Arts and Crafts

Sandpainting
AV 20
A Navajo tradition. From grinding stones and sifting sand to color and meaning of symbols in sandpainting. National Park Service.
Video.

Flintknapping
Av 30
How to make arrowheads and spear points from stone. National Park Service, 1989.
Video. 45 minutes.

Painted Canyons
AV 75
Rock art in Colorado and southwest U.S. Denver Museum of Natural History, 1986.
Video. 29 minutes.

Behind the Scenes
AV 3-7
Designed to instill creative and critical thinking skills through exploration of the visual and performing arts. Five programs: Illusion of Depth, Color, Balance, Framing, and Line. 1992
5 videos, teacher’s guide. 30 minutes each.

Circles of Life
AV 178 & 201
Traditional art and life of the Plains Indians. Denver Art Museum.
Slides and cassette.

Charlie M. Russell
AV 17
Narrated by Milburn Stone. Home recording.
Video

Art of the American West
AV 158-160
Three programs: “Before White Man:” Bierstadt to Charles M. Russell; “Westward Expansion:” Remington and Russell, Borien and Schreyvogel; “The Old West is Dead:” Grant Woods, Thomas hart, Georgia O’Keefe. Museum of Western Art in Denver.
Slides and cassettes.

The Harmonious Craft
Av 35
American Musical Instruments. Smithsonian, 1979.
Slides, cassette, teacher’s guide

Charlie Russell
AV 82
Production by Perry Roberts. Home recording
Video

Introduction to Southwest Indian Jewelry
AV 283
A comprehensive explanation of the similarities and differences in Navajo, Zuni, and Hopi jewelry. National Park Service.
Video

Century of Quilts
AV 399
100 American quilts of the 20th century and the stories behind them. PBS, 2001.
Video. 77 minutes.

American House
AV 211
Guide to architectural styles.
Video, teacher’s guide