Describes the Quartz Mountain Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute program. It is designed to nurture artistic talent and to provide intensive arts experiences in music, dance, theater, and the visual arts for talented students aged 14-18. (AM)

Research investigated how high school students conceptualize the basic Classical-Romantic values dichotomy as exemplified by various aesthetic eras, styles, and objects, and how students operate within such aesthetic-conceptual frameworks in terms of their preferences and identification-categorization abilities. (Author/AM)

Institutional advancement personnel are advised to become familiar with copyright law to protect property generated by staff or acquired through donors, and to guard against abusing others' property. Copyright issues are outlined regarding ownership, notice, registration, duration and renewal, transfer, copyrightable works, infringement penalties,…

Describes a 10-week art unit for upper- and middle-elementary students based on the theme of the sky. Students watched movies, drew sky-scapes, depicted fanciful flying people in drawings and sculptures, made a class soft-sculpture banner of flying creatures, and did abstract paintings based on aerial perspectives. (AM)

In this paper, a teaching model for the appreciative dimension of visual aesthetic education is presented, with a brief outline of the major theoretical sources used in its construction. (Author/SJL)

Describes the summer camp program in visual arts offered to elementary and secondary students at the Interlochen (Michigan) Center for the Arts, focusing on the participants' daily schedule. (SJL)

The author created learning kits for her third graders on painting, sculpture, and architecture, using magazine covers and travel brochures to create the appropriate picture files. (SJL)

This article offers a curriculum scheme which responds to the nonverbal and intuitive character of learning in the visual arts and which is framed to deal specifically with content in the visual arts. (Author/SJL)

This article is concerned with the representational paintings and drawings of six- to nine-year-old children in which human relationships and interactions are central to subject matter. As a rule, children at this age are thought to be at the height of their curiosity and imaginative powers. (Author/KC)

Discusses graphic techniques for producing printed and visual materials for training. Presents six printing and/or lettering techniques, and suggests six visual techniques. Reviews some other systems for in-house graphic arts production. (CSS)

Summarizes the history, nature, and scope of the Chicago Visual Library, a major micropublishing program in the fine arts. (Author)

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)

Describes one summer offering of the Palo Alto schools which correlates productive activities with appreciation for art. (Author/RK)

Discusses the broad range of ideas and experiences contributed to class discussions by children of different ages in a multi-age group learning situation. (Author/RK)