{"product_id":"wampanoag-art-for-the-ages-traditional-and-transitional","title":"Wampanoag Art for the Ages, Traditional and Transitional","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book is an Eric Hoffer award finalist for excellence in indie publishing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWampanoag Art for the Ages, Traditional and Transitional\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the first and only book of its kind. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith interviews of foremost Wampanoag artists accompanied by 80 color photos, the book looks at the lifeway of this Algonquian Cape Cod tribe which greeted the first colonists, through its arts. Starting in the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewetu\u003c\/i\u003e  (home) the book goes on to look at pottery, wampum, clothing, adornment, matting, twining, finger weaving, contemporary arts and painting, and more -- with Wampanoag creators including: Annawon Weeden, Ramona Peters (Nosapocket), Elizabeth and Jonathan James-Perry, Julia Marden, Robert Peters, Emma Jo Mills Brennan, and Mother Bear. The book includes an appendix of where to see some of the works of art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAuthor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLee Roscoe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e beautifully articulates the tribe's spiritual and material lifeways through their arts. She had access to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etribe's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eartists thanks to her  years of activism, spearheading the saving of hundreds of acres land, some sacred to the tribe, organizing thousands of signatures in favor of the tribe's federal recognition, and writing  numerous articles about the tribe for \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProvincetown Arts\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Cape Cod Times, Journal of the Genealogical Society of Cape Cod, The Cape Cod Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e, etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLee \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis a longtime journalist, covering arts, science, history and hard news, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecurrently a correspondent for \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtscope\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProvincetown\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cwbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emagazines.\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe is a Woods Hole Ocean Journalism fellow, an awarded environmentalist, and playwright of dramas including \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Mooncusser's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, a Cape Cod radio drama, and the film \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDreams from a Planet in Peril\u003c\/em\u003e. Cape Cod Museum of Art's director calls the film, \"an important piece of art.\" Her work has often been supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat people are saying about\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWampanoag Art for the Ages:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"That human element is the book's key stroke of genius: on page after page, we see the faces and hear the stories of the men and women who are keeping the native arts alive, bringing them into the modern moment with a loving combination of tradition and innovation.\" - \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Martha's Vineyard Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"At a time when our country's museums are reevaluating their offerings and the status of importance given to artists from the North American continent over the past 350+ years, Lee Roscoe's timely book uses the creative history of the Wampanoag Tribe to advocate for greater inclusion of past, present and future indigenous art in their collections.\" - \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrian Goslow\u003c\/strong\u003e, managing editor \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtscope Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Lee Roscoe presents an illuminating look at Wampanoag art across the centuries to current times. Her text celebrates the creativity of the Native peoples of Massachusetts with valuable insight and words from Native creators.\" - \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSarah Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e, Executive Director, Cahoon Museum of American Art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Lee Roscoe should be commended for creating a beautiful, meaningful book (itself a work of art), which is unique, the first of kind, that's been very much needed for a long time -- to show so many of our wonderful native artisans' excellence --that they are still doing these things (such as creating wetus and pottery) with class and skill.\"    - \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEarl Mills\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Sachem ttoo-euWamp-si kuk. 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