Sources for Information on Creativity

Tera Note: I'd like to extend a personal thanks to Tina Sue Norris for sharing her inspirational and helpful information about creativity with me for the site. Tina gives seminars on Creativity and I wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone looking for an inspirational speaker on the subject.

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Edwards, Betty
Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher, 1979

Drawing on the Artist Within
Edwards, Betty
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986

Drawing with Children
Brookes, Mona
Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher, 1989

Drawing With Older Children & Teens
Brookes, Mona
Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher, 1989

The Creative Artist
Leland, Nita
Cincinnati, O.: F & W Publications,

Whack on the Side of the Head
von Osch, Roger
New York: Warner, Books, 1983

Learning By Heart, Free the Creative Spirit
Ken, Conita & Stewart, Jan
New York: Bantam Books, 1992

Encouraging the Artist in Yourself
Warner, Sally
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991

The Creative Spirit
Goleman, Kaufman & Ray
New York: Dutton, 1992

Creating
Fritz, Robert
New York: Ballantine Books, 1991

Growing Up Creative
Amabile, Teresa M.
New York: Crown, 1989

The Social Psychology of Creativity
Amabile, Teresa M.
New York: Springer-Verlag, 1983

Meet the Artist Matisse
Munthe
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1993

Art For Children Series
Raboff, Ernest
Harper & Row, 1988

Looking at Paintings Series
Jacques Low Visual
New York: 1992

Come Look With Me Series
Blizzard, Gladys S., 1992

The Creative Process
Biondi, A.M.
New York: DOK, 1972

Think With Me About Creativity
Elisner, E.
New York: F.S. Owne, 1964

See the Paintings: Art Appreciation
Brooks, Susan
Modern Learning Press, 1989

No More SecondHand Art
(Awakening the Artist Within)
London, Peter
Shambhala Publications, 1989

The Courage to Create
May, Rollo
W.W. Norton, 1975

The Artist's Way - A Spiritual Path t a Higher Creativity
Cameron, Julia
Putnam Publishing, 1993

Making Room for Making Art
Warner, Sally
Chicago Review Press, 1994

AUDIO TAPES:

Creative Thinking
Mike Vance
Nighingale - Conant

Thomas Moore on Creativity
Moore, Thomas
Sounds True Recordings, 1993

The Zen of Seeing
Handwritten by Frederick Franch
Vintage Books, 1973

If You Want to Write
A Book About Art, Independence & Spirit
Veland, Breada
Graywolf Press, 1987

The Blank Canvas, Inviting the Muse
Audette, Anna Held
Shambhala, 1993

The Art Spirit
Henri, Robert
J.B. Lippincott, 1923

The Universal Traveler
Koberg & Bagnall
Crisp Publications, 1991

The Anti-Coloring Book Series
Striker, Susan
Kimmel, Edward
Holt, Rienhart & Winston
383 Madison Ave., Ny> 10017

KIT: Art Masterpieces
Posters with Nameplates
Current Catalog (for all ages)

Audio Tape: Make the Most of Your Mind
Buzan, Toni

Life, Paint and Passion
Reclaiming the magic of spontaneous expression
Cassou and Cubley
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam
New York, NY 1995

Art and Fear - observations on the Perils and rewards of artmaking
Bayles and Orland
Capra Press - 5th printing 1995

Creativity Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
Csibszentmihalyi, Mihaly
Harbor Collins 1996

Freeing the Creative Spirit
Diaz, Adriana
Harper Collins 1992

Fearless Creating - steps To starting & completing works of art
Maisel, Eric Ph. D.
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam
New York, N.Y. 1995

Think Out of the Box
Vance, Mike
Vance Publishing 1997

Tina Sue Norris
tinadezin@ncweb.com

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