Selected Print Directories, Indexes and Catalogs

(All of these will be found in the UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries: http://www.lib.unc.edu/)

African-American Arts Directory. Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Arts Council, [1986?]

The Arts and Crafts in North Carolina 1699-1840/ James H. Craig. Winston-Salem: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1965.
This major work, drawn from primary sources such as newspapers and court records, includes a section on artists (pp. 1-11) but is primarily devoted to artisans, architects, and craftsmen.

Arts in America: a bibliography / Bernard Karpel, editor. Washington: Published for the Archives of American Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979.
Includes numerous entries for North Carolina; see index volume under North Carolina or under individual artists.

The Cherokee artist directory Cherokee, N.C. : Museum of the Cherokee Indian in collaboration with the North Carolina Arts Council and the Cultural Resources Division of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, [2001]

Cumberland County artists' directory. [Fayetteville, N.C.] : Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, 1984

The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies portraits, 1795-1868 / Joseph K.L. Reckford. 1981.

Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Edited by William S. Powell. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1991.

Encyclopedia of American folk art / Gerard C. Wertkin, editor. New York: Routledge, 2004.
A comprehensive guide to folk artists, including NC artists (no index by state.)

Folk artists biographical index / George H. Meyer, editor. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., c1987.
Includes an index by state, and entries for approximately 60 NC artists.

Guide to the Index of early southern artists and artisans / Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. New York, N.Y.: Clearwater, 1985. NCC and Microforms.

Handcrafted in the Blue Ridge: discovering the crafts, artisans, and studios of western North Carolina / Irv Green and Andrea Gross. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, c1997. NCC.

Museum of American Folk Art encyclopedia of twentieth-century American folk art and artists / Chuck and Jan Rosenak. New York: Abbeville Press, c1990.
Includes an index of artists active in NC, biographical information and illustrations.

Native-born noted living American fine artists (painters & sculptors). Extract 34-NC Noted living American fine artists (painters & sculptors) who were born in North Carolina. Kent, Wash.: NGResearch/Chromotechnics, [1984?]

The New-York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America, 1564- 1860. / George C. Groce and David H. Wallace. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1957.

North Carolina artists and craftsmen. North Wilkesboro, N.C.: Wilkes Art Guild, 1974?] NCC.

The North Carolina portrait index, 1700-1860. Compiled by Laura MacMillan. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press [1963.]

North American women artists of the twentieth century : a biographical dictionary / edited by Jules Heller and Nancy G. Heller. New York : Garland, 1995.
Also available on NetLibrary.

North Carolina touring artist directory. Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Arts Council. NCC.

Self taught, outsider, and folk art: a guide to American artists, locations and resources / Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johanson. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., c2000.
An updating of Sellen's 1993 work, this guide includes a directory to galleries and art centers, major exhibitions, publications, and museums in addition to biographical information on artists.

Southeastern native arts directory / Nadema Agard-Smith. Bemidji, MN: American Indian Studies Press of Bemidji State University, c1993. NCC.

Southern Arts Federation regional Black arts directory. Atlanta, Ga.: Southern Arts Federation, c1983. NCC and Art Library.

St. James guide to Black artists / Thomas Riggs, editor. Detroit, MI : St. James Press, c1997.

20th century American folk, self taught, and outsider art / Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johanson. New York : Neal-Schuman, c1993.

250 years of Afro-American art : an annotated bibliography / Lynn Moody Igoe with James Igoe. New York : Bowker, 1981.
See also the updated edition on cd-rom, African-American artists on disc. New York : G. K. Hall & Co., c1999.

Western North Carolina artists-directory, 1993-1994. [Asheville, NC: Artists Trust, 1994?] NCC.

Who Was Who in American Art. 2nd edition. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1999.

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Last Updated: Friday, March 31, 2006