As part of the background research for their Arts Project, the Agency for Instructional Television has compiled a descriptive list of arts education instructional television programs available for use in schools from kindergarten through grade 12. Programs are listed by title in five categories: (1) Music, (2) Art, (3) Multi-Arts, (4) In-Service,…

Visual and verbal literacy skills are crucial to children because of their relationship to reading, and to adults because of their social utility. Such skills are, paradoxically, among those least often developed in a systematic fashion in elementary schools. One reason for this is that component subskills of visual and verbal literacy are…

This publication contains a conversation about art and drawing between a university professor of arts and a former director of a public school cultural arts program. As part of the National Humanities Faculty Why Series, the book is intended to help students, teachers, and citizens maintain and improve their intellectual vigor and human awareness…

Areas of minor maintenance covered by this manual are--(1) electrical, (2) carpentry, (3) plumbing, (4) painting, and (5) masonry. Each area is defined, tools and equipment for maintenance are listed, and the job procedure is given. The description of electrical work also covers sources of electricity and power transmission. The description of…

For information on the Visual Arts Education Curriculum of which this is one course, see SO 007 721. In this course students study ceramic material, form, and decoration, historically and technically, and demonstrate competencies in preparing clay bodies and ceramic glazes. Course content is outlined in those areas. Special sections of the guide…

This auteuristic analysis of Hollywood filmmaker Frank Tashlin (1913-1972) includes critical commentary, interviews, and a biographical chronology. Six separate articles discuss various facets of Tashlin's films, ranging from the artistic processes involved to critical evaluations of the films. In two interviews, Tashlin elaborates on his…

GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Creative art. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has the following main sections--an introduction to art education, elementary art programs, junior high art program, senior high art program, appendixes (supplies and equipment, audio-visual materials, exhibits, book and periodicals, and glossary).…

The selection and interview forms for use in selecting students for the Georgia Governor's Honors Program are provided. These forms are: Science Interview Summary Sheet; Interview Form for Candidates in Music; State College Musicality Test; Mathematics Interview Sheet; Criteria for Selection of Students for Mathematics, 1972; Visual Arts…

Intended as a basic resource in new primary sources for interdisciplinary studies, this book consists of twelve essays on contemporary culture, religion, and the arts. The authors, specialists in the humanities, are concerned with interdisciplinary investigation, including such issues as determining methods of study, methods of validating claims…

Suggests that while graffitti may be the most unlikely place to find answers to minority youths' problems, it may indeed be the most likely place to find the problem. (Author/AM)

Invites greater discussion of the ultimate social and political consequences of different ideologies and justifications of art education. Uses West Germany's educational practice and philosophy as example. (Editor/RK)

Calls for discontinuing the teaching of the "masterpieces" and modern art in the British primary school. Argues that images of a wider, more accessible kind should form basis of primary visual education. Concludes that children should have a foundation in disciplines such as history, sociology, and art before sophisticated visuals are…

This paper examines art instruction in elementary and secondary schools, focusing mainly on the major shift in theory and practice which began in the early 1960s. Offers a broad view of art and emphasizes the importance of discipline-based art education in the K-12 curriculum. (JDH)

The relationship between art and mental illness is examined in the untrained "outsider artist," one whose style, though highly idiosyncratic, conforms to certain formal criteria and is usually initiated at a time of intense psychic crisis. Photographs and discussions of the paintings and sculptures of psychotic artists are presented. (JW)

Chronicles the author's development as an artist. By ignoring external judgments and overcoming personal barriers, she was able to become closer to God, to nature, and to herself. (BJV)