African Textiles - Brooklyn Children's Museum
African Textiles - Brooklyn Children's Museum
African Textiles - Brooklyn Children's Museum
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Resources & Reference MaterialsResources & Reference MaterialsYou can supplement your unit on <strong>African</strong> textiles with a trip to the <strong>Brooklyn</strong> Children’s <strong>Museum</strong>.We offer programs on a variety of cross-cultural topics. For a listing of programs currentlyavailable, please see our website at www.brooklynkids.org, or contact the Scheduling Assistantat 718.735.4400 ext. 118.Other Places to VisitThe following museums and organizations haveexhibits or programs related to <strong>African</strong> textilesand/or <strong>African</strong> and <strong>African</strong> American culture.<strong>Museum</strong> for <strong>African</strong> Art36-01 43rd Avenue, Queens718.784.7700www.africanart.org<strong>Brooklyn</strong> <strong>Museum</strong>200 Eastern Parkway, <strong>Brooklyn</strong>718.638.5000www.brooklynmuseum.orgMetropolitan <strong>Museum</strong> of Art1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan212.535.7710www.metmuseum.orgGureje Boutique886 Pacific St., <strong>Brooklyn</strong>718.857.2522 or 718.857.2105www.gureje.comOffers youth workshops and communityevents in traditional <strong>African</strong> arts, includingGureje’s specialty, adire.Bibliography and Web ResourcesThe following books and websites haveprovided source material for this guideand may also help you enrich your students’experience with the objects in the case.BooksAyo, Yvonne. Eyewitness Africa. New York:Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 1995.Text about art, literature, and activities ofdaily life along with superb color photographsoffer a unique “eyewitness” view of thepeople, houses, tools, and artifacts of <strong>African</strong>cultures and civilizations.Ross, Doran H., Raymond Aaron Silvermanand Agbenyega Adedze. Wrapped in Pride:Ghanaian Kente and <strong>African</strong> AmericanIdentity. Los Angeles: UCLA Press, 1998.In Wrapped in Pride, distinguished scholarspresent an exhaustive examination of thehistory of kente from its earliest use in Ghanato its present-day impact in the <strong>African</strong> diaspora.Websiteswww.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/schools/adinkra/adinkra.htmProvides the history of adinkra, how it isproduced and the meaning of certain symbols.africa.si.edu/exhibits/kente/top.htmThe online guide to the Smithsonian Institution’sWrapped in Pride exhibit. Explores the historyof kente, its symbolism and how it is worn.<strong>African</strong> <strong>Textiles</strong> | 34
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