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ORR, JEANNE – 1967
SIXTEEN CONSULTANTS WITH DIVERSE BUT RELATED BACKGROUNDS OF EXPERIENCE IN ART AND EDUCATION EXCHANGED IDEAS ON THE MEANING OF ART AND ART APPRECIATION. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY GOALS, CONTENT, MATERIALS, AND EXPERIENCES THAT WOULD ENHANCE THE TEACHING OF ART APPRECIATION. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REACH COMPROMISE AGREEMENTS, AND DIVERSE…
Descriptors: Art, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Materials
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Bureau of Curriculum Development. – 1969
This teaching guide on working with wood suggests methods to introduce young children to experimentation with ready-cut preformed wood pieces, to instruct third and fourth grade children in handling tools and constructing wooden objects, and to direct fifth and sixth grade children in designing more advanced and imagainative projects. For each…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
Hucklesby, Sylvia – 1971
Open education practices are illustrated in this paper in which children's natural interest in the outdoor world is used to outline learning activities which might result from a short nature walk. The teachers' objective is to help the child learn strategies and skills which will enable him to acquire, sort, store and use information, in contrast…
Descriptors: Art Materials, Discovery Learning, Language Arts, Mathematics Materials
Comstock, Charles W., Jr. – 1995
This guide provides practical information for the orderly distribution, collection, and storage of art materials. Hints for working with various media, creating basic art lessons, and managing cleanup procedures are given. The guide includes reproducible worksheets, schedules, charts, and other forms. A final section offers plans for construction…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Class Organization
Matejovsky-Nikoltsos, Catherine – 2001
This paper first gives a historical overview of mosaics, discussing mosaic masks made by the Aztecs and floor mosaics made by the Greeks, as well as the Roman mosaics at Pompeii and the Byzantine decorative mosaics exemplified by those at Ravenna. The paper then elaborates on children's mosaic making observed during research conducted between 1986…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art History, Art Materials
Newman, Susan – Arts & Activities, 2001
Discusses an art activity for fifth-grade students that focuses on the teaching technique called scratchboard. Explains that the subject of the assignment was sunflowers. States that sunflowers make good subject matter for children since the shape is geometric. Addresses how to create the scratchboard sunflowers. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Artists, Educational Strategies
Greenman, Geri – Arts & Activities, 2002
Describes an art lesson for high school seniors in an intermediate oil painting class. Explains that the teacher set up a still life with a ladder, easel, and a stool with a white background to capture the shadows. States that the students painted their still life in oil. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Art Products, Color
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Hopton, Jim – School Arts, 1990
Describes how students incorporated the use of faux finishes in the construction of scenery for a school production of "Cinderella." After researching medieval castles and different types of stone surfaces, students used a sponge printing technique for exterior walls and a marbling technique for columns in the ballroom scene. (GG)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art, Art Education, Art Materials
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Paul, Kenneth – School Arts, 1989
Points out the hazards related to the traditional silkscreening process due to the solvents and other chemicals used. Recounts the author's experience with a safer method of silkscreening using water-based materials. Describes materials needed, points out benefits related to a healthier learning environment, and explains working differences. (LS)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Art Products
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Klawans, Stuart – School Arts, 1990
Explains how artist, Tim Rollins, worked with Kids of Survival, a group of secondary school students in the South Bronx area of New York City, to create large scale art works inspired by Franz Kafka's book, "Amerika." Describes scale, materials used, use of contrasts, and inspiration for these artworks. Suggests similar art activities…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art Expression
Carnes, Jim, Ed. – Teaching Tolerance, 1994
The author lists 40 resources intended for use by either elementary or secondary school students and teachers that examine cultural diversity and how different cultures have impacted American history. Books and videotapes examine the importance of cultural diversity, present curricula promoting multiculturalism, and explore the problems of ethnic…
Descriptors: American Indians, Art Materials, Books, Civil Rights
Hinshaw, Craig – Arts & Activities, 1999
Describes how to make tunnel books, which are viewed by looking into a "tunnel" created by accordion-folded expanding sides. Suggests possible themes. Describes how to create a walk-through tunnel book for first grade students. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Art Products, Childrens Art
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Careau, Steven – Michigan Community College Journal: Research & Practice, 2001
Describes an honors-level fine arts seminar that culminates in the creation of an 'unnamed' object. Stresses direct manipulation of materials leading to works free of conceptual pre-determination. Argues that naming follows creation; leaving a work unnamed allows artists to experience the dynamic of creation. (NB)
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials
Kropa, Susan – Arts & Activities, 2000
Discusses a project in which the teacher and two third-grade classes collaborated on a mural inspired by the construction of a new wing at their elementary school. Explains that the mural showed the progression of the construction so the students would understand the process of construction. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Construction (Process), Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Shields, Joanne – Arts & Activities, 2001
Describes an art project for seventh-grade students in which they choose motifs based on Incan, Aztec, and Mayan Indian materials to incorporate into two-dimensional designs. Explains that the activity objective is to create a unified, balanced and pleasing composition using a minimum of three motifs. (CMK)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Art Education, Art History
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