Four art activities are presented. Primary students study "The Family Concert," by Jan Steen (genre painting). Intermediate students analyze "Haymakers, Evening, Eragny," by Camille Pissarro (impressionism). Junior high students study "Girls on a Bridge," by Edvard Munch (expressionism). High school students examine…

Art and literacy experiences can be integrated into the classroom to great effect, and in this book, the author demonstrates that. Interpreting and creating pictorial representations is an important step on the road to literacy, as is experimenting with combinations of symbols and text. When teachers value and support children's symbolic…

This teaching guide gives a brief overview of The Netherlands during Johannes Vermeer's career and describes and discusses his painting "The Girl in the Red Hat." The guide presents illustrations of four of Vermeer's paintings. It suggests activities for elementary school, middle school, and high school. (BT)

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

The author, formerly a Soviet art teacher, describes his technique for combining music and painting. After teaching children the fundamentals of music technique and color, he has them experience a piece of music and paint their reactions. One of several articles in this issue on art teaching in other countries. (SJL)

Describes nine consequences for children who are given the opportunity to work with art teachers. Some of these are that making images provides intrinsic satisfaction; children learn that the images they create can function as symbols; and children's power to conceptualize visual ideas and to use effective means of expressing them increases. (KC)

Focuses on the life and career of Fairfield Porter who was a painter working in the style of Intimist inspired Realist. Provides background information on Porter and examples of his artwork. Describes the exhibit "Fairfield Porter: A Life in Art, 1907 1975." (CMK)

Provides background information on the artistic movement, Expressionism. Focuses on well known artists and describes Expressionist art. Includes art activities and a reproduction of a painting by John Marin. Presents information on Marin's life, career, and an analysis of the painting. (CMK)

Presents a kindergarten art activity in which students create a collage. Explains that students learn about three types of painting and experiment with each one. Discusses how the students created their collages. (CMK)

Provides historical information on the art movement of Precisionism. Includes teaching activities and a reproduction of an artwork, "Conversation: Sky and Earth" (Charles Sheeler). Focuses on the life and career of Sheeler and discusses the content of the painting. (CMK)

Describes an art activity where children create imaginary character sculptures using clay. Discusses how the students created their creatures after first drawing their ideas and then painting their sculptures. (CMK)

Art can be used to enhance core-curriculum subjects. Suggestions are given for using paintings in social studies, science, and language arts instruction. In addition, activities are described that help children develop an interest in art. Resources for art-related materials are given. (IAH)

Describes a lesson that shows high school students a work of art derived from literature, acquainting them with methods an artist can use to present a story in visual form. Students discuss how Anthony van Dyck controlled and manipulated light, color, gesture, and composition in his painting to depict a moment from literature. (LS)

Offers a lesson plan for acquainting students in grades 10-12 with the dimensions of style and technique of still life painting in the United States during the late nineteenth century. Uses William Michael Harnett's "Plucked Clean" to convey concepts of composition. Suggests instructional strategies and outlines a studio activity. (KO)

Three experiments involving 350 college students were conducted, attempting to validate the phonetic (digit-consonant) mnemonic system as a useful strategy and to apply it to learning artwork. Results supported the use of the system, especially in the combined form for "who" and "when" used in Experiment 3. (SLD)