Described is the process of firing clay pottery through the use of a charcoal kettle grill, an inexpensive alternative to the kiln. (KC)

Describes a lesson in sculpture using the drape-mold method. Provides instructions for making the drape molds and the directions given to students. Briefly outlines the steps students went through to create various objects such as teapots, pitchers, vases, and cookie jars. Notes students' responses to the project. (DSK)

Activities that integrate the fine arts into the regular curriculum for grades kindergarten through twelve are presented. These activities were developed by five Oklahoma school districts participating in a one-year inservice program of study and involvement in the arts. Brief descriptions of programs and background information on participating…

Using the rub-out process to draw the human head, students begin with drawings that are initially executed in dark tones. The process calls for the student to rub out the pure white areas, building the image by showing the light that strikes the face. (RM)

Procedures for silkscreening t-shirts are provided. Students of all ages are delighted to design and print their own images, and they get to wear the results. (RM)

Slide art is luminous. It appeals to students of all ages and abilities and is inexpensive. Describes the four ways to make slide art: direct drawing, block-out technique, mixed media, and polarizing slides. (CS)

Born in Sweden in 1929, Claes Oldenburg was brought to the United States as an infant and raised in Chicago (Illinois). Oldenburg came of age artistically in the early 1960s with the pop art generation. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated the power of the imagination to transform the everyday environment. This teaching guide gives an…

Educators are familiar with working together to produce curriculum packages, to team teach a unit, to host a parent event, to put on a school-wide concert, or to plan a conference. Collaboration in art education as presented in this publication is a team effort that is slightly different and beyond ordinary collaboration. Collaborative art-making…

The artist experiences the world and extracts from it elements that have worth. The study of art is a training in perception. Children should be introduced to works of quality and should be encouraged in their own artistic activity because art educates their responsiveness to values. (CS)

Ways in which story telling can relate to visual images are suggested. Questions about Matisse's "The Thousand and One Nights" are provided as an example. Instructions for selecting a story and illustrating it through paints, collage, or cutouts are also included. (KC)

Describes four art activities for elementary secondary art classes and one for a methods course. Students redraw a photograph in realistic, abstract, and nonobjective styles; create three-dimensional geometric shapes with paper; draw a portrait of their teacher; use tissue paper to make collages; and do self portraits. (AM)

An activity called "Concrete Sculpture in the Community" proved to be an outstanding educational and mainstreaming opportunity for interaction between handicapped and nonhandicapped students. During the course of the project, the students learned about handicapping conditions and discovered each other's strengths and limitations. (SW)

Gives a step-by-step demonstration and explanation of the thermo-etch process, an intaglio print process which uses a heated stylus to draw on plastic plates. (Author/SJL)

This first of a two-part series presents basic definitions and teaching ideas on landmarks, which were developed by a funded project at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. (SJL)

Described are the methods and materials for an introductory sculpture experience in the Bauhaus foundation program. Bauhaus, a German art school founded in 1918, stressed science and technology as major resources for art and architecture. Hand-held sculptures were created to increase tactile sensitivity and three-dimensional spatial concepts. (KC)