The idea of an open art studio or art mini-course to serve a need above and beyond the regularly scheduled art classes is important and necessary to a school program that is designed to meet the needs of the general intellectual and cultural growth of the child. Describes the art mini-course introduced at the Willow Ridge School in Tonawanda, New…

Utilizing sheets of polyethylene and discarded items from the art room or their homes, sixth-grade students created their favorite personalities. Being able to see through them revealed their true character and individualism. (Editor/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)

Three art activities are described. Intermediate and junior high school students made sculptures from geometric shapes cut from corrugated cardboard; eighth-grade students did freehand drawings using gridiron patterns; and junior and senior high school students studied antique valentines and then made their own. (RM)

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)

Described is an art activity that involved secondary students in studying the history of American Indian wood carving and then making their own totem wooden sculptures. (RM)

Working in small groups, fifth graders designed and made a ceramic title mural that became a permanent display in the school entryway. The project is described. (RM)

Described is a project which made the study of Black history more real to fifth graders by having them make wire jewelry, smaller versions of the ornate filigreed ironwork produced by slave blacksmiths. (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)

Described is an art activity in which sixth graders were asked to draw something that they hear. The children created aural pictures that were truly inventive personal interpretations. (RM)

Slides were used to inspire eighth- and ninth-grade students in a unit on world architecture. The course is described, and a recommended list of print and visual resources is provided. (RM)

Photography programs are available to artistically gifted seniors at New Trier High School. Students can learn camera and darkroom techniques, photographic exposure, and preparation of individual portfolios. One highly effective project used words and numbers as the subject matter for student photographs. (CS)

Describes a year-long, technically-oriented photography/film course developed by the authors for the Newton (Massachusetts) Public Schools. Lists some of the program's objectives, discusses problems of working with chemicals and providing darkroom space, and emphasizes the program's motivational effects. (SJL)

An art project which involved secondary students in painting cars for homecoming is described. Tempera paint was used because it washes off. (RM)

Discussed is the advanced Placement Program in Studio Art, which provides an opportunity for students with above average abilities in art to receive credit for their work in the college or art school of their choice while still in high school. (Author/RK)