Force of Nature - A Celebration of Girls and Women Raising Their Voices by Kate T. Parker
Category: Art
From the bestselling author-photographer of Strong Is the New Pretty, this newest collection of Kate Parker's photographs celebrates girls and women finding, using, amplifying, and sustaining their voices to empower themselves and the people around them. Mothers lifting up their daughters. Sisters stan ...Show more
Pacific Arts Aotearoa - The powerful and dynamic story of Pacific arts in Aotearoa, as told by the artists themselves by Lana Lopesi (editor)
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
The powerful and dynamic legacy of Pacific arts in Aotearoa, as told by the artists themselves. This comprehensive account spans six decades of multidisciplinary Pacific creative genius, remembering the diverse, fresh and energetic contributions of Pacific artists to New Zealand, Oceania and the world. ...Show more
Ziggle! - The Len Lye Art Activity Book by Rebecca Fawkner
Category: Art
65 WAYS TO BE AN ARTIST THROUGH THE WORLD OF LEN LYE. This bumper art activity book brimming with ideas and inspiration has been developed by the team at the Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth, who work with the thousands of children who visit the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery every year and really understan ...Show more
The Pursuit of Art - Travels, Encounters and Revelations by Martin Gayford
Category: Sale Book | Series: Travels, Encounters & Revelations
In the course of a career thinking and writing about art, critic Martin Gayford has traveled all over the world both to see works of art and to meet artists. Gayford's journeys, often to fairly inaccessible places, involve frustrations and complications, but also serendipitous encounters and outcomes, w ...Show more
Giles - The Collection: 2013 by Hamlyn
Category: Sale Book
Enjoy the 20th century's greatest cartoonist's work once more with this superb collection of some of Giles' wittiest cartoons. His cartoons parodied every aspect of British life and have delighted Daily Express readers for over four decades. This brand new compilation includes 150 cartoons that focus on ...Show more
Acrylic Painting Kit: A Complete Painting Kit for Beginners by Editors of Chartwell Books
Category: Art
Learn to create colorful and charming art using acrylic paint with this all-in-one kit. Explore the exciting art of acrylic painting with this all-in-one kit-complete with all the tools, materials, and instructions you need to get started. The Acrylic Painting Kit makes it easy to create charming and co ...Show more
The Artist's Journey: The travels that inspired the artistic greats by Travis Elborough
Category: Art | Series: Journeys of Note Ser.
In the Artist's Journey, follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous painters, and the journeys which inspired some of their greatest works. Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous painters in this fascinating work from the Journeys of Note series. Some truly remarkab ...Show more
I Need Art: Reality Isn't Enough: An illustrated memoir by Henn Kim
Category: Art
Everything I feel from reading and listening to music I commit to paper in black pen And gradually, blot by blot, stroke by stroke, A new mode of expression emerges. At this point, it's just scribbles in a diary Not yet reborn as "Henn Kim" of the future._________________________________Depression and c ...Show more
Hundertwasser in New Zealand - The Art of Creating Paradise by Andreas J Hirsch
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
'New Zealand is for me a kind of promised land.' Austrian-born artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser arrived in New Zealand in 1973, seeking refuge from a world out of kilter with nature. After travelling and exhibiting, he settled at Kaurinui, the land he bought and restored in the Bay of Islands. Wishing ...Show more
Contemporary Art by Natalie Rudd
Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
A plain speaking, jargon-free account of contemporary art that identifies key themes and approaches, providing the reader with a clear understanding of the contexts in which art is being made today. Since the 1960s contemporary art has overturned the accepted historical categorizations of what constitu ...Show more