The concept of innovation and the use of new materials were effectively presented to students through the use of a synthetic foam for sculpture. (Author/RK)

As part of an introductory course in figure drawing, art students spent some time doing portrait studies and profile drawings. When the teacher threw in an ancedote on life masks, it had a double impact. Students learned to better understand underlying bone structure and facial planes and to create a new art product. (Author/RK)

In keeping with the Bicentennial celebration, many art teachers will find themselves "looking back" to crafts of the American past. Dyeing is certainly one that was used extensively and here a professor in a Fine Arts Department details how the process takes place. (Author/RK)

Describes a course in fiber techniques, which covers design methods involving fibers and fabric, that students in the Art Department at Sleeping Giant Junior High School had the opportunity to learn. (Author/RK)

Students in the Creative Crafts class at Franklin D. Roosevelt High School, Brooklyn, New York, learn the medieval Tiffany method of making stained-glass panels. (Author/RK)

For the adventurous teacher and student there is an alternative to the often messy mixing, pouring, casting, cutting, scoring and sanding of plaster of Paris for casting or sculptural projects. Balloon sculpture, devised, designed and shown here by a sculptor/teacher, is an eye appealing sculptural form and holds a strong interest for students.…

Article described a new art course developed to augment the students' experience with three-dimensional materials. (Author/RK)

This article attempted to give some insight into courses designed for non-art majors, who are required to take such courses for elementary certification. (RK)

Students learned to create head forms with clay at a special introductory class in Clay Portrait Sculpture at Vacaville High School, Vacaville, California. (Author/RK)

Eighth grade students at the John Wallace Middle School learned the process of creating a three-dimensional object with soft materials, emphasizing construction and sculptural possibilities rather than the sewing involved. (Author/RK)

In this art activity students are asked to make drawings based on projected images of photographic slides. Teachers can project their own personal slides or the slides of old masters for the activity. It is a unique way to motivate students. (RM)

Ingenuity, imagination, aluminum foil and a few odds and ends have been combined to produce interesting results in junior high school art classes. (Author)