Author discusses the various uses of paper as an art material. (GB)

Aim of lesson was to create painted papier-mache forms inspired by polished stones. (DS)

Discusses one teacher's creative ideas to greet parents at the annual back-to-school night. (NL)

Discusses the aesthetic experience of working with fused glass. Offers suggestions for lamination, firing, experimenting with texture and shape, decoration, modular construction and how they can be applied to a High School curriculum. (RB)

An art class discovers a new way to use colored tissue paper. (SP)

Article describes and illustrates elementary students' paintings on 2 x 2 slides, using felt tip pens and drawing inks as well as paints to achieve experimental effects. Slides were then viewed through a projector. (PD)

Directions are given for the preparation, cutting, and printing of a gesso board. A gesso cut is defined as a board coated with gesso into which a design has been impressed. The process is similar to the woodcut, but offers greater textural possibilities. (BF)

Five versatile basic backgrounds for bulletin boards are described. Many different options are suggested when using a sun, calculator, monkey, roller skate, or elephant as the basis for the bulletin board. (JMK)

The author describes the basic materials and processes needed for a student project in planographic and incised relief printing with plasticine, and gives some hints for adapting this project to different elementary grade levels. (SJL)

The author gives step-by-step procedures for a screen printing project that teaches color mixing to young children. (SJL)

Process of making a photogram is described. Shadow image appears when photographic paper is exposed to light. Design depends on imagination. Materials include low-watt red lightbulb as safelight, number 3 photographic processing paper, and 25 watt bulb for light. Chemicals needed are developing solution, stop bath, fixer, and water. (SA)

One way students can be made more aware of their American heritage is through the visual arts program. Explains how elementary school students at the Reed School in the City of Ladue, St. Louis, Missouri, recreated the past in celebration of our nation's Bicentennial. (Author/RK)