding of New Zealand by Te Arawa
• early moa eating culture
• te punga (anchor stone) of the Tainui
• A lesson in poi handling - a YouTube video
• An exhibition about greenstone at the museum in Wellington, New Zealand, Te Papa
• The Maori by Elsdon Best, Chpt. II The Maori as a Seafarer, and Colonizers—the Peopling of New Zealand, made available through the Wellington Library of Victoria Univ.
• 100 Maori words every New Zealander should know
• AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND) at the Polynesian Center in Hawaii
• Te Punga a Matori: the anchor stone from the Tokomaru Canoe
• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
• Early Maori Woodcarvings | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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