Orra White Hitchcock (1796-1863) was an artist and a teacher who integrated major changes for young ladies in her school's art program. She grew up in Massachusetts and from a very young age she exhibited an interest in the visual arts and natural sciences. After completing her education, she choose to become a teacher of exact sciences and fine…

Seven presentations are featured from a 1980 conference on the role of art in the lives of people with handicaps. Three major themes were addressed in that conference: roles and responsibilities of art educators and art therapists, training and professional development, and programing. Each theme is addressed initially by summarized comments from…

Article described the use of kits, a packaged collection of related materials designed to teach the user a predetermined content specific to the arts in conceptual, historical, critical, or aesthetic dimensions, and caboodles, a variation of a kit, which present important visual arts concepts to students. (Author/RK)

This report presents the findings of an out-of-state consultant who conducted a state-wide review of the arts programs of the State University System of Florida by visiting each of the nine campuses and conferring with local consultants. The bulk of the report is composed of observations and recommendations for individual universities of the…

The accuracy of non-art college students' longterm retention of structural information presented in Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" was tested. Seventeen female undergraduates viewed reproductions of the painting and copies that closely resembled structural attributes of the original. Only 3 of the 17 subjects reported having viewed a reproduction…

Current publications tend to omit or present scant information about the past and present achievements of Black American women in the visual arts. The purpose of this document is to justify the need for including more Black female achievers in more visual arts publications. As a result of this increased inclusion, the psychosocial function of role…

Articles in this publication summarize, and in some instances elaborate the proceedings of a conference on the development of a balanced art curriculum. After an introduction, national and state level goals are outlined. This is followed by excerpts from "Arts Education in Pennsylvania Public Schools: An assessment." The authors and titles for the…

The National Art Education Association (NAEA) has established five specific goals in order to achieve quality art education for all students. This document describes: (1) a definition of quality art education; (2) outcomes of quality art education; and (3) reasons for the NAEA goals. Each goal is identified and interpreted, and reasons for its…

This congressional hearing contains testimony supporting the need to strengthen the priority given to arts education in elementary and secondary education. The hearings convened with a panel of witnesses representing the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Committee on Arts for the Handicapped (NCAH), and the Music Educators…

A Washington (District of Columbia) special school offers several programs to serve its population of severely and profoundly retarded students. The Family Style Eating Program focuses on skills involved with eating, while reinforcing on-the-job training in food services. Hands-on experience in a variety of life skills is provided through the…

For centuries artists have explored the uses of color in their compositions. Believing that colors have innate symbolic, expressive, and aesthetic qualities, artists have been aware that these properties can be magnified or subdued by organization within a compositional space, and artists have suggested that certain positions within a framed field…

Images express meaning through particular configurations of visual concepts. A distinguishing feature of discipline based art education is the use of visual imagery to transmit meaning to students. Discipline based art education incorporates concepts and skills from aesthetics, art criticism, art history, and art production and presents a unique…

The elementary secondary curriculum in the United States could benefit from redefining the arts as a discipline to be interwoven into the school's curriculum. Four essays in this issue explore the question of the arts in education. John Holdren comments in "Will the Band Play On?" that music educators must stress the serious study of music as its…

A perspective on artistic creativity developed by an artist and a psychologist is presented. The artist approaches art as a semiotic system built upon relations between visual isomorphisms. The psychologist is concerned with the origins of analogical thought in children's symbolic play and its possible maturation into a component of adult…

Young children bring a wide repertoire of visitor behaviours to traditional art museums, using their minds, senses, and bodies to respond to and interpret artworks. When given opportunities for self-expression, choice, and control during an art museum visit, children are empowered in this environment. Allowing children to take a leading role as…