During her career as a public university teaching assistant, Ting Fang (Claire) Chien observed many students who were not enrolled in an art degree program ("non-art-major students") struggle with studio art projects. As a result, she developed the Daily Life Object Project (DLOP) to show these students that art is connected to and…

The ambiguous identity of the digital media field, the ubiquity of media, and rapid and persistent technological change and innovation pose inimitable challenges for academic programs in digital media. Digitization of media is an underlying impetus for today's rapid innovation that compels related academic programs in higher education to…

This article presents a selective review of the literature on cross-cultural art studies, with the aim of identifying their commonalities. The article includes a specific cross-cultural case study, the Art Lunch Project, which the author attended as a representative of Turkey, that aims to exchange practical teaching experiences. The participants…

Programs were offered for fine arts students, 14-18 years old, in nine areas: orchestra, ballet, modern dance, acting, creative writing, mime, painting, printmaking, and photography. Guest artists also participated. The effect of the summer session upon the work of the students is easily recognizable. (RM)

Describes the National Arts and Presidential Scholars Awards programs, ARTS (Arts Recognition and Talent Search), a competition open to high school students who are high achievers in the visual arts, dance, music, theater, and writing. Some award-winning artwork of 1981 illustrates the article. (Author/SJL)

The arts are advocated not because they help children learn basic skills, but because the skills that are developed through the arts are basic to the complete growth of every human being. (Author/IRT)

Discusses how six fundamental goals of education are attainable through education in the arts. An elementary teacher education training program designed to produce teachers who are effective at incorporating arts into general education is described. (AM)

Fine Arts Career Education (FACE) in Columbus, Georgia, provides high school students with experience in music, the visual arts, theater/dance, and writing through a combination of classroom learning and placement with volunteer artists in the community. This description is part of a theme issue on arts career education. (SJL)

This monograph, part of an ongoing series, discusses the need for school arts programs and provides some examples of how the arts can be infused into the regular curriculum at the elementary level. Support systems for such programs are also discussed. Properly conceived, the arts constitute a great integrating force in the curriculum. To achieve…

This article describes the philosophy, organization, and funding of the New Jersey State Teen Arts Program, a statewide model arts-in-education project which offers all New Jersey teenagers a chance to meet working artists and to actively participate in an interdisciplinary arts experience through annual state and county festivals. (SJL)

Part of series which emphasizes the need for K-12 school arts programs, this monograph describes joint projects of artists, teachers, and students. Creative collaboration between artists and the schools can take many forms. The artists involved may be professionals, amateurs, parents or community members, local university or high school students,…

This guide provides an overview to programs under the Elementary And Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. These laws are the basis for most federal funding for the nation's schools. The guide is a layered document with information at a glance, as well as links to more detailed information…

Describes the development and present activities of the Louisiana arts slide library which includes nearly 300 complete sets of slides for efficient delivery of fine arts and culture education to the schoolrooms of the state. (CMV)

A unique educational partnership that could lead to a breakthrough in curriculum design. (Editor)

The new University of the Arts was created by the merger of the Philadelphia College of Art and the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts. An increasing interchange among art disciplines is seen, but each student must also take liberal arts courses. (MLW)