Describes an interdisciplinary urban studies project for third graders, in which the children created, ran, and built a model of an imaginary city. (SJL)

Describes three methods for making plaster masks: face casting, styrofoam wig head casting, and balloon casting. (RM)

Experimental printmaking can be exciting, rewarding, and inexpensive. High school students explored four different ways to create relief prints from odds and ends and scrap materials. (RM)

Secondary students utilize a simplified technique to make silk screen prints, which can be printed onto T-shirts. The only materials needed from art suppliers are a few squeegees and a few yards of polyester screen mesh. (RM)

One kind of printmaking that offers nice results with little complication and a minimum of materials is monoprinting with masks. The process is described. (RM)

The basics of four processes--serigraphy, intaglio, lithography, and relief--can be taught with low-cost tools and materials. A secondary-level semester course is described. (RM)

Describes a collage technique which uses styrofoam to obtain a multidimensional image. (SJL)

How high school students used foam to create three-dimensional forms on a large scale is described. The students made sculptures that they wore in a Mardi-Gras celebration. (RM)

Describes a technique for helping high school students make unique light shades using clay, stained glass scraps, and light. (RM)

Two high school art students designed and constructed papier-mache marionettes. Directions for marionette construction are included. (AM)

All ages can enjoy printmaking activities, from a simple glue line relief print to an aluminum foil relief which gives the impression of metal embossing. Projects which can be geared to all levels of elementary education are described. (RM)

Presents four ceramics activities for secondary-level art classes. Included are directions for primitive kiln construction and glaze making. Two ceramics design activities are described in which students make bizarrely-shaped lidded jars, feet, and footwear. (AM)

Describes a high school art activity in creating inflatable sculptures. (SJL)

Instructions are given for a beginning project in mosaic. (SJL)

Describes the process for etching designs onto mirrors. (SJL)