Article discusses Museum of Modern Art one-man show of Bearden's depictions of Negro life. Artist uses a technique of montage-collage-painting which is described as giving a quality like the fluidly unfolding image of a movie scene," particularly effective in projecting the uniqueness of the black experience. (Author/PD)

The author discusses techniques of making students aware of colors. (MF)

Described is a program developed by parents and school personnel which provides art education to students in the Palo Alto (California) district in an after school setting. There is a fee; the teachers are professional artists. (KC)

Suggests the use of Sumi-e painting with its emphasis upon simplicity as a means of motivating students to explore a new and interesting form of visual expression. Describes an activity which involves a demonstration of this art form. Includes a chart showing the seven basic Japanese Sumi-e strokes. (KO)

Illustrates the skill and inspiration of master art teacher, Frank Wachowiak, by presenting three lessons for children: "Fruits and Vegetables" or "Leaves" in crayon resist, "X-ray Trees" in crayon engraving and "Angels or Self-portraits" in tempera. Lessons emphasize the use of patterns and textures, as…

Considered the artist/photographer as he arranges the visual elements of line, form, texture and value to organize space. (Author/RK)

Notes that the developments in microcomputers such as extended memory, sound and graphics capabilities, development of digitizing, and the introduction of paint programs have enhanced the usefulness of microcomputer technology in artwork production. Discusses digitizing and the features of paint programs, and the implications for art production…

Describes how third grade students learned about fresco paintings in Pompeii and made their own frescoes by pouring plaster into styrofoam trays and painting the surface. Students discovered they could control the paint better because of the porous surface of the plaster. (KM)

Article provided students with five guides to help them understand how the photographer as artist functions. (Author/RK)

Commissioner of Education of New York State cites the place of the visual arts in preparing students to live a creative, sensitive, humane life.'' (Author/SP)

Discusses murals done by Egyptian children. Differences in the drawing styles of American and Egyptian children are discussed. The author states that the significance of the wall drawings is that they represent a rich social setting in which children learn to produce art. (AM)

Describes how teaching secondary art students to perceive negative shape improved their drawings of a bicycle, a visually complex mechanical structure. Concentrating on negative shape forces students to work with the relationships between shapes and their relative sizes. (AM)

Article describes the search for a subject, how to photograph it and how to print it. (Author/RK)

The author suggests that we tend to give short shrift to sculpture when we go to art museums and great architectural landmarks. She describes various forms of sculpture: carving; modeling; modern plastics, rope, glass, rubber; and mobiles. (KC)