tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/subjects/artsOpen Textbook Library - Arts Textbooks2024-01-14T06:04:19Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png15722024-01-14T06:08:43Z2024-01-14T06:08:43ZCommunicating Fashion: Trend Research and Forecasting<img alt="Read more about Communicating Fashion: Trend Research and Forecasting" title="Communicating Fashion: Trend Research and Forecasting cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="467" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA2NjksInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--5ae9ea7c5403a243bfa12fb2e98b336116883a75/Blue-with-Gold-Lines-and-Watercolor-Spots-Notebook-Book-Cover-3-350x467.jpg" />Communicating Fashion offers a holistic view of the interrelationships involved in trend research, including data collection, analysis and reporting, and forecasting what that direction means for design. The book’s primary focus is on the process of observing and collecting desk and field data to understand interrelationships among products, user experience, and contextual factors.15092023-10-15T22:04:11Z2023-10-15T22:04:11ZTeaching Apparel Production<img alt="Read more about Teaching Apparel Production" title="Teaching Apparel Production cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="436" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTg4MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--bb5bf850b79b44bc3670949c4d2fe81ebc300c4c/Textbook-Cover-VCS2-350x436.jpg" />This text was written to provide students and teacher candidates with an introductory understanding of the skills associated with teaching apparel production. The book is broken into units and chapters that focus on essential skills for constructing garments and, more specifically, teaching others how to construct apparel and apparel-related products. Readers are invited to explore this text in any order, as it is not necessary to read each unit or chapter in sequence. Embedded within each chapter are key concepts related to the topic, pedagogical tips and tricks, a variety of resources, and references14462023-07-25T03:37:40Z2023-07-25T03:38:57ZFoundations of Aural Skills<img alt="Read more about Foundations of Aural Skills" title="Foundations of Aural Skills cover image" class="cover " width="768" height="1024" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Nzg3MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--708e6cd4c8b11efd55723ea4b95468c73c2b128e/Foundations-of-Aural-Skills-OER-Book-Cover1024_1.png" />Foundations of Aural Skills is a research-based, accessible, relevant, creative, inclusive, empowering textbook for teaching introductory aural skills. The first seven chapters provide thorough instruction in aural fundamentals, allowing students to build their foundations from a variety of starting points. The following chapters address the traditional tasks of sight-reading and dictation, but also improvisation, mimicking music you hear (“playback”), transcription, and ensemble skills. The final two chapters add some basic form- and chord-listening skills. Every section includes creative activities that learners can try out on their own or do in class. Embedded playlists for practicing listening skills include a diverse range of music that will connect with students’ preferences and allow them to experience music they haven’t worked with before. While the text is primarily designed for a first semester or year of instruction, it also includes some instruction on modulation, chromaticism, and mixed meter, and future additions/development will make these advanced applications more robust.13982023-04-24T13:19:55Z2023-08-31T14:10:29ZPublic Speaking as Performance Subtitle: Practicing Public Speaking in the Theatre & Performance Classroom<img alt="Read more about Public Speaking as Performance Subtitle: Practicing Public Speaking in the Theatre & Performance Classroom" title="Public Speaking as Performance Subtitle: Practicing Public Speaking in the Theatre & Performance Classroom cover image" class="cover " width="750" height="1000" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjAxNSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--46cd6419b9a5782127aae2eda010dae34c3e63e2/PSPe1_Cover-1.png" />Public Speaking as Performance: Practicing Public Speaking in the Theatre & Performance Classroom is an innovative public speaking textbook written by theatre educators. It combines the essential elements of speechwriting with the tried and true skills that actors learn to communicate a story to an audience. In chapters such as “Actor Tools for Public Speakers” and “From Page to Stage,” the textbook provides students with a creative and accessible approach to delivering speeches. Drawing on the tradition of teaching public speaking in theatre and drama departments—a practice that is still maintained in some institutions—this textbook emphasizes the performative nature of communication. Educators teaching public speaking in theatre and performance departments will find this a textbook particularly suited to the interests of their students.13852023-04-03T13:16:50Z2024-01-22T14:52:42ZSymbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Western Literature, Philosophy and Art: Towards Theory and Practice Volume 11<img alt="Read more about Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Western Literature, Philosophy and Art: Towards Theory and Practice Volume 11" title="Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Western Literature, Philosophy and Art: Towards Theory and Practice Volume 11 cover image" class="cover " width="832" height="1174" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDY2MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--66affac8ed62132fb3cc4753760132c1d933997e/Screenshot%202023-04-03%20at%208.16.30%20AM.png" />Through the burgeoning fields of Posthumanities and Environmental Humanities, this edition examines the changing conception of human subjectivity, agency, and citizenship as shaped by the dynamic interplays between nature, technology, science, and culture. The proposed ‘symbiotic turn’, (the awareness of the multitude of interactions and mutual interdependencies among humans, non-humans and their environment) aspires to explore the complex recompositions of the “human” in the 21st century. By organizing and promoting interdisciplinary dialogue at multiple levels, both in theory and practice, Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies is suggested as a new narrative about the biosphere and technosphere, which is embodied literarily, philosophically, and artistically.13442023-02-16T15:36:45Z2024-01-22T14:52:40ZExploring the Arts: A Brief Introduction to Art, Theatre, Music, and Dance<img alt="Read more about Exploring the Arts: A Brief Introduction to Art, Theatre, Music, and Dance" title="Exploring the Arts: A Brief Introduction to Art, Theatre, Music, and Dance cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDU0NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8ddb5cd39f2ee641cd1b48b972dbf2b33a6359e8/Art_Cover-350x525.png" />This textbook was created as part of the Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment project, facilitated by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and funded by a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond. This project features a collaboration between educational systems in Louisiana, the library community, Pressbooks technology partner, and workforce representatives. It will enable and enhance the delivery of open educational resources (OER) and interactive quiz and assessment elements for priority dual enrollment courses in Louisiana and nationally. Developed OER course materials will be released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. The target audience for this project and this textbook are dual enrollment students. Dual enrollment is the opportunity for a student to be enrolled in high school and college at the same time. A dual enrollment student receives credit on both their high school and college transcripts for the same course.13072022-12-19T15:14:50Z2024-01-22T14:52:37Z#TheatreAppreciation<img alt="Read more about #TheatreAppreciation" title="#TheatreAppreciation cover image" class="cover " width="768" height="858" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDM4NCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--cf2652512e52d1d10ac768f94d2b81e509baba09/cover2-768x858.jpeg" />#TheatreAppreciation is a textbook for introductory level lecture classes such as Theatre Appreciation and Introduction to Theatre. It provides insight about the art and craft of theatre, a brief exploration of theatre history, and discussion about the styles and forms of theatre along with an overview of professions in the field.12742022-10-31T13:22:22Z2024-01-22T14:52:35ZThe Path to Funding: The Artist’s Guide to Building Your Audience, Generating Income, and Realizing Career Sustainability<img alt="Read more about The Path to Funding: The Artist’s Guide to Building Your Audience, Generating Income, and Realizing Career Sustainability" title="The Path to Funding: The Artist’s Guide to Building Your Audience, Generating Income, and Realizing Career Sustainability cover image" class="cover " width="768" height="1024" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDIzMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--0f811a57921d6b6788d5f195fcb244a4728e762c/OER-Book-Cover-Path-to-Funding-Web-Book-Cover-900x1200-1-768x1024.png" />Based on coursework developed at Peabody Conservatory, this book breaks down the process of developing an artist mission statement, generating new ideas for creative projects, and creating an engaging project description. It also covers methods for artists to identify their audience, generate a comprehensive project budget, collect compelling work samples, and identify potential funders to support their creative work. Written by a team of active artists and educators, this resource provides creatives with tools and strategies to communicate passionately and effectively about their work and take control of their financial and artistic future.12542022-09-26T13:21:24Z2024-01-22T14:52:34ZOpen Music Theory - Version 2<img alt="Read more about Open Music Theory - Version 2" title="Open Music Theory - Version 2 cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDEzNywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--356fe49ac8f677133f57d1c73ba7285ee38de24c/OMT-cover-lower-res-1-683x1024.png" />Open Music Theory Version 2 (OMT2) is an open educational resource intended to serve as the primary text and workbook for undergraduate music theory curricula. As an open and natively-online resource, OMT2 is substantially different from other commercially-published music theory textbooks, though it still provides the same content that teachers expect from a music theory text. OMT2 has been designed inclusively. For us, this means broadening our topics beyond the standard harmony and atonal theory topics to include fundamentals, musical form, jazz, pop, and orchestration. And within those traditional sections of harmony and atonal theory, the authors have deliberately chosen composers who represent diverse genders and races. The book is accessible. And perhaps most importantly, the book is completely free and always will be. The text of the book is augmented with several different media: video lessons, audio, interactive notated scores with playback, and small quizzes are embedded directly into each chapter for easy access. OMT2 introduces a full workbook to accompany the text. Almost every chapter offers at least one worksheet on that topic. Some chapters, especially in the Fundamentals section, also collect additional assignments that can be found on other websites. Version 2 of this textbook is collaboratively authored and edited by Mark Gotham, Kyle Gullings, Chelsey Hamm, Bryn Hughes, Brian Jarvis, Megan Lavengood, and John Peterson.12312022-08-22T17:13:34Z2024-01-22T14:52:33ZWhere Does Art Come From?<img alt="Read more about Where Does Art Come From?" title="Where Does Art Come From? cover image" class="cover " width="332" height="499" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzkzNywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8426d14938bb8b57b8043b4b3a5fdf7ebc7c8b11/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-22%20at%2012.13.48%20PM.png" />Who am I? What is beautiful? Where do babies come from? These questions populate our lives and inform our perceptions of the world. Explore these questions according to the expressions of artists from all over the world. Go beyond Western art to consider where art comes from and how it impacts all of us.
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