The glossary is one of twenty in various subject areas of vocational education designed to assist the student in vocabulary mastery for particular vocational education courses. They are part of the Vocational Reading Power Project, Title III, E.S.E.A. This glossary is for a course in advanced display. It is divided into two parts: one provides the…

The Federal School was a correspondence art school in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the early 20th century. At that time, scientific methods changed the organization and practice of commercial art training and industrial education, which included correspondence courses from the Federal School. Standards of intelligence were determined with…

SEVENTEEN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES WERE SURVEYED TO DETERMINE THE NATURE AND TYPE OF COURSES REQUIRED IN POST-SECONDARY, NONBACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN COMMERCIAL ART AND TO DEVELOP MATERIAL WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL IN PLANNING SUCH A CURRICULUM. THE LENGTH OF THE PROGRAMS VARIED FROM 2 YEARS (SEVEN SCHOOLS) TO 5 YEARS (ONE SCHOOL).…

The Biological Studies in Art program offers students at the high school level an unusual opportunity to prepare for a career in biological illustration. This field offers opportunities for employment in museums, publishing houses, and other similar settings. (Author/BB)

Intended as part of a continuing commercial art program, the basic course outlined provides the high school student with a core of skills and knowledge common to many of the commercial art jobs. The first part of the course is designed to acquaint the exploratory student with some of the procedures and skills required. Units 1 through 5 cover…

In a brief introduction, this guide identifies some of the career opportunities open to competent airbrush artists and indicates the most frequent users (technical illustrators, photo retouchers, commercial artists and designers) of the airbrush technique. The guide includes objectives for teaching airbrush, equipment and materials needed,…

This introductory, secondary level course in advertising design provides a vocational orientation to art education. The concern of the course is the eventual use of commercial art--to persuade consumers to buy goods and services. Objectives of the course include competencies in the technical aspects of commercial art and an awareness of consumer…

Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of 12 terminal objectives for a basic commercial and advertising art course. The materials were developed for a two-semester (2 hours daily) course to enable tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students to develop competencies in the care and use of…

This document presents a brief history of the Society of Scribes and describes procedures for the 1-day workshop, master apprenticeship method, of calligraphy instruction. Calligrapher-instructors using this method include: Lili Cassel Wronker, who encourages straight edge pen point exercises; E. J. Carroll, who focuses on the commercial client…

The increasing use of displays by businessmen is creating a demand for display workers. This demand may be met by preparing high school students to enter the field of display. Additional workers might be recruited by offering adult training programs for individuals working within the stores. For this purpose a curriculum guide has been developed…

To supplement and extend the offerings in the fields of industrial arts and vocational education, instructions in the use of the airbrush in design oriented activities are presented in this manual. It is written for and directed to the following types of programs: (1) high school--drafting, graphic arts; (2) vocational school--drafting, commercial…

A commercial art program at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) was authorized to begin August 1975. In order to obtain information concerning needed skills and training, and future manpower needs for commercial artists, a questionnaire was designed and mailed to 936 possible employers of commercial artists in the Kansas City area. Although…

Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of eight terminal objectives for an intermediate commercial and advertising art course for high school vocational students. The materials were developed for a two-semester (3 hours daily) course involving specialized classroom, shop, and practical…

This secondary school curriculum guide describes a program of career exploration in occupational areas related to art. Included in the guide are: (1) "The Rationale," which emphasizes student examination of choices in relation to their interests, capacities, and values; (2) "Definitions of Career Education," which defines career education and…

The course outline has been prepared as a guide to help the students gain mastery in the proper brush techniques required for efficiency in brush lettering. The student is first given an orientation to the materials and equipment used, and the preparation of tempera paints for brush lettering. After this introduction, the student is guided through…