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Regional Variation And Local Style: A Neglected Dimension In Hawaiian Prehistory, Patrick V. Kirch

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Carpet Condition: A Curator's Perception Of "The Hole", Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Twenty years ago when I set out on the course of a professional life in archaeology, I thought my future lay in ruins. Preparing this paper has given me an opportunity to review my experiences and reassess my perception of condition in general. And, specifically with respect to carpets, it has enabled me to develop a heightened sense of self-awareness and perception of "the hole." I have found upon introspective analysis two key aspects of my own training and experience that have profoundly affected my response as curator to the condition of carpets: The first is a background, prior to …

Visions Of Infinity: Design And Pattern In Oriental Carpets, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

A fascination with color and geometric pattern is expressed in Islamic art. In many areas of the Islamic world, historically from Spain to Indonesia, twodimensional repeat patterns provide the primary means for organizing color and space. Ornamentation of architecture, ceramics, metalwork, book illumination, textiles, and Oriental carpets relies upon the repetition of complex or simple designs, creating overall surface patterns of apparent complexity and intricacy. Patterns may consist of geometric, floral, calligraphic, or figural forms. The majority of patterns in Oriental carpets consist of geometric and stylized floral designs, arranged in a system of repeats within an oblong central field …

Buffalo's Community Picnic, 5th Annual, Lgbtq Historical T-Shirt Collection, The Dr. Madeline Davis Lgbtq Archive Of Western New York

Gay Rights Historical T-Shirt Collection

Front Text: Buffalo's 5th Annual Picnic and Games; 1990

Back Text: n/a

Description: White shirt with neon green lettering; pink triangle image; sleeveless

Visual Aids Flyer, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Event Flyers and Pamphlets

Flyer for the Visual AIDS event held at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center on World AIDS Awareness Day.

To Tell The Truth: The Lesbian Herstory Archives: Chronicling A People And Fighting Invisibility Since 1974, Polly Thistlethwaite

Publications and Research

A portrait of the Lesbian Herstory Archives by a volunteer, describing the archive in its original home in Joan Nestle's Upper West Side New York City apartment that she shared with Mabel Hampton. Originally published in Out/Week Magazine.

Phillip Lewis's Review Of Louise Lincoln's Assemblage Of Spirits: Idea And Image In New Ireland, Phillip Lewis

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Carpets And History, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

The story of Western trade with Persia in textiles and carpets casts a fascinating light on the exciting, sometimes turbulent history of the centuries following Europe's Age of Exploration. The intense commercial and political rivalries of European mercantile expansion during the 400-year period from about 1500 to 1900 is revealed both by official historical documents - treaties, royal decrees and contracts - and by more personal ones, such as the reports of traveling merchants. Through the details of production and trade that these documents contain, we can view textiles and carpets as key commodities in the international marketplace. They played …

An Introduction To Oriental Carpets: The Arthur D. Jenkins Collection, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Oriental carpets have long fascinated the American public. Rich colors and attractive designs, as well as lush pile and renowned durability have given them a well-deserved reputation as beautiful and useful floor-coverings. Handmade products of far distant lands, their complicated patterns also evoke the romance of luxury and the Orient in days of yore. Yet Oriental carpets also represent both social history and manufacturing traditions related to the human needs, economy, and ecological constraints of their cultural origins.

Arthur D. Jenkins, an American collector of Oriental carpets, was intrigued by the social origins of rugs. Early in his collecting career, …

Bulldog Lil's, Buffalo, Ny, Lgbtq Historical T-Shirt Collection, The Dr. Madeline Davis Lgbtq Archive Of Western New York

Gay Rights Historical T-Shirt Collection

Front Text: Image of a bulldog face outlined in white

Back Text: Image of a bull dog behind outlined in white with Buffalo, NY printed inside the outline

Description: Bulldog Lil's; black shirt with white bulldog image

Desert Explorations - A Videodisc Exhibit Designed For Flexibility, Judy Diamond, Alan B. Bond, Atsusi Hirumi

Alan Bond Publications

Using an interactive exhibit does not provide the same experience for everyone. How visitors understand an exhibit, what associations it evokes, and even how it is physically utilized may differ widely. This article describes an exhibit that was designed to let visitors tailor their explorations to their own interests and motivation. The exhibit, called Desert Explorations, gives visitors choices of what to see and how to learn about what they see. This exhibit also is an example of a way of developing interactive videodisc exhibits that is relatively inexpensive yet may be tailored to a particular topic or hall. This …

Dragons, Blossoms, Sunbursts: Textile Arts Of The Caucasus, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Rugs from the Caucasus have long been appreciated in Europe and America. Widely known for their bright colors and bold designs, Caucasian rugs have attracted collectors for nearly a century. These rugs, produced in towns and villages, reflect regional design traditions which were amalgamated from diverse sources.

Although embroideries and flatweaves (rugs without pile) from the Caucasus are less well known in the West, their designs are no less bold nor their colors less striking. Produced as a domestic art, they were destined for home use and local commerce. The richness of patterns in these textile arts is in part …

Flyer For Aids And Family Therapy: Are You Ready? A One Day Seminar, Western New York Aids Program

Event Flyers and Pamphlets

Flyer "AIDS and Family Therapy Are You Ready?", a one day seminar presented by Carol O'connor M.P.S. and hosted at Temple Beth Zion.

Flyer For The 1988 Lesbian & Gay Pride Unity Fest Opening Event, Lesbian & Gay Community Network

Flyers/Programs from WNY Local Events

Flyer for the 1988 Lesbian & Gay Pride Unity Fest Opening Event, held on 06/16/1988 at Buffalo State College.

Program From The Western New York Aids Program Volunteer Appreciation Night, Western New York Aids Program

Event Flyers and Pamphlets

Program from the Western New York AIDS Program Volunteer Appreciation Night, held on April 20th 1988 at Buffalo State College.

Renée Heyum's Review Of Louise Hanson And F. Allan Hanson's The Art Of Oceania: A Bibliography, Renée Heyum

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Fire Island Buffalo '99, Lgbtq Historical T-Shirt Collection, The Dr. Madeline Davis Lgbtq Archive Of Western New York

Gay Rights Historical T-Shirt Collection

Front Text: Fire Island Buffalo 88; I Am What I Am

Back Text: M.C. Compton 8th Annual; Fire Island Day Party

Description: White shirt with red lettering; back has handwritten red menu items

"Introduction" To Content And Context Of Visual Arts In The Islamic World: Papers From A Colloquium In Memory Of Richard Ettinghausen, Carol Bier, Priscilla P. Soucek

Textile Research Works

The edited papers presented in this memorial volume offer tribute to Richard Ettinghausen, scholar, teacher, curator and friend, a great man who affected within his own lifetime the study of Islamic art throughout the Western world. Through the high caliber of his scholarship and his discerning connoisseurship, he had a profound effect on the intellectual development of those whom he touched through his manifold activities, whether in publications, formal lectures, or an informal sharing of his knowledge. In recognition of his many achievements he received in 1976 "Pour le Merite," the highest civil decoration awarded by the Federal Republic of …

Pamphlet For Western New York Aids Program, Western New York Aids Programs

HIV/AIDS Educational Material

Pamphlet with information on Western New York AIDS Programs.

Aids Serivce Programs, New York State Department Of Health

HIV/AIDS Educational Material

Handout containing contact information for community service programs that can help individuals with AIDS, ARC, and HIV as well as their partners and families.

100 Questions And Answers, New York State Department Of Health

HIV/AIDS Educational Material

Booklet containing information on AIDS, preventing the spread of the disease, how to care for patients with AIDS, how to reduce the risk of AIDS, and other AIDS-related topics.

Purple Capitol Building, Lgbtq Historical T-Shirt Collection, The Dr. Madeline Davis Lgbtq Archive Of Western New York

Gay Rights Historical T-Shirt Collection

Front Text: October 11; 1987

Back Text: n/a

Description: White shirt with pink triangle and purple image of Washington D.C.

A History Of Education At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art From 1870 To 1985, Margaret A. Mazer

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The following history traces the development of the early education practices conceived and presented in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Woven From The Soul, Spun From The Heart, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Textiles are luxuries and necessities. They are artifacts as well as primary sources which contain a wealth of information about the society that produced them Materials and color represent products available for textile production; structure gives evidence of levels of technological achievement. Patterns illustrate belief and values, frequently offering insight into daily life. The mingling of motifs expresses a kinship of ideas. Textiles, above all, illustrate a culture's freshness and vitality, its flexibility and adaptation to change.

Meaning and Metaphor: Cultural themes occur in both Persian poetry and the textile arts. Hunting, falconry, bird-and-flower studies were popular subjects for poetry, …

Andreas Reischek And The Maori: Villainy Or The Nineteenth-Century Scientific Ethos, Erich Kolig

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

100 Years Of Yakima Indian Nation Art, Muriel Jean Hauge

All Master's Theses

The curatorial process was examined in the preparation for a Washington State Centennial exhibition of Yakima Indian Nation art and Western Columbia Plateau material culture. Interviews with artists, local historians and collectors plus a review of literature gave contemporary and historical perspectives on the arts and crafts of the Columbia Plateau. An exhibition plan and museum education slide-text program are included in the study.

Fifth Freedom, 1983-12-01, The Mattachine Society Of The Niagara Frontier

Fifth Freedom

Mattachine Hearings: pg1

WGR Saves Face: pg1

Buffalo's Biggest Problem: pg1

AIDS News Brief: pg3

News From Buffalo: pg3

Nights of Our Lives: pg5

SELections: pg6

Book Review: pg6

Directory: pg7

Marie J. Adams' Review Of Rod Ewins' Fijian Artefacts: Tasmanian Museum And Art Gallery Collection, Marie J. Adams

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Fifth Freedom, 1983-07-01, The Mattachine Society Of The Niagara Frontier

Fifth Freedom

GLCC Moves, Begins Major Fund Drive: pg1

Editorial: pg2

AIDS News Brief: pg5

The Aural Column: pg6

Virginia Appuzzo Speaks: pg7

Calendar: pg8

Night Of Our Lives: pg11

5th Freedom Fiction: pg12

Out And About: pg13

Comix: pg14

Fifth Freedom, 1983-06-01, The Mattachine Society Of The Niagara Frontier

Fifth Freedom

Anti-gay Radio Show: pg1

Gay Pride Fest Information: pg1

Editorial: pg2

A.I.D.S. Study in Buffalo: pg3

Nights of Our Lives: pg5

Crossroads Grand Opening: pg5

Community Calendar: pg6

Community News: pg7

Aural Column: pg8

SELections: pg9

Comics: pg10

Want Ads: pg11