The Israeli contemporary artist, psychoanalyst, philosopher and aesthetics theorist, Bracha L. Ettinger, has made significant impacts with her "Ettingerian Matrixial Theory" since the early 1980s. This feminine-centric post-Lacanian theorizing has been taken up by many scholars and practitioners across diverse countries and disciplines…

Courses in the arts develop skills specific to the discipline. Research also suggests that the arts contribute to enhanced attentiveness, engagement in school, communication skills, and critical and divergent thinking. Other studies point out benefits for at-risk students in reducing negative outcomes such as dropout and crime rates. Studies…

This bibliography lists curriculum guides in art education published since 1970 in the United States and in the Canadian provinces. All state directors of art were invited through a newsletter announcement to send copies of their guides for inclusion in the listing. Many of the guides are now in the Library of the National Art Education…

This annotated bibliography is intended as a guide to some 370 curriculum and instructional resources in art education located at The Curriculum Resources Center at Rhode Island College (48 books, 123 curriculum guides, 87 non-print media, 101 art prints). The process of identifying and classifying materials in art education led to the acquisition…

The J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles) and the Getty Center for Education in the Arts (Los Angeles) are playing a major role in the development, growth and acceptance of discipline-based art education (DBAE). The influence of the Getty Center is growing; art education is changing; and the existing DBAE theory is evolving. This annotated…

Designed for studio art instructors, museum education programs, public libraries, high school teachers, and those who buy slides for teaching art history at the college level, this guide lists sources of slides in the United States and over 20 foreign countries. All U.S. sources are listed first, commercial sources are alphabetical by name and…

This document is an annotated bibliography of currently available instructional materials and resources for use in art education. As teachers strive to implement new emphases on content and learning experiences related to newer aspects of art education such as aesthetics, art criticism, and art history, as well as creative art experiences, they…

Early European and Euro-American artists documented the land, people, flora, and fauna of western North America. These artists gave Europeans and eastern Americans their first glimpse of the west. Because artists were important to the early explorers and topographers of the west, this document advocates study of western art and artists as an…

This work begins with a brief history of floral design. While floral art is often anonymously created, functional in purpose, and transient in nature, this document argues for validity of floral design as an art form. The bibliography of 617 works excludes non-design books, while presenting a wide range and variety of recent and past floral art…

Some of the ways computers can be used in museum education are discussed. For example, with computers students can make three-dimensional works of art. A selected annotated bibliography of print and non-print resources dealing with computers and museum education is provided. (RM)

The goal of the project that resulted in the publication of this book was to develop a professional profile of senior art educator, Vincent Lanier, to serve as a source of reliable information for future study. Chapters include: (1) "Purpose and Setting of Study" (outlines the purpose and setting of the study, and describes the author's…

Discusses findings from studies in the psychology of aging and relates them to findings reported in the literature of adult education and art education to generate guidelines for teaching art. Suggestions are made for approaching the elderly student as a single type and for accommodating for differences within the group. (Author)

The author explores the answers to five questions in order to deal with some of the problems which he feels are confronting teachers of art: inadequate budgets and facilities, overcrowded classrooms, unmotivated and untalented students, uninterested colleagues and unsympathetic parents, and a nonintellectual, low status subject. (KC)

This guide provides resource suggestions for Washington, D.C. teachers who are preparing units on African American art and artists. The listings include hours of operation, address, and phone number of community resources under six distinct headings: (1) "Museums"; (2) "Art Galleries and Organizations"; (3) "Other…

Describes, compares, and evaluates examples of first generation elementary and junior high curriculum resources which are based upon the discipline based approach to art education. Offers these as sound, sequential instructional materials that are useful in the areas of art history, art criticism, aesthetics, and art studio. (KO)