The official publication of the Michigan Art Education Association (MAEA), this journal serves as a forum for its members to express and share ideas, for the promotion of art education at all levels and for all ages. Issues focus on specific themes, have reprints of conference keynote speeches, and feature regular departments, including:…

An overview is presented of a 1982-83 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title IV-C project, designed for 50 talented high school art students, to preserve the arts and crafts in the Mississippi hills area and to enrich existing arts and crafts curriculum. Steps are listed for implementing such a program, a simple program budget is…

This multimedia kit includes 3 video programs with over 50 images in both live footage and still images; introduction to the art and culture of Australia's Aboriginal people, a presentation and discussion of artwork including ancient rock painting, Gagudju and Kunwiniku X-ray style bark painting, and Papunga dot painting; 2 studio activities…

Asserts that visual arts education contributes to a more profound understanding and appreciation of civilization. Maintains that art criticism offers teachers an opportunity to interact with students about their personal reactions to art and to involve them in critical thinking. (CFR)

This 1980 bibliography is designed to assist students of paper conservation by supplying a cross-section of conservation literature. The literature includes subject-matter information and data concerning the authors of that information. Accessibility of the literature has been considered with obscure sources and foreign language sources scanted.…

This reference guide contains biographical information on the nearly 300 artists whose paintings and drawings are presented in "The Shorewood Collection." These artisis, listed alphabetically, represent major epochs in the history of Western art. A selection of Asian, African, and American Indian artists or groups also is presented. This…

This paper is divided into two parts. The first part, "Speaking Pictures and Visual Poems," briefly considers the origin of the term "sister arts." Discussed are the three main features of the historical relationship between painting and literature in the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain and draws out their educational implications. Part 2,…

This paper reviews the established principles of composition of visual images, discussing the application of those principles to moving visual images in general and television pictures in particular. Fundamental compositional principles of the visual communication media are explored in relation to television as an art form--namely, direction,…

This exhibition guide provides critical analysis, historical perspective, and brief biographies of 15 self-taught African-American artists whose works were displayed. "Ashe," an African word meaning "the power to make things happen," was used as the theme of the exhibition. The guide verbalizes the exhibit's investigation of…

This student artist's handbook provides illustrations and instructions for visualizing and drawing the human hand in a variety of positions. Focus is on realistic representation and imitation of the natural human form. Eleven chapters cover: (1) "Forms and Structures"; (2) "Proportions and Measurements"; (3) "Anatomy and…

With the introduction of photography and photomechanical printing processes in the 19th century, the first age of machine pictures and reproductions emerged. The 20th century introduced computer image processing systems, creating a digital imaging revolution. Rather than concentrating on the adversarial aspects of the computer's influence on…

This planning guide encourages reformation of the Wisconsin art education curriculum toward a less linear, sequential, and compartmentalized approach. The new program draws on recent knowledge of how students learn and how curricula components can be integrated. Focusing on themes and concept development, the guide supports independent thinking…

Students at the John Dewey Elementary School in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, covered a school parking lot with a gigantic mural that is a series of game areas. (Author/MLF)

Article presented drawings of faces made by elementary school children typifying the youngster's approach to sorrow, joy, anger, hate, love and peace. (Author/RK)