This issue of School Arts is devoted entirely to young artists around the world, grades K-12. (Editor)

A unit on Afro-American art was developed as part of the Reading Enrichment Art Development program. Elementary students from the program were concentrating on the concept of pattern in language. The unit was designed to reinforce this understanding via the reverse-fold pleating process used in a Nigerian tie-dye project. (AM)

This student artist's handbook uses drawings and diagrams to demonstrate the basic structure, proportions, and expressive nature of the human form from an artist's point of view. Emphasis is placed upon the relationship of mass to movement. Drawings of the figure in action reveal the rhythmic relationship of muscles and their effect upon surface…

This study uses data from the 1985 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) to explore the composition of the audience for art museums and art galleries in the United States. Organized into four parts, part 1 reports that when asked if they had visited an art museum or art gallery in the 12 months preceding their 1985 SPPA interview, 22…

This paper is directed at performing arts managers interested in developing marketing techniques in order to expand the audiences for their performances. The paper outlines a model of the process by which an individual progresses from lack of interest in the performing arts to active participation and interest. The model that describes this…

Article described Art Day, a project involving students who shared with and taught each other providing themselves with a valuable educational experience. (Author/RK)

Summarized is a seminar on the role of the arts in the education of the disadvantaged. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Program of the U.S. Office of Education and organized by the education director o f the Brooklyn Museum, the conference was oriented toward action projects and programs. Seminar participants discussed art education, the nature…

This paper examines the role of visual arts in student creativity development and gives guidelines for using a comprehensive visual arts program which can foster interdisciplinary connections throughout the curriculum. Sections of the paper include: (1) "Visual Arts in Education"; (2) "Visual Arts is a Way to..."; (3)…

Describes the techniques involved in making prints by using sandpaper and crayons. (GB)

Students created and drew sketches for each of the twelve months of the year, which were printed and sold to raise money for class and club activities. (GB)

Article describes how to make puppets from papafin wax. (GB)

Students explore concepts by expressing sounds in their art work. (GB)

Describes a crayon drawing technique in two parts. (GB)

Author describes the materials and steps necessary to create newspaper relief sculptures in an art class. (GB)