The author describes how her eighth-grade class created food packaging designs parodying actual supermarket products. (SJL)

Describes an art project, based on the work of artist Chew Teng Beng, in the molding of wet paper on a plaster cast to create embossed paper designs. The values of such a project are outlined, including a note that its tactile approach makes it suitable to visually handicapped students. (SJL)

Outlines a wood carving project for secondary art students. Includes tips on materials and tool use. (SJL)

Outlines procedures for a junior high art project in making ceramic masks, which may be tied in with the study of mask-making cultures. (SJL)

Twenty-four paper craft projects for elementary school children. (CM)

Since 1997, the author coordinated a large-scale billboard project. Coordinated to coincide with the National Art Education Association's celebration of Youth Art Month, strong commitments from faculty, students, administrators, public-relations liaisons, local press, radio, TV, and community businesses have made this project a success. The first…

In this article, the authors relate how they introduced Pinwheel for Peace project in their classroom to teach about the meaning of peace to their students. The authors chose pinwheel for discussing about peace because it symbolizes simple and joyful childhood things and it is easy to make. Students use paper to make pinwheels. As part of the…

Describes an art project that involved blind secondary students in producing a large piece of sculpture for the terrace of their school. (RM)

With a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, teenage art club members made a 20-foot float called "Bad Seed," which they entered in a parade spoofing the Mardi Gras. It had a purple volcano drooling chartreuse lava while giving birth to a huge dragon. (RM)

The author describes the screenprinting project he uses to begin his high school Printmaking I class and gives detailed instructions, with materials lists and diagrams, for the multicolor screenprinting process. This is one of several articles in this issue on graphic arts projects. (SJL)

Describes an art project in which junior high students are producing a 16mm animated cartoon using stop-action filming of handmade plastic figures on a built-to-scale set. (SJL)

Instructions are given for braiding, a special weaving technique, requiring no loom, which is designed to produce narrow bands such as belts, straps, and wall hangings. (Author/SJL)

Students designed and painted their school's walls in a massive school enlivening project. (Author/RK)

Discussed a process for creating jewelry with inexpensive metals and sand. (RK)

Instructions are given for creating earth dyes in the classroom. These dyes be used in the teaching of social studies, science, and art. A chart listing sources of natural dyes is offered. (DF)