Offers a full-color reproduction of Edward Hicks' painting, "Peaceable Kingdom of the Branch," and a lesson plan for using it with children in grades K through 3. (JDH)

When talented students interact directly with professional artists, both gain new insights and a renewed excitement about art. An apprenticeship program can be developed by an art teacher as part of a regular high school program. How one high school did it is described. (RM)

The instructional strategies suggested use a work of one of Mexico's most celebrated political history painters, David Siqueiros, to introduce junior high students to formal qualities in portraiture and contemporary Mexican art history. (RM)

Instructional strategies introduce students in grades 10-12 to the stylistic characteristics and portraiture technique of Mary Cassatt and help them understand Cassatt's relationship to work of other Impressionist painters. (RM)

Outlined are four units of study in which intermediate grade students study and reproduce the human head, using sculpture, painting, and drawing. The outline describes student objective, teaching concepts, art history emphasis, media to be used, and art activities. (RM)

Provides a collection of concrete, practical ideas for influencing local school decisions about art education. Practical suggestions fit into the categories of alliance building, developing consensus, skillfully presenting your case, using numbers, and obtaining publicity. (JDH)

Five K-12 art activities are described. Elementary students study the paintings of Paul Klee. Junior high students do tempera paintings of flowers. High school students make black and clear glue drawings, learn about the cup paper art of Henri Matisse, and study and interpret leaf forms of the magnolia trees. (RM)

Bipolar adjective scales and bipolar graphic scales for visual ratings were validated. The study suggests a stable structure of graphic ratings of art unaffected by race or artist or viewer and art style that should prove useful in cross-cultural studies and in studies among children and the verbally impaired. (Author/RM)

Discusses features essential to good art software or paint systems and provides descriptions of 10 art software packages to illustrate range available to home computer artists--Complete Graphics System, E-Z Draw 3.3, Flying Colors, Graphics Magician, Micro-Painter, Paint, Paint Magic, Paint Master, Poor Man's Graphics Tablet, and Rainbow Graphics.…

Comparing the works of two artists whose subject is similar but whose formal qualities are different helps students understand how the use of formal qualities contributes to expression. Having students compare the works of different composers as well as different visual artists helps students understand how expression is achieved. (IS)

The visual arts can play an important role in the adolescent's struggle to link the inner world of thoughts and feelings with the outer world of expressive form. The Summer Visual Arts Institute, organized by Boston University for adolescents, is described. (RM)

Creating a collage can be an effective way to help elementary children develop good compositional habits, drawing skills, and confidence. Students first gather pictures and photographs and create a collage. They then create a work of art from the collage, by drawing and painting it. (RM)

The part that words play in teaching art has been underestimated. In a good art class, there is an interplay of ideas about the ongoing work. By using the right words, the teacher can help students develop their creative faculties. (CS)

Describes the chemistry of dyeing, including acid, basic, vat, and disperse dyes. Includes laboratory experiments. (MLH)

In October 1995, the Australian Parliament received the report of the Senate's Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts Reference Committee, entitled "Arts Education." This report was released just prior to an election and, as a result, its recommendations were subsequently ignored. These recommendations, some responsibility…