The economic state of California is representative of the larger financial health of the United States. The budget cuts and the faltering status of art education in public schools has contrasted much of the rhetoric and statistics for art education and employment in the visual arts. Yet, contemporaneously, California has also witnessed the largest…

What could video games bring to a K-12 visual arts curriculum? Overby and Jones were skeptical about incorporating gaming and virtual worlds into the classroom, but watching their own children engaging in the video game Minecraft changed their perception. As they started researching the game and how these kids were operating within the space, they…

When used effectively, feedback promotes student ownership in artmaking by encouraging students to inject originality, persist, and improve. Feedback from teacher, self, and peers can also provide students with motivation. In this article, the author explores her students' understanding of the idea of ownership, observes how feedback…

Facing the era of globalization, culturally responsive art teachers must recognize that students' home culture, including local artistic expression, is inevitably influenced by global forces. They should strive to engage with students systems and issues of globalization and its impact on their community culture and art. In this article, the author…

Research about K-6 generalists, elementary, preservice majors in teacher education programs often emphasizes students who are resistant to art methods courses, although Galbraith (1991) and Gibson (2003) found some elementary majors held positive views about art methods courses. In addition, instructors who are frustrated by students who respond…

Numerous forms of visual culture have not been addressed as valid content in traditional high school curricula until recently, resulting in missed opportunities for engagement in meaningful learning. To understand better the aesthetic responses of urban adolescents, the author conducted a qualitative case study with the high school students in her…

Shortly after the author began teaching at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), Frances Hawthorne, one of the studio faculty, approached her to work on a community-based art project with students. Frances is a social justice artist who works collaboratively with marginalized groups such as the homeless and inmates at the…

Article recounted a brief conversation from notes taken at the July meeting of the 1975 World Congress of INSEA-UNESCO. The author talked with Dr. Boris Yusov, a leading Russian art educator, and Dr. Vera Alexeeva, a lecturer and author on art appreciation. (Author/RK)

The relationship between art and life is discussed in an interview with Christo Javacheff, a conceptual artist. The need for art educators to concentrate less on motivation, achievement and subject matter, and more on the dynamic quality of experience in the present is emphasized. (RW)

Presents an interview with Black educator, Elma Lewis, founder of the National Center for Afro-American Arts. The interview covers Lewis' early childhood education, family background, and Black cultural background. Lewis describes her vision for the Afro-American Center, its current financial problems, and her perception of the role of art in…

In contemporary society, what, why, and how students come to gain knowledge and understandings of art defies traditional boundaries. In part, this is because of the prevalence of many forms of popular visual culture. In this article, the authors present three vignettes that demonstrate the ways in which three young children created connections…

This article describes six types of photographs: (1) descriptive; (2) explanatory; (3) interpretive; (4) ethically evaluative; (5) aesthetically evaluative; and (6) theoretical. Notes that these categories overlap and that a photograph will fit into several categories simultaneously. (JDH)

This article describes how an international student viewed her United States preparation in art education after returning home to work as an artist. (JDH)

Presents an interview with Black artist Jacob Lawrence. He comments on the role of the artist and art in society, the value of the creative experience, and the influence of Harlem and Africa on his work. (AM)

Ralph Beelke served the National Art Education Association (NAEA) as Executive Secretary and President; he was closely associated with the growth of a professional and organizational consciousness among art educators. In this interview, Beelke discusses his interest, trends, changes and work in art education, and the forming of the NAEA.…