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

Article is a description of a project in which university student artists, placed in public elementary and high schools, practiced their crafts in view of pupils, and were available to talk with pupils, but did not act as teachers. (RW)

Sciences fair season is a time when seasoned non-science teachers typically give up all hope of cramming any more knowledge into the heads of their students. It's just too much. However, non-science types might be missing out on a pretty good deal. The science department has got these kids in a pretty tight grip as far as the process and the…

Art teacher Linda Popp and artist H. Ed Smith team up to teach about creating sculptural clocks. This lesson shows how a portrait can be created using various media. Students based projects on someone in their lives they have known for a long time. This sculptural problem was part of a series of portrait and self-portrait lessons with a high…

The purpose of this article is to explore the relationships among art, language, and communication through the use of children's art books in early childhood teaching. By children's art books, meaning books for children that serve as contexts for reproductions of artworks, are stunning works of art themselves, engage the curiosity and thinking of…

This article describes a joint effort between a mathematics educator and a middle school art teacher who wanted their students to experience first hand how construction works in the real world. It starts with students designing and building scale models for a large inflatable item in which they display their art and extends to building the…

Described how art had not only become important in beautifying a drab housing complex, but had also stimulated students toward a more positive use of their free time. (Author/RK)

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)

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)

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

Several different classes share the responsibilities of putting on a show with marionettes. (GB)

Describes how to make puppets out of styrofoam balls. (GB)

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