Reviews research on high-ability art students' perceptions of talent, themselves, their families, and schools; gender issues in art talent development; and a case study of intervention with one artistically talented student. Makes recommendations for further research to guide education for high-ability art students. (SK)

Addresses critical aesthetic issues and concerns brought about by the advent of digital media. Utilizing a philosophical approach investigates the ways that computer-mediated art challenges existing Western aesthetic theory. Focuses on feminist aesthetic theory as a framework for reevaluating aesthetic concepts and criteria. (DSK)

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 book presents information about 10 areas of design, with the main emphasis on graphic design. One section presents the creative problem solving process and provides practice in using this process to solve design problems. Students are given a glimpse of other areas of design, including fashion, industrial, architectural, decorative,…

The Urban Arts program uses community resources to bring the arts and artists to the schools and also to send students out to the studio, concert hall, stage, and museum. (Author/IRT)

The arts can provide new modalities for general learning for the handicapped. (Author)

This is an enthusiastic record of a mix for the arts which show-cased 'living art' practiced by representatives of a variety of racial groups, an opening curtain to a drama of social/art interaction in community survival. (Author/RK)

A 2 1/2-DAY CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO EXPLORE AND ASSESS THE PROMISE OF A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF EXPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE ARTS. TEN WELL-KNOWN ARTIST-TEACHERS AND 10 WELL-KNOWN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS WERE INVITED. AS PRACTITIONERS THEY HAD OPERATED AS ARTISTS AND AS TEACHERS, OR AS SCIENTISTS WHO HAD DEALT WITH THE ARTS OR EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DOING…

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…

One in a series of over 50 similar listings relating to handicapped and gifted children, the bibliography contains 99 references selected from "Exceptional Child Education Abstracts" in the area of arts and crafts. The following information is provided for each entry (which includes research reports, conference papers, journal articles, texts, and…

The results of an intensive study of sixth graders' perceptions about art are presented. It is increasingly apparent that students and their variations in perception, preferences, individual aptitudes, styles, personalities, and traits influence instruction and its outcomes as much as does the teacher. (RM)

If art reflects, transmits, and extends human culture, studio art should be taught in a socially conscious manner. A theoretical foundation and practical suggestions for implementing a socially-defined studio curriculum in art are presented. (RM)

The role of festivals in the expression of a culture is discussed. In the western world festivals have been acknowledged and documented since early times. It is only recently, however, that artistic elements of this universal behavior pattern have been emphasized. Some festivals designed to educate young people are described. (RM)

Guidelines for talking about art with elementary students are presented. A critical factor in developing children's art talk experiences is an organized, well rounded, and well developed plan that recognizes the differences between talk about student art and more general talk about professional art. (RM)