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The Arts

Art Appreciation

We have an instructor who would like to go textless in her Art Appreciation course. Do any of you know of any great OER textbooks and resources for this discipline? Also, it would be great to know where to find copyright free images of artworks. I know that some museums have released photos of artworks under a Creative Commons license. I would appreciate any college level art resources that are also accessible.

I have an instructor using smarthistory.

Wikimedia Commons has access to copyright free artworks. I don’t have a textbook source, but that’s a good place to start for the slides.

This is what first popped to mind for me: Metropolitan Museum of Art releases 375,000 digital works for remix and re-use online via CC0:
https://creativecommons.org/2017/02/07/met-announcement/

I have not used this resource, but it looks pretty solid:
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-masteryart1/

We are using this open textbook for our Art Appreciation course: https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/arts-textbooks/3/

The instructor may find some ideas here: http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/
And an aside, the instructor may also be interested in this new OA journal, Art History Pedagogy and Practice: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/ahpp/

Introduction to the History of Modern Art (OER) was developed by Prof. Sharon Jordan at Lehman College (CUNY): http://arh141.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

Our Art History LibGuide lists many OA sources under "Websites": http://libguides.lehman.edu/Art

Do you know of any remixes or customizations of Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning? This text has been used in art appreciation courses at Linn-Benton Community College for several years, and we're planning an update. We're also interested in other art appreciation resources. Here's what we found in the Open Textbook Library, OERCommons, and OASIS for open and fairly current resources:

Opening Contemporary Art by Sarah Parrish/Plymouth State University (Pressbook, not open)
Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource (recent series of lessons by Marie Porterfield Barry/East Tennessee State University)
Smarthistory (resources focused on specific periods/regions)
Art Appreciation (Lumen)
Art History I (Lumen/SUNY OER Services)
Introduction to Art Concepts (Lumen)
The Bright Continent: African Art History (Pressbook by Kathy Curnow/ Michael Schwartz Library)
ARTH101: Art Appreciation (Saylor course)

Delmar sent in another resource to add to Michaela's list: https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/A_World_Perspective_of_Art_Appreciation_(Gustlin_and_Gustlin)

And Jeff connected us with the UNG Press, which published the Introduction to Art text.

Art History

I’m looking for an Art History OER to replace Gardner’s “Art Through the Ages.” Any ideas?
You might find one of these a good replacement: http://oerdegrees.org/courses/art-appreciation-and-art-history/ Pacific Northwest HistoryThe BC Open Textbooks collection has the Canadian History Pre-Confederation. This was just published last year and may have some content of interest.

Try these, mostly primary resources:
http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/
http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/
http://www.ohs.org/
http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/
https://www.sos.wa.gov/library/wa_collections.aspx
http://www.washingtonhistory.org/research/research-center/
http://www.historylink.org/
The Tacoma Public Library has a robust Northwest Room:
http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/Page.aspx?hid=265
http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/Page.aspx?nid=7
as does Seattle's:
http://www.spl.org/library-collection/articles-and-research/local-history

Our Art History and Music (Appreciation) instructors are looking for OER collaborators, and we appreciate it if you would help us with suitable connections.
Our Art History professor was the curator of Getty Villa, and joined our college as a full time instructor few years ago. He is looking to replace his expansive Art History and Art Appreciation books.
Our Music professor was a professional guitar player and member of a band. He also joined our college as a full time instructor few years ago. He is looking to replace his Music Fundamental book.

I suggest you search the CCC OER Advisory listserv if you haven’t already: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cccoer-advisory
And if you are not finding something suitable, you may want to post what you’re colleagues are looking for there.

I was visiting today Dr. Jones of Boise State University who is working on an Art History OER. I’m wondering if anybody else is working on such a project or would like to use one…Any ideas?
You can see what's in use in Oregon at this link: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=arh
Have a look at https://courses.lumenlearning.com/masteryart1/ - that
course will have some resources he can use.

Many instructors use the resources from smarthhistory/Khan Academy which are very good to reinforce concepts. However, I believe those narratives are intended for AP Art History in High School.
Sometimes I feel our students need a bit more depth or comparison pieces to understand the techniques, style and cultural context.

Gosh, I have to disagree with this assessment of https://smarthistory.org/. It's designed for introductory college level courses, and I think perfectly well pitched for community college students. It is not a stand-alone option, to be sure, but may well get there in time. I am a big fan and encourage anyone interested in art history OER to check it out.

I’m on the hunt for materials for a Modern Art History class (late 19th and 20th century art). From previous listserv conversations I have found these comprehensive texts. Thought I would do another inquiry to see if anything new has come around.
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-masteryart1/
https://arh141.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
I think the hardest part for your project is going to be finding images and artworks that can be used for discussion. You might try these museums for images of artwork:
The MET: https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/digital-underground/2017/open-access-at-the-met
The Rijks Studio at the Rijks Musuem: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio

The Open University might have some useful material for you:
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/looking-describing-and-identifying-objects/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/visions-protest-graffiti/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/making-sense-art-history/content-section-0?active-tab=content-tab
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/art-and-visual-culture-medieval-modern/content-section-3

I am working with a faculty member who is writing an open textbook for her art and design history course.
It is a survey course dealing with the history of art, design, architecture, and interior design for students in the Bachelor of Interior Design program.
She is finding it difficult to find open-source materials dealing with the history of interior design, 1800-today.
She is using some materials from Smart History, but needs more resources for the history of design, interior design, and architecture. If you know of any materials that would be suitable for new-to-art-history students, please share!

A faculty member at PCC is using a library ebook for an interior design course, which suggests that you're not the only one running into this gap!
http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=interior
Here's an intro to architecture open textbook also created by a PCC faculty member: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/art101/

We are looking for OER sources for ART 101, which would be some art appreciation and some art history topics. I went through the Open Textbook Library and didn’t really find anything that matches what we are hoping for. Do you have any good resources to suggest?

Not sure if this would work for you, but this is the Open Art Histories site:
https://openarthistories.ca/

Hi Susan, you can see what's in use in Oregon for 100-level art courses here: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=art%201

Susan - Here's the collection we have compiled for California community college faculty - Open Educational Resources and Art/Art History.
We have a system of intersegmentally developed course descriptors for most courses - so you can quickly establish what a particular resource should cover.

You will likely find what you are looking through in our (LibreTexts) corpus. Here are two search URLs for your review.
Delmar
https://commons.libretexts.org/?mode=visual&search=%22art%20appreciation%22&library=&subject=&location=all&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=&cid=&sort=random
https://commons.libretexts.org/?mode=visual&search=%22art%20history%22&library=&subject=&location=all&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=&cid=&sort=random

Color Theorey

I'm trying to find out what is available for a color theory course. Details below.
Thanks!
Michelle
In the California Community Colleges it is C-ID ARTS 270 - and is described as follows:
Specified Texts
Fisher & Zelanski. Color.
Finlay, Victoria. Color - Natural History of the Palette.
David Horning. Color- A Workshop Approach.
Description
A study of the principles, theories, and applications of additive and subtractive color in two dimensions.
Topics will include major historical and contemporary color systems, production of projects in applied color,
and the elements of design as they apply to color.
Content
History of color and the development of the color palette.
Color systems and color organization.
How color is perceived - light, vision, and the brain.
Value, hue, intensity (chroma), and color temperature.
Colors, palettes and materials.
Additive and subtractive color (light and paint).
Color and composition.
Identifying and understanding color mixtures.
Cultural influences on color usage.
Color usage in contemporary art and design.
Color and Technology
Critical evaluation and critique of class projects.
Objectives
Create aesthetically complete designs and images that demonstrate a working knowledge of:
Color systems and color organization,
Principles of color perception - light, vision, and the brain,
Value, hue, intensity (chroma), and color temperature,
Additive and subtractive color (light and paint),
Relationships between color and composition,
Color usage in contemporary art and design;
Make individual aesthetic decisions and judgments related to their own artwork;
Skillfully use a variety of artistic materials, techniques and tools;
Independently produce finished color assignments that demonstrate an understanding of color theory and principles in the history of art;
Comprehend and describe how color is perceived biologically, psychologically, culturally, symbolically and intuitively.

We had an art faculty member (now retired) create a lab manual type resource for her color theory class. It is not a C-ID course,
but it might have something useful: ART 323: Color Theory Course Pack

She also used a library ebook as a supplemental resource. Not OER, but free for students to use: Color, 2nd edition: A workshop
for artists and designers. We were able to purchase an unlimited user license for this ebook for $78.75.

Dance Appreciation

I’m looking for anything for dance appreciation

Hi Sally, looks like this one didn't get much uptake. Have you tried OER Commons?
Here's an example from that repository: https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/22157-discover-the-arts-vol-1-intro-visual-art-music-and/5/view

Digital Arts

Does anyone have any recommendations for OER materials for Digital Art?

https://learn.saylor.org/course/view.php?id=360

I'm not sure if this quite meets your need, but you could check out: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/digitalfoundations/

Interior Design

I am on the hunt for resources for Interior Design. I reviewed the archives and didn't see anything. Does anyone know Interior Design faculty who are using OER. The department chair is very interested in making her classes no cost and asked for resources for 4 different courses.

AutoDesk offers a TON of resources including full software installations FREE for students, educators and educational institutions.
https://www.autodesk.com/education/home

Film

One of my colleagues is interested in adopting an OER for his intro to Film course. Do any of you have suggestions for him?

Rich Edwards at Ball State produce a MOOC a couple of years ago on Film Noir. It’s at https://www.mooc-list.com/course/tcm...oir-canvas-net. Not sure if it’s categorized as OER but you could contact him directly to gain ideas.
Film is one of the areas where I haven't found a go-to OER resource to recommend. This is what I recently sent an instructor:
- Chapter 8 of a Saylor textbook on media and culture: https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_understanding-media-and-culture-an-introduction-to-mass-communication/
- Search oercommons.org for "film" or a more specific keyword relating to a weekly learning objective, with the education level drop-down menu set to "community college"
- Use a whole book or book chapters from the library's e-book collection, but check with a librarian first to make sure that the e-book license will support this kind of use and potential printing.
She replied that she found a useful resource in OER Commons: http://www.oercommons.org/courses/the-film-experience-fall-2007/view

I am working with a colleague looking to adopt OER for Film Studies (introductory level) to replace the current textbook, Looking at Movies.
We have identified Exploring Movie Construction & Production, but this resource is geared more towards film making.
We'd love your feedback on other OER Film Studies resources out there.

The Oregon instructors that I know of are using library resources as course materials for film studies courses: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=film

There is an open textbook to cinema underway from University of Arkansas. Elaine Thornton (oer@uark.edu ) may be able to connect you with the author:
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/moving-pictures-an-introduction-to-cinema

This is a perennial question! I hope that someone creates an open film studies textbook to fill the gap.

The Oregon instructors that I know of are using library resources as course materials for film studies courses: http://openoregon.org/resources/?keyword=film

I have a faculty member who's trying to find OER about diversity and representation in American Cinema. They are particularly interested in regard to gender and sexuality in American Cinema.
I've suggested Moving Pictures: An Introduction to Cinema (Sharman, 2020) and found a couple other OER through the usual searches. Just thought I'd ask here to see if anyone else has suggestions.

On the bottom of my https://library.fvtc.edu/Open I made a Google search box that includes a lot of OER websites I commonly use. From a search I saw a lot in Merlot.
Example resulting links:
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/moving-pictures-an-introduction-to-cinema
II. Representation in Cinema
9. Women in Cinema
10. African Americans in Cinema
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?keywords=theater+and+gender&sort.property=relevance (not all OER)
... One of the Merlot results went to
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-621-theater-and-cultural-diversity-in-the-u-s-spring-2008/

Please see the list of materials one of my film instructor colleagues' is looking to replace. This is for a comparative film genre course taught in the California CC's.

The genre on which my openly-licensed film resource focuses is not on your instructor's list, but perhaps they might consider adding it to their curriculum:
Telling Stories to Save the World: Climate Change in Narrative Film

Graphic Arts

Is anyone using a fabulous Graphic Arts OER? If so, please share with Dan and myself.

Hi Neil, would this one work? https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/digitalfoundations/

Introduction to Art

I have new adjunct professor who is looking for a textbook for her art class and was wondering if anyone can recommend a title/s?. Her class is Introduction to art .If you need more information, I can provide. This is will be her first to use an OER.

I have a couple of faculty who are using and really like this text.
Introduction to Art-082817 ( https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-art-design-context-and-meaning )
One of them couples the above with this text to include elements of equity and inclusion in the course.
Introduction-to-Design-Equity-1547573587 ( https://www.oercommons.org/courses/introduction-to-design-equity-open-textbook/view );

Modern Art

I’m on the hunt for materials for a Modern Art History class (late 19th and 20th century art). From previous listserv conversations I have found these comprehensive texts. Thought I would do another inquiry to see if anything new has come around.

I found this book, which covers the time periods for my Modern Art History course:
Gardner's Art Through the Ages -- however, it's a 2nd edition and was published in 1986: https://archive.org/details/gardnersartthrou02gard/page/n527
While there are more recent editions, they don't cover the time periods that I need to cover in this course. I am also under the impression that if I use Marilyn Stokstad's book (most recent, for example), I can use up to one entire chapter for a reader compilation. Are these correct guidelines for putting together a collection of readings?

Music Appreciation

I have a colleague looking for resources in Music Appreciation. Do you have any recommendations?

There are two OER in use in Oregon that you might want to check out:
Music Appreciation by Ronda Neugebauer, http://cnx.org/contents/fCelrsUo@1.1:fWmMtOTx@8/Rhythm
Understanding Music: Past and Present, https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/arts-textbooks/1/

There is a Music Appreciation course from Central Virginia CC developed by Linda Kobler. You may want to get in touch with her KoblerL@centralvirginia.edu

I am looking for OER in: Music Appreciation

Merlot has a great collection:
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?keywords=music+appreciation&sort.property=relevance

Here is a collection from our corpus. We have a couple more in different stages of harvesting too.

https://commons.libretexts.org/?mode=visual&search=%22Music%20Appreciation%22&library=&subject=&location=all&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=&cid=&sort=random
and there is overlap in just "music" books:
https://commons.libretexts.org/?mode=visual&search=%22Music%22&library=&subject=&location=all&author=&license=&affiliation=&course=&publisher=&cid=&sort=random

Music Fundamentals

I have a faculty member trying to find a music fundamentals text that she's used in the past. I've sent her several that are in pdf form - and she says it was definitely a website.
The text focused on music fundamentals - broke down the basics (not so much music history) and embedded MANY music clips.

Hi Kristin, was it this? http://openmusictheory.com/

Music of the World

I'm working with an instructor who is interested in taking his Music of the World course OER,
and is especially concerned about finding streaming music for students to experience.
He thinks that Naxos is fine for western music, but lacking in non-western music.
We'd be happy for recommendations for OER texts and sources for non-western streaming music!

I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, but here is a free app that allows you to connect with radio stations all over the world.
It's called Radio Garden, and it is a spinning globe that allows you to find radio stations and music in a part of the world you are interested in:
http://radio.garden/

I second Amy's suggestion of Radio Garden- you may get news or talk radio but the experience of exploring is worth it.
Slightly related (or not) is Drive and Listen, a web app that lets you pick live streaming radio stations from around the world paired with dash cam video of the locations,
giving an experience of driving in different cities with the radio on
https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/

Music Theory

I’m having trouble finding good OER materials for a Music Appreciation Course. Suggestions?
Try https://courses.lumenlearning.com/musicapp_historical/ and other similar links in the Lumenlearning.com public course catalog
In case you haven't seen these:
http://cnx.org/contents/R21GFBYj@21.2:8gAhyfRY@23/Sound-Reasoning--A-New-Way-to-
http://cnx.org/contents/fCelrsUo@1.1:fWmMtOTx@8/Rhythm
http://opencourselibrary.org/musc-105-music-appreciation/

Open Music Theory is in use at Portland Community College. Some chapters could be appropriate for a music appreciation course.

Music History

I have an instructor of a large course on the history of popular music looking for OER (or even just publicly available) to use in place of a commercial textbook.

This might be helpful - but most likely does not cover the entire course.
A Quick and Dirty Guide to Art, Music, and Culture
Full Text: https://osu.pb.unizin.org/artandmusicbiographies/

A few weeks ago, I came across this (condensed) book online at the IIP site for the U.S. Dept. of State, https://publications.america.gov/publication/american-popular-music/ . It's a freely available book (not OER and not in the public domain) that's been condensed from its original publication -- but still comes to 100 pages with 12 chapters -- about the history of American popular music. It wouldn't cover the whole course, but might be a viable option for the topic of U.S. popular music?

I forwarded this to our music department chair. Here's his response, FYI:

"This is a condensed version of an older (ten years old) edition of the book we actually require for our course (Starr and Waterman's American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3 (this is a condensed first or second edition, and we are going to use the 5th edition as soon as it arrives in the next week or so). ... It might be suitable for a high school level course, but even that is doubtful, as it is now quite out of date.

The full book runs to over 500 pages, not including appendices and the index, and instead of the extensive photo galleries in this PDF, there are five to six listening guides in every chapter that walk students through a specific recording of a song. The new 5th edition will have a website that provides streaming audio so that students know that they are listening to the music that the book is actually referring to."

I have a member of our music faculty who is interested in adopting a textbook for their American Roots music course.
The following is a brief synopsis of what he'd like this textbook to cover:
Introduces the historical development and musical characteristics of American roots music from its Anglo-Celtic, Hispanic,
African, and Native American roots to the present, including country music, bluegrass, blues, border music, religious,
and folk music. Discusses folk revivals and the significance of songs as social commentary and protest.
Introduces techniques and terminology of musicological research.
Does anybody happen to know of any OER textbooks that fit these criteria?
Thank you so much in advance for any assistance you can provide!

Western Washington University has a Popular Music that is American centered and may be of use to you.
It is on the LibreTexts and is easily remixable as all OER should be.
https://wwu.commons.libretexts.org/book/human-168890

Photography

Can anyone recommend OER that can assist one of our faculty who is looking for materials that cover:
Camera
The basic controls of your camera and what they do
The categories of cameras, and their characteristics, so you can choose the right one for your purpose
The first steps of getting a camera ready, focusing on an image, and adjusting the camera’s settings
Lens
The focal length of a lens. What is the difference between lenses, the longer the focal length, the larger the subject appears.
That a viewer almost always looks at the sharpest part of a photograph first, and you can control your photograph’s sharpness in several ways
Perspective is the impression of depth in a two-dimensional image; we gauge it by the relative sizes of objects, determined by your lens and its distance from your subject.
Light and exposure
The difference between additive and subtractive color systems, the primary colors of each, and their practical applications
How to use a light meter or a histogram to get a picture that is not too dark or too light
The ways light sources and the time of day can affect the colors in your image

Hi Kevin, an instructor at PCC created a playlist of videos covering these topics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKuQbU2stJhlmj-2ATCTPHQG7y55jiWUv

Photo Editing Software

Theater

I'm looking for OER connected to a course focused on 20th Century Theatre, and I'm wondering if any one knows of good resources for either modern drama history, or literature resources that cover things like realism, naturalism, absurdism, etc in ways that touch on theatre. This is another professor that would like to use OER to add a more global perspective (yay!) especially adding resources on theatre in Africa and India.
I have found Theatrical Worlds, and I think that will be helpful, but I'd like to see if there is anything else out there, and I'm having trouble finding resources that give background information on recent theatre history.

I don't know if this exactly hits the mark, but Cleveland State has been working on an interactive book: https://pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu/theater/

Does anyone know of users of this Open Source Theatre textbook?
https://opensourcetheatretextbook.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/its-done/

The SUNY system has several faculty using it, including adopters at SUNY Oswego and Buffalo State College. Our faculty draw from the version available through the Open Textbook Network, which includes reviews from faculty nationwide: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/242

Faculty at Linn-Benton Community College also use this book in TA 147: Introduction to Theater. Here's the entry on Open Oregon's resource page. I'm happy to provide further contact information off list.

I recently discovered this OER called Technical Theater Practicum. After sharing it with our Emerging Theatre Technologies program director, he loved it and also inquired about other OERs like this. He is looking for anything regarding stage lighting, video and audio for theatre, concerts, tv and film.
Anyone have any other OERs like this? I've looked a few key places and did not find anything quite like this. I did contact the author of the above OER for more and I did learn there is an update coming soon. Thanks for your help.

Oops, here is a better link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ibRKS2v_qeQwXuZHKAvb2I0jAn7GwCSM

I sent a bunch of examples to my theater dept/MediaX recently and maybe some of them will be useful to you:
· An Introduction to Technical Theatre
· Exploring Movie Construction & Production: What’s so exciting about movies?
· Theatrical Worlds
· Studying Contemporary American Film - A Guide To Movie Analysis
· European Cinema - Face to Face with Hollywood
· The Revolution In Cinematography Post Production And Distribution
· Actors and the Art of Performance
Not technically OER, but free to use:
· The Show Must Go On! American Theater in the Great Depression (DPLA exhibit)
· Project Gutenberg – One Act Plays bookshelf
· Golden Age of Broadway (DPLA exhibit)
· Shakespeare’s Staging
· Fashion Plate Collection

I'm working with Drama faculty who need OER for an Acting Fundamentals course. Our Library provides access to the Digital Theater Plus database, which has helped somewhat, but I'm having trouble finding open content. Does anyone have any suggestions for this?

Thanks everyone for the acting resources! Here's what was mentioned:
Theatre and Film (Libretext)
Improvisation Recipe Book
Theatrical Worlds
Actors and the Art of Performance
Howlround

A faculty member is looking for a ZTC for:
Diversity in American Theatre
History of Theater

While not exactly aligned with the topics, my OER course Theatre Appreciation might be of interest to the faculty member.
I recently added the syllabus and other materials to OERTX/OER Commons here.

Visual Literacy

Does anybody have any resources for visual literacy?
I really like this TED Ed lesson to remind students that visual literacy is both useful in the arts, but also in real-world situations. https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-art-can-help-you-analyze-amy-e-herman

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