SELECTED ART SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND NORTHERN IRELAND WERE SURVEYED TO DETERMINE THEIR CURRENT TEACHING APPROACHES TO IMAGERY. DATA COLLECTION INVOLVED (1) PERSONAL VISITS, (2) DISCUSSIONS WITH STUDENTS, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATORS, (3) AN EXTENSIVE EXAMINATION OF WORKS OF ART BY STUDENTS AND ARTIST-TEACHERS, AND (4) A REVIEW…

This article examines the purposes of art education. It contends that the spontaneity, novelty, and self-expression characteristic of the child-art period leaves most people with little or no understanding of art. Concludes that the new "art appreciation" approach must be examined to ensure that it meets its goals. (Author/BSR)

Based on a full-color reproduction of Henry Fuseli's 1781 painting, "The Nightmare," the purpose of this lesson is to introduce a painting that presents a pioneering idea about the nature of dreams, and to help students understand how a masterpiece often points to new directions in thought and beliefs. (JDH)

A student arts festival that involved elementary and secondary students in drawing with chalk on a city block in New York City is described. Portraiture, cartoons, landscapes, abstractions, and inventive personal logos filled the huge canvas of the street in a virtual smorgasbord. (RM)

Article gives the outline for materials, equipment, and the process for children to make prints in art class. (GB)

Article discusses the technique of drawing on raw film in order to make a movie without a camera. (GB)

Teacher uses gesture drawing as a base for a design unit. (GB)

Article is a demonstration lesson in clay modeling techniques. (GB)

By making masks students learn to utilize found materials and explore sculpture and symmetry. (GB)

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

By beautification of their educational surroundings students make their learning experience more stimulating. (RK)

Students created designs using a chisel pointed lettering pen point on fingerpaint paper. (SP)

The residents of Toyohashi, Japan, believe that art should be a community project. Once a year, for two days, the city's largest park becomes a fantasy land created by the children of Toyohashi. (Author)

The article describes a group formed by a guidance counselor and art teacher concerned with meeting the needs and problems of artistically gifted high school students. (PHR)