Congdon received her
Ph.D. from the
University of Oregon in Art Education.[8] She has contributed to several books and publications. She contributed several essays about
Día de los Muertos to the book Of Corpse: Death and Humor in Folklore and Popular Culture by
Peter Narvaez.[9] Congdon co-wrote the book Happy Clouds, Happy Trees about
Bob Ross, which was reviewed favorably by the Washington Post.[10] Congdon contributed to the book Cassadaga: The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community.[11] She has spoken and written about feminism in art education and other topics related to women in art.[12][13]
Congdon and Tina Bucuvalas spent five years creating a traveling exhibition which is based on the book Just Above the Water: Florida Folk Art and toured with it in museums all over
Florida, including at the
St. Petersburg Museum of History.[14]
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abDelacruz, Elizabeth Manley (2009). Globalization, art, & education. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association. p. 326.
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^Folk art and art worlds. Vlach, John Michael, 1948-, Bronner, Simon J., American Folklife Center., Washington Meeting on Folk Art (1983). Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press. 1992.
ISBN0874211573.
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^"Kristin Congdon". UCF News - University of Central Florida Articles - Orlando, FL News. Archived from
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^"Oh, Those Fascinating Fish". Sandusky Sunday Register Newspaper Archives, Feb 22, 1987. February 22, 1987. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
^Dewhurst, C. Kurt (1989). "Review of Art in a Democracy". The Journal of American Folklore. 102 (405): 368–369.
doi:
10.2307/540668.
JSTOR540668.
^Holt, David K. (1991). "Review of Art in a Democracy". Studies in Art Education. 32 (2): 117–119.
doi:
10.2307/1320283.
JSTOR1320283.
^Richmond, Stuart (1989). "Review of Art in a democracy". The Journal of Educational Thought. 23 (3): 219–221.
JSTOR23768773.
^Friend, Miles Edward (1994). "Review of Pluralistic Approaches to Art Criticism, , ; Criticizing Art: Understanding the Contemporary". Journal of Aesthetic Education. 28 (4): 102–104.
doi:
10.2307/3333369.
JSTOR3333369.
^Congdon, Kristin G.; Hallmark, Kara Kelley (2012). American Folk Art: A Regional Reference. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
ISBN9780313349362.
OCLC721891434.