This captivating book celebrates the work of world-class artists who have chosen dolls and handmade figures as their medium of expression. The National Institute of American Doll Artists (NIADA), an organization committed to the highest artistic standards for its peer-elected members, presents the work of 160 artists who have been awarded membership since the group’s founding in 1963.

A stunning array of more than 630 pieces portrays the changing scenery of the art-doll world, from traditional realistic styles to the cutting-edge figurative art of today. These extraordinary, inspiring images are a dynamic testimony for the doll as art.

Hardcover, 8.5″ x 11″, 432 pages

Foreword by Krystyna Goddu

Editor: Shelley Thornton
Designer: Chris Chomick
Publisher: The NIADA Foundation and The Susan Quinlan Museum; 1st edition (September 12, 2009)

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In 2022, a second book NIADA Art Dolls: Continuing the Tradition, was published celebrating the work of 31 artists who have been awarded membership since 2009. A stunning array of more than 125 pieces illustrates the fact that doll art continues to evolve in inventiveness, sensitivity, and skill.