Teacher discusses how string pictures can stimulate a student's creative imagination and perception. (GB)

Presents five activities that combine art and biology skills: (1) creating a work of art based upon microscopic observations; (2) collecting patterns found in or on or produced by organisms; (3) making bio-sculptures; (4) creating a creature; and (5) visually expressing an organism or biological concept. (DC)

Author opposes art and craft as currently practiced in many schools. He sees it as a means of helping children come to terms with, and extend, their own personal experience. He wants this conception taken seriously in schools. (Editor/RK)

This lesson plan introduces students (grades four-six) to Creole New Orleans architecture exemplified by "Sun Oak" in the Faubourg Marigny section of the city. Students will learn architectural terms; use line and shape in relation to architectural details; discuss why buildings work architecturally; and draw an historic building using…

The authors of this article pose the question, "Did any artist ever use 'Algebra'?" Recently, a cohort of 24 pre-service teachers attending a southwestern university in the USA discovered the answer to this question. Serving as the rationale to this cross-curricular exploration was the fundamental notion that integrating the arts into one's…

Like other states, Idaho faces increasing numbers of youth considered at risk for becoming a detriment to society. Some communities are looking to the arts as a way to help young people channel their energies positively. In 1993 and 1994, the Idaho Commission on the Arts wanted to test the idea that artists working with first-time juvenile…

This teaching guide introduces students to early 20th century European and American art. Through critically viewing and discussing art images and participating in related activities, students are encouraged to explore the historical and cultural context within which the art was created. This guide includes background information and an overview…

Art education has traditionally played an important role in the Swedish preschool. The subject includes a variety of activities, and different aims have been stressed from both aesthetic and pedagogical points of view. This study sought to describe and analyze how preschool teachers work with children in art activities. The investigation used a…

Adult students enrolled in day and evening drawing classes can be introduced to two-dimensional composition through an exercise that combines the thumbnail sketch and the big-to-small principle. The exercise is composed of five steps and simple self-evaluation criteria that help students determine whether they understood and achieved the steps.…

Described are activities used in an interdisciplinary arts program with moderately and severely/profoundly mentally retarded, perceptually impaired, emotionally disturbed, and physically handicapped students. Objectives and procedures are discussed for activities dealing with bodies (including body tracing), visual and poetic circles, textures,…

This curriculum guide presents fourteen student activities for use in integrating career education into senior high school art classes. The activities are written in support of five broad objectives: to develop a positive attitude toward self, to develop decision making skills, to develop interpersonal skills, to clarify the meanings of school and…

This annotated bibliography contains about 50 books dating from 1960 through 1974 that deal mainly with art history. Many of them state the motives and ideas expressed by various artists and the techniques employed in the construction of each work of art. The books can easily be adapted to a social science program or used in an art appreciation…

Presented are several approaches to motivate students who are reluctant to get involved in art projects: experimental, creative competition, mechanical, utilitarian, complementary (interdependent), illusory, rhythmical, and the creatures and caricature approach. (KC)

Discusses an exploration of depth in landscape painting using Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" as an example. Used computer drawing software for children to allow students to create their own interpretations of "Starry Night" while exploring means of portraying depth in two-dimensional art. (DSK)