Author discusses her experience and findings during a trip to africa. (RB)

Author suggested that through cultural exchange people of the United States and China may come to have more respect and appreciation for each other. He discussed a recent exhibition of Chinese archaeological finds that circulated in the United States and the rest of the world. (Author/RK)

Mayor of Baltimore states need to integrate art with environment. (SP)

Generalized tribute by Nelson Rockefeller to the humanizing influence of art. (SP)

Early in the eighteenth century, Pompeii was discovered, a city that had been hidden for sixteen centuries by volcanic lava. There is a traveling exhibition of the sculptures, friezes, mosaics, and paintings being shown around the United States. Described is the history and contents of "Pompeii--A.D. 79." (RK)

Explains how senior high school students increased their ability to critically analyze the visual images that bombard them daily through television by making a videotape which involved the students in critiquing the paintings of Francis Silver. (JDH)

Provides a visual analysis of Wayne Thiebaud's painting of a San Francisco street scene, "Corner Apartments (Down 18th Street)." Identifies key concepts, provides a brief biography, and suggests four elementary level and five secondary level follow-up activities. (JDH)

Young children were shown art reproductions and asked what they thought about them. Quotes are provided; the reproductions viewed are also included. (RM)

Article discusses the photography of Paul Strand and describes an exhibition of some abstract expressionists. (GB)

Suggests that, in a classroom, lead can be used to produce similar creative results without the expense or noise of copper. (RB)

Describes how two approaches to learning in art--art history and art criticism--can enable high school students to learn a great deal about, and from, a work of art. The article also discusses what an art historian does and then compares this to what a critic does. (AM)

Adolescents need classroom assignments which require their interaction with a work of art. Learning activities which will help students find meaning in art are described. (RM)

Article has excellent photographs of various forms of African Art and includes detailed descriptions. (GB)

The author is an art teacher who feels that art should be considered an integral skill in subject matter. She illustrates how each grade in the Fenn School used art successfully in its culminating unit. (Author/NP)

Describes an approach for teaching art appreciation in elementary art classes in which the teacher does not tell students what they should see in a picture but asks them what they could see. As an example, how second graders discussed and told stories about the picture "American Gothic" is described. (AM)