Some teaching ideas for promoting art appreciation in children. (SJL)

Explains how senior high school students increased their ability to critically analyze the visual images that bombard them daily through television by making a videotape which involved the students in critiquing the paintings of Francis Silver. (JDH)

Provides a visual analysis of Wayne Thiebaud's painting of a San Francisco street scene, "Corner Apartments (Down 18th Street)." Identifies key concepts, provides a brief biography, and suggests four elementary level and five secondary level follow-up activities. (JDH)

Upper elementary students visited an exhibit of nude sculpture. Most of the children reacted in a mature way. Activities were used to prepare children for this art appreciation experience. (AM)

Article discusses the sculptures on the campus of Princeton University and includes some interesting photographs. (GB)

Specially prepared exhibits can teach concepts about art and perception. (DS)

Questions and answers show how art experiences develop positive attitudes. (MF)

Discusses the use of film programs developed by art museums to increase elementary-level student appreciation of art. Films can be used to provide a frame of reference for museum visits. Twenty films which are helpful in preparing children for art museum field trips are listed. (AM)

Discusses the potential for cooperation between schools and art museums and examines the use of visual materials in the classroom. Surveys show that teachers normally use nonprint visual materials only to make their classrooms attractive or to illustrate information. Museum experiences can enrich student visual imagery and appreciation of art. (AM)

Tells how a third grade class built a geometric papier-mache sculpture with inexpensive materials. (GB)

Article describes a field trip taken by the Willow Ridge Elementary School Art Club. (GB)

Mead Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, displays private art collection at two elementary schools in Palo Alto, California, to provide children with an exposure to high quality painting. (DS)

There is a natural progression from making single objects to creating sculpture. By modeling the forms of objects like funnels and light bulbs, students become aware of the quality of curves and the edges of angles. Sculptural form in architecture can be understood as consistency in the forms. (CS)

Describes the production of the television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" in which Mister Rogers tours an art museum. The program was designed to give primary school children informal, meaningful experiences with art. The children looked at eight pictures, discussed their reactions, identified familiar objects, and played games. (AM)

Author describes a successful venture of a school art gallery and the relationship of painting to sculpture. (GB)