This article analyses the educational possibilities of art installations in the training of future early childhood and primary school teachers. I start by reviewing the origins of installation art before presenting an experience designed for teachers based on the creation of scale models and installation experiences. Scale model installations…

In recent years, disability has become a site for knowledge and artistic creation. In this study, local governments, universities, art museums and non-profit organisations collaborated from 2019 to 2022 to implement an online art project for people with disabilities during the COVID-19 era. The project's goal was to enhance the identity of people…

This article discusses forms of arts-based mediation in museums that use creation as the primary tool in the learning process. We present four mediation experiences based on the arts-based teaching methodologies promoted by the project 'Art for Learning Art'. These experiences have been developed in four museums: the Centre Pompidou Málaga, the…

Students have completed their two-dimensional drawings, paintings, prints or collages, and there they are--in a neat stack on a shelf. They deserve to be shown to the students, fellow teachers, visiting parents and administrators. They need to be matted or mounted, and placed on exhibit in a corridor, hallway or special bulletin board. By matting…

In a time of seemingly rampant budget cuts in the arts in school systems throughout the country, a children's art show reaps many rewards. It can strengthen family-school relationships and community ties and stimulate questions and comments about the benefits of art and its significance in the development of young children. In this photo essay of…

Children from Jewish schools in New York participated in an art exhibit with an environmental theme. (SP)

Author described a show of dissident art held in Moscow on September 29, 1974, and contrasted the government's efforts to control artistic freedom with the determination of Russian artists to resist such imposition. (RK)

This booklet provides the technical information necessary in handling exhibits of paintings, prints, sculpture, tapestries, and artifacts of interest and value to students. It was published in response to widespread interest, by college union staff and students, in the development of good art exhibit programs and permanent art collections. The…

College art education majors, learning basic design and materials approaches suitable for secondary school art programs, designed this approach for grades 7-12. The objectives are: 1) to introduce basic techniques of paper mache; 2) to reinforce structural thinking by building the human head; and 3) to conceptualize and create a life-size…

Discusses the artwork of a Hawaiian artist named Moses who made hats out of paper bags by twisting, crumbling, and other methods. Designs were inspired by a person, event, or idea. Provides a list of project ideas based on the work of Moses. (CMK)

A MORE STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT COULD BE PROVIDED IN MANY IOWA SCHOOLS IF EACH SCHOOL'S ART DEPARTMENT WOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEADERSHIP FOR INTERNAL FACELIFTING PROJECTS. HOWEVER, IN SMALL RURAL SCHOOLS, WHERE SPECIAL ART TEACHERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS MUST FILL THIS VOID BY BEING CREATIVE AND…

This article came about as the result of a chance meeting of the author, Anthony Paskell with Bob Aller, (a West Coast artist) and the remarkable experience that evolved. Mr. Aller held a series of art sessions on various Indian Reserves, all based on his unique approach to the teaching of Art (and art-related experiences)--a non-teaching…

Raises a number of interesting questions about the relationship between controversial contemporary art and school art. Briefly summarizes the reactions of several groups of teachers and students after attending a controversial exhibit. Concludes with some recommendations for bridging the gap between the two art worlds. (MJP)

Presents an interview with Dr. William R. Detmers, an exhibiting artist and teacher for over 30 years. Dr. Detmers discusses the changing conceptions of both the forms and purposes of art, his own artworks, and the symbiotic relationship between exhibiting and teaching. (MJP)