Describes the technique, effects, and results of examining painting via neutron activation analysis. (SL)

The Biological Studies in Art program offers students at the high school level an unusual opportunity to prepare for a career in biological illustration. This field offers opportunities for employment in museums, publishing houses, and other similar settings. (Author/BB)

To make a Media Center or other school area more attractive, use super graphics painted on walls. Brief directions are included. (STS)

Demonstrates the need for artistic outlets for the elderly and briefly describes art education programs that fulfill this need and the problems facing these programs. (AEM)

Uses Karel Dujardin's painting, "Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness," as the basis for a lesson plan which is designed to help K-3 students assess the mood of a painting through an analysis of its style and subject. Provides background information on the painting, instructional strategies, and methods for evaluation. (GEA)

Presents a lesson plan which introduces students in grades 7-9 to Willem de Kooning and the qualities that make his oil painting "Marilyn Monroe," an example of abstract expressionist style. Includes background information on the artist and the painting as well as instructional strategies, studio activities, and evaluation procedures.…

Six administrators from six different schools describe the successful art programs in their school systems. (MD)

Based on Jean-Francois Millet's 1869 painting, "The Knitting Lesson," this lesson's goal is to introduce students in grades seven through nine to genre (everyday life) painting the nineteenth century. The lesson is also designed to show that some aspects of genre may be timeless. (BSR)

Feels education has neglected the visual and creative parts of the self accessible through art. Offers a rationale for having K-12 students draw for 30 minutes daily following structured visual exercises to strengthen skills in seeing, remembering, and connecting. Offers a critique of Mortimer Adler's Paideia Proposal. (DMM)

This lesson uses Ben Shahn's 1967 painting, "The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti," to illustrate the role of the artist as a social critic to students in grades seven through nine. (JDH)

Based on Charles Burchfield's watercolor, "October Wind and Sunlight in the Woods," the goal of this lesson is to introduce students in grades seven through nine to Burchfield's use of symbolism. (JDH)

Using a color print of Winslow Homer's oil painting, "The Life Line," the goal of this senior high school art lesson is to have students debate the importance of dramatic effect in a work of art. (JDH)

Based on Joshua Johnson's 1897 oil-on-canvas painting called "The Westwood Children," this article offers a full-color reproduction and lesson plan designed to introduce students in the primary grades to early American portraiture. (JDH)

Provides a lesson designed to introduce students in grades K-3 to still life painting using Hugh Yorty's 1974 oil painting "Vacuum Still Life V." (JDH)

The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, sponsors an annual search for the nation's most talented young artists. The purpose of the search is to identify and support through scholarships senior high students who wish to study at the institute. Winning entries from last year's search are reproduced. (RM)