Primary students designed dragons for a billboard advertising activity to promote Youth Art Month. After selecting head, midsection, and tail designs, the students enlarged the drawings for a billboard image. (AM)

Defining montage, the author then sets forth several suggestions for the use and emphases that may serve as guidelines for students engaged in the activity. This is followed with a discussion of materials that may be used and procedures that may be followed. (Editor)

Article describes three types of cameras and briefly traces the development of today's camera. (GB)

The construction of a peep-box satisfies the objectives for art education in Denmark. Ten-year-old students select a theme for their boxes and construct them with a variety of materials. (AM)

Describes a ten-week high school visual arts program. Five incremental drawing assignments dealing with line quality, shapes, conversion from three-dimensional perception to two-, and perspective and distortion of shape are presented. (AM)

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Described is a demonstration to illustrate the storytelling qualities of "clayscapes" and to suggest just one of the innumerable sculptured environments that are possible with clay. Clayscapes are sculptures which are minilandscapes made of clay. (KC)

Examines Eastman Johnson's "The Old Stagecoach," and Winslow Homer's "Snap the Whip" to present key concepts about genre painting. Illustrates how art records cultural change. Instructional resources include a chronology of Johnson's life and suggested activities for elementary and secondary students. Provides reproductions of…

Presents two printmaking lessons for children inspired by master art teacher, Frank Wachowiak. "Repeated Motifs and Designs" uses vegetables and found objects to make prints emphasizing repeat patterns. "Fish Under the Sea" uses white liquid glue to make line prints with strong linear compositions. (LS)

Describes seven art activities for elementary and secondary classes. Activities include making Pueblo Indian-style pottery, casting stained glass designs in plaster, constructing cloth gnome-dolls, making ceramic reliefs of Victorian house facades and dream cars, drawing South American folk art objects, and sewing wearable art. (AM)

Presents learning activities in which student designed and drew motifs related to naturalistic objects such as flowers, animals, or birds. Describes steps by which a flower can be turned into a motif and then into a repeat pattern or overall design. (DB)

Explains an experimental photographic technique starting with a realistic photograph. Using various media (oil painting, video/computer photography, and multiprint imagery) the artist changes the photograph's compositional elements. Outlines the phases of this evolutionary process. Illustrates four images created by the technique. (DB)

Describes a "Visual Arts Day" held in an elementary school in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Art students from Kutztown University create an in-school field trip by coming to the school to display, demonstrate, and discuss their art work. Points out the possibilities for positive dialogue concerning the purposes of art. (KO)

Describes the Advanced Placement (AP) Studio Art Program for high school students committed to studying art. Outlines portfolio requirements, the evaluation process, and depicts student work. (KM)