The recent popularity of museum mash-ups exemplifies fatigue, if not dissatisfaction with "traditional" conversation, discussion, and dialogue-based interpretation that has become standard for many art museum educators. This article looks back at the late 1960s and early 1970s when a similar dissatisfaction with standard approaches…

Back in 2005 when the authors decided to start a dance program at Saigon South International School, they recognized that much more could be expected of their graduates than that they excel in one or two academic disciplines. They were convinced that a strong fine arts program that centered on dance was essential to helping students develop the…

A 1976 conference on "The Arts and Aesthetics: An Agenda for the Future" examined the progress of arts activity since the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and charted an agenda for research in eight primary areas. (MJB)

Article evaluated the Teen Arts Program developed in New Jersey and urged greater community efforts to become aware of the state's art projects (RK)

Article examines the direction of the Fine Arts College and how the traditional role of the Fine Arts on and off the campus is changing. (Author/RK)

The challenge for fund raising for fine arts programs is to draw the needed donors from the general community. More and more institutions are showing off their institutions' cultural achievements and attracting recognition for them. (MSE)

Outlines the steps necessary to create a visual or performing arts program in a vocational school. (PD)

Describes the cultural arts program at Hawthorne Elementary School, DeKalb County, Georgia. The three year old program is still growing and expanding the art awareness of its participants. (GB)

Project AIM (Arts in Motion) seeks to vitalize learning through the infusion of dance, drama, music, and the visual arts into all areas of the curriculum. Art specialists, classroom teachers, administrators, and parents worked together to develop a program to promote the arts. (CJ)

This resource guide is designed to provide a starting place for planning and implementing programs in arts education. A short introductory section outlines the publication's purpose and describes sponsoring organizations. A section entitled "Program Planning for Arts Education" is divided into four subsections which provide a rationale…

This monograph contains reprints of lectures presented by National Dance Association Scholars from 1977 through 1987. The following Scholars are represented: (1) Elizabeth R. Hayes; (2) Miriam Gray; (3) Ruth L. Murray; (4) Araminta Little; (5) Mary Frances Dougherty; (6) Charlotte York Irey; (7) Lois "Betty" Ellfeldt; (8) Mary Alice "Buff"…

Researchers initiated a pilot program to develop techniques of assessing previous art background, arts and humanities preferences, leisure time patterns, preferences for certain presentation techniques, and previous, postsecondary educational experiences of elderly participants. Researchers prepared arts and humanities programs specifically…

The Virginia Beach (VA) schools provide a comprehensive, highly structured, and creative art curriculum that is as balanced and specific as the basic subjects curriculum. (Author/MD)

Describes how two associations of Minnesota art educators worked together to gain statewide recognition of arts education by developing "arts in education" as the theme of the annual meeting of the Minnesota Education Association (MEA). Program planning and convention theme activities are discussed. (SJL)

Illustrates the benefits of an aggressive library program of regularly scheduled and professionally curated art exhibitions and related events. Describes the Visual Arts Program at the Pacific Beach branch library (San Diego). A sidebar by Debra Wilcox Johnson discusses libraries' development of cultural programming for adults. (AEF)