Folklife Resources for Educators

Materials Related to Outsider art

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Folkvine
by Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
http://www.folkvine.org/home.php

Folklore-oriented interdisciplinary website featuring documentation of Florida art and artists, from such traditions as lacemaking, quilting, painting, shoemaking, and sculpting using papier mache, bones, and other materials. The site also incorporates circus traditions and cultural arts representing African American, Peruvian American, Puerto Rican, and Hawaiian backgrounds. The documentation of the selected traditional artists and their communities is available through audio and video clips, photographs, and background textual materials.

Grade Level: All ages; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12	Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Video recordings; Primary sources; Audio recordings; Podcasts	Language: English; Spanish
Subjects: Decorative arts; Peruvian Americans; Circus; African Americans; Folk artists; Folk art; Florida--Social life and customs; Lace and lace making; Quilting; Puerto Ricans; Shoemaking; Outsider art; Needlework Geographic locations: Florida

Sponsoring Organization:
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee FL 32399-0250
(850) 245-6470
http://www.florida-arts.org/

Teacher Lesson Plans
by John Michael Kohler Arts Center
https://www.jmkac.org/TeacherLessonPlans

Lesson plans for the home and the K-12 classroom on such topics as Wisconsin folklore and regional history, the arts and social change, and visionary environmental art. The lesson plans are divided into "Constructed Realities Lesson Plans," and "Environmental Builders Lesson Plans," and are based on exhibits that the John Michael Kohler Arts Center has featured. Included are lessons with activities, in PDF format, focusing on traditional, ethnic, and visionary artists, and legendary figures from Wisconsin folklore.

Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12	Curriculum: Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities	Language: English
Subjects: Legends; Outsider art; Wisconsin--Social life and customs; Folklore; Folk artists; History; Art; Social history; Social justice Geographic locations: Wisconsin

Sponsoring Organization:
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
608 New York Avenue
Sheboygan WI 53081
(920) 458-6144
http://www.jmkac.org/

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