See SO 007 721 for an introduction to the Quinmester Visual Arts Education Curriculum of which this is a course of study in creative making. Course objectives include learning about different types of ceramic cast ware and familiarizing the student with clay preparation, handling, forming, decorating, glazing, and firing. Course content is…

This creative photography quinmester curriculum guide was written to enable the student to use photography in a wide range of art forms. The student will gain an understanding of how photography is used in the fields of commercial and fine art. The introduction to photography as a unique art form includes a brief history of creative and…

This report provides a list of programs for which the National Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts provided financial support from fiscal 1966 through fiscal 1970. Information on the nature of the programs as well as the amount of money involved is included. The programs are listed under the following headings: 1)…

Visual thinking is composed of three activities: idea-sketching, seeing, and imagining. This book suggests ways that people whose usual way of thinking is in words can turn to a new mode of thinking; preparations for it, including materials, environmental conditions, and an inner state of relaxed awareness; seeing; imagining; and idea-sketching…

There are today some 5,000 languages and dialects in use throughout the world; in most instances, intercommunication among them ranges from difficult to impossible. This sourcebook of graphic symbols was compiled as a first step toward a basic means of communication through a system of universally recognizable symbols. The sourcebook is limited to…

With the help of many community groups, 36 high school art students created murals to beautify a graffiti-covered railway station. (SJL)

Research in art education must deal with the structure-in-process of creating, including both cognitive and intuitive approaches of human understanding. The Structural-Existential (S-E) Model can analyze this paradox. To exemplify the theoretical arguments, the author uses excerpts from contexts of creating in art. (SJL)

The probable economic impact on the art market, museums, and the artist of California's "droit de suite" legislation, designed to yield to artists a portion of the resale value of their works, is examined. It is argued that only a few living artists will benefit. The statute, California Civil Code 986, is appended. (JMD)

Offers an art lesson designed to introduce junior high school students to a Shiva sculpture and to Hindu symbolism. The lesson is based on a full-color photograph of a 500 year-old bronze sculpture entitled Shiva Nataraja, King of Dancers. (BR)

A review of research (particularly that conducted by N. Meier, T. Munro, and B. Lark-Horovitz et al.) about the nature of giftedness in the visual arts and focusing on creativity, imagination, aesthetic judgment, and perceptual ability, provides a basis for examining current assumptions and practices and a foundation for future research. (CB)

Outlines the components of Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE). The program is based on the development of four domains in art: production, criticism, art history, and aesthetics. These areas are important dimensions in artistic development, and the acquisition of art skills broadens childrens' sensitivities to the world in general. (MD)

Describes the Arts in Education Program developed in rural Pennsylvania schools. It is made up of educational leaders, artists, community members, university faculty, teachers, students, board members, and an Arts in Education staff. The team works to improve the quality of life and education for students through the arts. (MD)

Outlines the discipline-based art education curriculum developed by the Getty Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts in the Los Angeles County elementary schools. (Author/MD)

Discusses ways of relating students' personal experiences to complex modern literature such as Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist" and Eliot's "The Wasteland" so that they can better understand and relate to these texts. Also discusses the use of paintings to help students see the literature and then analyze it. (SRT)