A case is made for decorating public places in an artistic rather than commercial manner. (CK)

Describes the impact of introducing an art gallery into a New Jersey hospital. Adding art to the hospital environment improved patient morale, reduced stress, and supported the work of psychiatric art therapists. (AM)

Author discusses her experience and findings during a trip to africa. (RB)

Discusses and describes the art work of Pedre Friederberg. (RB)

Author suggested that through cultural exchange people of the United States and China may come to have more respect and appreciation for each other. He discussed a recent exhibition of Chinese archaeological finds that circulated in the United States and the rest of the world. (Author/RK)

Photographs of student art from around the world. (SP)

Mayor of Baltimore states need to integrate art with environment. (SP)

Generalized tribute by Nelson Rockefeller to the humanizing influence of art. (SP)

Commissioner of Education of New York State cites the place of the visual arts in preparing students to live a creative, sensitive, humane life.'' (Author/SP)

Some teaching ideas for promoting art appreciation in children. (SJL)

In rural Goldsboro, North Carolina, most young students have little awareness of art and its importance in their lives. The author designed a 45-minute lesson for grades K-4 which helps children to recognize and appreciate artworks that exist around them. (SJL)

The author suggests that we tend to give short shrift to sculpture when we go to art museums and great architectural landmarks. She describes various forms of sculpture: carving; modeling; modern plastics, rope, glass, rubber; and mobiles. (KC)

Early in the eighteenth century, Pompeii was discovered, a city that had been hidden for sixteen centuries by volcanic lava. There is a traveling exhibition of the sculptures, friezes, mosaics, and paintings being shown around the United States. Described is the history and contents of "Pompeii--A.D. 79." (RK)

Explains how senior high school students increased their ability to critically analyze the visual images that bombard them daily through television by making a videotape which involved the students in critiquing the paintings of Francis Silver. (JDH)