Grass roots
Subtitle: African origins of an American art
By: Dale Rosengarten, Theodore Rosengarten, Enid Schildkrout ; with contributions by Judith A. Carney ... [et al.].
Contributors: Rosengarten, Theodore.; Schildkrout, Enid.; Carney, Judith Ann.; Museum for African Art (New York, N.Y.); Avery Research Center.; McKissick Museum.
Publisher: Museum for African Art; Distributed by University of Washington Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York; Seattle, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780945802518; 9780945802501
Subjects: Basket making -- United States -- Exhibitions; Basketwork -- United States -- Exhibitions; Grasswork -- United States -- Exhibitions; African American art -- Exhibitions; Art, African -- Influence -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art accompanies an exhibition of the same name produced by the Museum for African Art in New-York. The Museum is dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture and is recognized worldwide as the foremost organizer of exhibitions and publisher of books devoted to historical and contemporary African art. Since its founding in 1984, the Museum has produced over fifty acclaimed exhibitions and catalogues examining Africa's rich artistic and cultural heritage."--Jacket.
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Museum of African Art, New York, in cooperation with Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston and the McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina.

Includes bibliographical references.