Native American Art Museums
Navajo sand painting (courtesy Britannica ImageQuest)
Latin American Art Museums
Ruben and Juliette by Eduardo Carrillo (courtesy Artstor)
Asian American Art Museums
Webster Groves by Chiura Obata (courtesy Artstor)
African American Art Museums
Slave Ship (Prince Cinque) by Romare Bearden (courtesy Britannica ImageQuest)
Visit Museums for Free Using PCC's Culture Passes
Culture Passes give you 2 Free Tickets to Museums and Performing Arts Events.
You can borrow Culture Passes from the West Campus or Desert Vista Campus Libraries.
A pass lasts 1 week and you can use 2 passes per month.
Find Articles about Art and Artists
- MegaSearch This link opens in a new windowOur BIG search engine. Best if you search for a specific artist.
- Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new windowSearch across academic encyclopedias for short articles on artists or art movements.
- Oxford Art Online (Grove Art Online) This link opens in a new windowSearch for short articles on artists, works of art, and art movements. Includes Grove Art Online.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowPrimarily academic peer-reviewed journals on a variety of subjects.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowPrimarily academic peer-reviewed journals on a variety of subjects.
Search Images and Locate Art Works by Artists
- ARTstor (now JSTOR) This link opens in a new window
High-resolution art images: painting, sculpture, and more.
ARTstor has moved to JSTOR.
Search Print Books in the PCC Libraries
Continue your research by finding mainly BOOKS (and sometimes videos) about your topic.
Search the Library Catalog
Tips for searching the catalog:
- Use simple words or phrases
- Check that your words are spelled correctly
- Focus your initial search results by campus, date or other ways by clicking "Modify Search"
E-Books about Art
Contemporary Native American Artists by Publication Date: 2012
Encyclopedia of Native American Artists by Publication Date: 2008
Navajo and Hopi Art in Arizona by Publication Date: 2016
African-American Art by Publication Date: 1998
African American Visual Arts by Publication Date: 2008
Encyclopedia of African American Artists by Publication Date: 2009
Painting the Gospel: Black public art and religion in Chicago by Publication Date: 2016
The Harlem Renaissance by Publication Date: 2018
The Black Arts Movement and the Black Panther Party in American Visual Culture by Publication Date: 2020
Encyclopedia of the Black Arts Movement by Publication Date: 2019
Artists from Latin American Cultures by Publication Date: 2002
Selected Books about Art on the PCC Library Shelves
Continuum: : Native North American art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by Publication Date: 2020
Native North American Art by Publication Date: 2015
The James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection by Publication Date: 2012
Living with American Indian Art by Publication Date: 2012
Splendid Heritage; Perspectives on American Indian Art by Publication Date: 2009
Native American Art in the Twentieth Century by Publication Date: 1999
Converging Streams : art of the Hispanic and Native American Southwest by Publication Date: 2010
Latin American Art: Ancient to Modern by Publication Date: 2000
Latin American Art of the 20th Century by Publication Date: 1993
Our America: the Latino presence in American art by Publication Date: 2014
Chicano and Chicana Art by Publication Date: 2019
MEX/LA: Mexican Modernisms in Los Angeles 1930-1985 by Publication Date: 2011
Arte Latino: : treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum by Publication Date: 2001
African American Art: The Long Struggle by Publication Date: 2006
A Century of African American Art by Publication Date: 2004
African American Art and Artists by Publication Date: 2003
African Americans in The Visual Arts by Publication Date: 2011
Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970 by Publication Date: 2008
The Asian American Avant-Garde by Publication Date: 2015
The Art of Gaman: arts and crafts from the Japanese American internment camps, 1942-1946 by Publication Date: 2005
Chiura Obata: an American Modern by Publication Date: 2018
