Author described the life and times of the San Francisco Art Institute and reviewed the forces that made San Francisco a city of more than ordinary awareness of the arts in its civic and civil existence. (Editor/RK)

Examines reasons that the prices of artwork often overshadow the objects themselves, causing audiences to lose sight of art's aesthetic value. Discusses the difficulty facing art educators when they attempt to balance consumerism and aesthetics with judging or teaching about works of art. (GEA)

A classroom converted to an art gallery at Brescia College, Owensboro, Kentucky. (CB)

Describes the evolving functions of an in-house art gallery at a Milwaukee, Wisconsin elementary school. Teachers used the gallery exhibits extensively as an educational resource and as the basis of their classroom activities. Exhibit themes always involved at least two curriculum areas. (AM)

Providing the large spaces necessary for teaching and exhibiting fine arts, yet respecting the scale of historical Charleston (South Carolina) was the design challenge for the Albert Simons Center for the Arts, College of Charleston. (Author)

An AIA Honor Award was given for the expansion of Yale University's Center for American Arts. Three existing giant elms in a historically significant sculpture court were saved. (Author/MLF)

The Educational Center of the Arts in New Haven, formerly a synagogue, serves approximately 125 students in the area identified as having a potential for visual or performing arts. (Author/MLF)

The Arnold Schoenberg Institute was designed to express the forward-looking spirit of this composer in his art and life. Located on the University of Southern California campus, the Institute is supported by a consortium composed of USC, California State University, and the University of California at Los Angeles. (Author)

A modest, well-designed, community-based arts center for a nonprofit social service organization blends into the surrounding environment. (Author/MLF)

Author signed up for a creative writing course at a new community arts centre, which provided the opportunity for students to work with practising artists. (Editor/RK)

This monograph utilizes data from the 1985 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA '85) to explore the audience composition of United States art museums and galleries. Part 1 focuses on: (1) demographic variables affecting U.S. adult attendance rates; (2) a comparison of the SPPA '85 research data and the 1984 "Americans and the Arts"…

Bringing together the important elements of the creative arts facility requires careful attention to design details. Tuning in the senses should be the guide when planning the important aspects of seating capacity, lighting, and acoustics. (Author)

A multidiscipline art learning facility located near the Detroit Museum of Arts is to be constructed in phases as funds become available. The structure, as developed, is simple, repetitive, and applies easily fabricated linear elements to a square bay concept. (Author)

Although the new Lehman Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was a controversial project based on a questionable premise, the finished building is an architectural tour de force. Despite restrictions imposed by the Landmarks Commission and the donor, the architects responded with consummate ingenuity, artistry, and skill. (JG)