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On The Border: Native American Weaving Traditions of The Great Lakes and Prairie. Featuring three Minnesota artists (Francis Keahna, splitash basketry; Melvin Losh, porcupine quillworking on birchbark; and Josephine Ryan, finger weaving), this video documents the continuity of traditional American Indian arts, as well as the artists' innovations. 28 minutes. (quote courtesy Plains Art Msueum)

Originals: Women in Art, The: 1977: "This series celebrates some of America's most brilliant women artists, both past and present. Producer Perry Miller Adato is widely acknowledged as a leading maker of films on art. In this series she examines the personalities, lifestyles, and work of those American women whose creative talents have made valuable contributions to the visual arts.

1. Georgia O'Keeffe (60 min) This is the only film that this great American modernist ever allowed to be made of her life and work. In the film, O'Keeffe discusses her early life, her art, and her marriage to photographer Alfred Stieglitz.

2. Mary Cassatt-Impressionist from) Philadelphia (28 min) Cassatt, recognized as an equal by Degas, Monet, and Renoir, received little notice within the American art scene upon her return to the United States in 1898. This film reveals the quality, variety, and originality of her paintings, prints, and drawings, and clearly presents her as a leading figure in American art.

3. Spirit-Catcher: The Art of Betye Saar (28 min) This intriguing film probes the art, the spirit, the symbols, and the revelations of assemblage artist Betye Saar. In developing her art, she has had to face the double prejudices of sexism and racism. What has emerged is the simultaneous penetration of old and new levels of black awareness. Her constructions use astrology, the occult, fetishes, and historical photographs."

O'Keeffe and Texas Takes a look at American Modernist Georgia O'Keeffe during her years in Texas. Explores how her experiences as a teacher and how the natural forms of the area around Amarillo and Canyon, Texas, influenced her emotional states and her art. 15-minute video. Description source: Amon Carter Museum Teacher Resource Center

Ominous Hush: The Thunderstorm Paintings of Martin Johnson Heade Explores American painter Martin Johnson Heade's (1819-1904) use of storm imagery as metaphor for the American Civil War. 12-minute video. Description source: Amon Carter Museum Teacher Resource Center

Our Nations Colors: A Celebration in American Painting is a WMFE-TV program produced in conjunction with TAI. 30 minutes video.

Outta My Light! Photographer Rondal Partridge. 24-minute DVD produced in 2002 by Dyanna Taylor, granddaughter of Dorothea Lange and Elizabeth and Meg Partridge, Rondal Partridge's daughters, this film is an intimate portrait of Rondal crafted by his own family. Spend a little time with Ron, as he explains his photographic process, from shooting to darkroom work. Working with a 2 1/4 to 8x10 camera, we see Rondal in his environment; shooting, developing, and finding photographic inspiration in the most ordinary objects. Available through Partridge Pictures, Email contact: meg@megpartridge.com, 800/886-3135 tel

TFAO's combined lists comprise an authoritative guide to hundreds of videos in VHS format which feature representational American art. Some recent videos are available in DVD format. TFAO does not maintain a lending library of videos or sell videos. Click here for information on how to borrow or purchase copies of VHS videos and DVDs listed in this catalogue.

Unnumbered quotes are from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art videos may be loaned directly from the Gallery. Some recent videos are available in DVD format. Selected video descriptions are courtesy of Facets Multimedia.

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rev. 4/21/07

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