Portland's Artisan Economy: The Arts and Crafts Sector

Arts and Crafts of the Northwest Coast Indians and Eskimos

General References on Northwest Coast and Eskimo Art Baker Lake Prints & Print-Drawings, 1970-76. Introduction by Bernadette Driscoll. (Exhibition catalog, February 27-April 17, 1983.) Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1982. Boas, Franz. Primitive Art. Peter Smith, 1962. Collins, Henry B., Frederica De Laguna, Edmund Carpenter, and Peter Stone. The Far North: 2000 Years of American Eskimo and Indian Art. (...

Experimenting with Sound Immersion in an Arts and Crafts Museum

Technical museums are goods targets for experimenting with sound immersion and soundscape authoring. This paper presents an immersive sound system emitting audio content. Experimentations were conducted with a wired, proof-of-concept prototype and two wireless devices. Our system takes into consideration the position of museum visitors as well as their orientation and visual vector. In contrast...

The influence of the arts-and-crafts movement on the professional status of occupational therapy.

This paper explores why occupational therapists use arts and crafts as therapeutic modalities. Beginning with the turn-of-the-century origins of occupational therapy, the paper traces the similarities and differences in the ideas and beliefs of the founders of occupational therapy and the proponents of the arts-and-crafts movement.

Review of the Impact of Rehabilitation Centers Traditional Arts and Crafts on Empowerment of Rural Communities (Case Study: Laft Village)

The backwardness of the countryside is most important issues of developing countries. The result of this study, based on descriptive - analysis studies, shows that revive traditional arts and crafts with much charm with planning and organizing on development stimulus projects, can direct influence on the villager’s empowerment. Of course, the existence of such attractions, itself, without provi...

Studying The Effect Of Energy Factor On Iran's Agriculture Sector And Total Economy Production