Whenever a young student wanted to weave, his loom was at school or at home. He solved the problem by designing a portable loom which he is able to carry with his school books and can even use on the school bus. (Author/RK)

The color wheel, because it is an excellent way to teach color theory has become somewhat of a traditional assignment in most basic design courses. Article described a way to change this situation by re-designing and improving upon the basic color wheel. (Author/RK)

A visiting artist stimulated art students to utilize scrap iron and junk as art materials. (Author/RK)

Article described how students, seven sixth graders, learned about the ancient craft of back-strap weaving. (Author/RK)

Article described an especially meaningful way of planning the curriculum in art for high school students: designing and compiling a book. (Author/RK)

What can be done to transform a lump of wet clay into something more than a lump of glaze-fired clay? It is at this point when forming techniques have been mastered that good design becomes most important. Discusses six criteria involved in the search for good design so that students can discover what good design is and how important it is.…

Described how calligraphy can be inculcated into the junior high art program. (RK)

The Nelson approach, taken from Glenn C. Nelson's "Ceramics--A Potter's Handbook," was used to demonstrate basic design concepts for young students. This approach was intended to introduce the student to design through a basic direction that hopefully cultivates awareness, while allowing individual development. (Author/RK)

The idea of art in commerce to catch your attention and make a forceful impression becomes so much more meaningful when students have a chance to try their hand at it. Here students learn to think of one word that can be illustrated only by the use of colored paper. (Author/RK)

Ingenuity, imagination, aluminum foil and a few odds and ends have been combined to produce interesting results in junior high school art classes. (Author)

Article described an art project that attempted to change the general apathy of the public towards art education. (Author/RK)

An art teacher described an elective course in graphics which was designed to enlarge a student's knowledge of value, color, shape within a shape, transparency, line and texture. This course utilized the technique of working a multi-colored print from a single block that was first introduced by Picasso. (Author/RK)

Students must be given a cognitive base and have a certain degree of familiarity with a design element in order to cope with materials during the creative process. During a recent outdoor education experience, art teachers found such concerns were minimized in terms of an art program. (Author/RK)