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Women's History - Women's Art: Women's Vision
To honor the originality, beauty, imagination, and multiple dimensions of women’s lives, the National Women's History Project (NWHP) has chosen Women’s Art: Women’s Vision as the 2008 theme for National Women’s History Month. This year’s theme provides a special opportunity to discover and celebrate women’s visual arts in a variety of forms and mediums that help expand our perceptions of ourselves and each other. The history of women and art is quintessential women’s history. It is the story of amazing women’s accomplishments acclaimed at the time but written out of history. To that end, this page will provide a glimpse of women in the visual arts, providing opportunities for your further research. You will find resources for gathering background information, including selected reference works, databases, and more. Visit the National Women's History Project Web site for more information about the history and celebration of Women's History Month.
2008 National Women’s History Month HonoreesTo ensure that a diversity of art and artists are represented, the 2008 Honorees were selected based on their art, their vision, their art form, their cultural background, the region in which they live and the quality and passion of the nomination submitted. Stay tuned for more information on the honorees. - 1939Painter/Printmaker/Tapestry/Needlework Learn more.
Harmony Hammond -1944
Edna Hibel – 1917
Lihua Lei – 1966
Violet Oakley –1874-1961
Rose Cecil O’Neill – 1874-1944
Faith Ringgold – 1930
Miriam Schapiro – 1923
Lorna Simpson – 1960
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith –1940
Nancy Spero – 1926
June Claire Wayne – 1918
Cerritos College Events
Cerritos College will celebrate Women's History Month with a month-long program sponsored by the Re-Entry Resource Program and the Women's Studies Program. Join the Cerritos College 2008 celebration of Women's History Month. Visit the Cerritos College Women's History Month Celebration page to learn more about planned events, speakers, programs, essay contest winners, and more.
Using the Cerritos College Library Research Women's History Getting Background Information Your search for information can include books, magazines, journals, newspapers, and authoritative Internet Resources. Reference books are a good starting point for gathering background information. Some of the Library research guides may also assist you in finding information on various topics and issues pertaining to women and women's history. Explore the guides listed below for more information: Art 102 - Renaissance to Rococo Great People, Events and Objects in History Search the Research Guides page at for even more guides about women. Several reference books are available to assist your search for information. Some of these works are listed in the research guides noted above. Be sure to ask a librarian for assistance to find additional reference books and/or research guides.Online Book Catalog Use the Library Catalog to find books available in this library. You will find books that provide a broad overview, and others that give more in-depth information. By doing a subject search you will retrieve listings of books that include information on your selected subject. You can also search for names of individuals as a subject search to find biographies and autobiographies. A few subject headings to try are listed below. The list is not meant to be exhaustive, but a means to get you started with your research on women artists.
Architecture and women Women architects--Biography--History and criticism Women artists Minority women artists Women cartoonists Women painters Women potters Women sculptorsWomen--Biography Women designers Women costume designers--United States--Biography
Online Magazines, Journals, Newspapers and More Journals and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional, while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and additional facts. To find articles on your topic, use one of the online databases listed below. See the Databases & E-Resources page for a complete description of our online resources. Use the Databases & E-Resources Login & Search Options page for instructions on creating your MyLibrary account to access the databases remotely. Gale Virtual Reference Library Oxford African American Studies Center Proquest National Newspapers (5) Project Muse: Basic Research Collection World Book Encyclopedia Complete Suite
Special Features: Additional Resources NewsBank InfoWeb offers a special report, which can be found by following the link below:
Please call or visit the Library for further assistance with your research. The Librarians will gladly help you.
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Web Author:
Valencia
Mitchell
(vmitchell@cerritos.edu)
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