On July 23, 1787, delegates at the Constitutional Convention established a Committee of Detail to prepare a report and a printed draft of a Constitution "conformable to the proceedings of the convention." Two weeks later, the committee submitted a printed rough draft to the delegates for their consideration. In this first draft, the Preamble began…

Williams is an increasingly successful sculptor whose humor and optimism take form in his work. However, in his lifetime, at least, he expects that Black artists in America will continue to live in a double culture--having to prove themselves as people and then as artists. (Author/MC)

Describes the life and extensive work of the American sculptor, Daniel Chester French, whose statues have come to symbolize the spirit of America. His works include the Lincoln Memorial and the Minute Man. (AM)

This article explores the contributions of R. Tait McKenzie to the field of physical education and sport. A brief biography shows how McKenzie influenced the development of exercise in education and physical medicine. (DF)

Using primary source documents, this teaching unit focuses on the role monuments and memorials play in the culture. Teacher background materials include a unit overview and unit context, correlation to National Standards for United States History, unit objectives, a lesson plan list, and historical background on commemorative sculpture in the…

Faith Ringgold is a Black feminist artist who, like her mother before her, is a strong woman determined to leave a legacy in Black culture. Her works show much emotion and personal commitment as she portrays the joys and struggles of Black people in crafts and fine arts. (VM)

Chronicles the professional and personal life of Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, a sculptor of Afro-American and Narragansett Indian descent, who achieved prominence as an artist and a socialite in both France and the United States beginning in the 1920s. (BJV)

Describes the work of Viktor Lowenfeld in developing creative art experiences for the handicapped, particularly using sculpture with the blind. The bulk of the article consists of excerpts from Lowenfeld's own writings, including a case study of his work with a deaf blind child. (SJL)

Chronicles the career of Faith Ringgold, a Black woman painter, sculptor, and performance artist. An extract from Ringgold's autobiographical narrative, "Being My Own Woman" is included. (BJV)

Examines the social, ideological, and cultural forces in colonial United States when plaster casts of Grecian and Roman sculpture were introduced. Describes how they were used in U.S. public schools and art museums to transmit the cultural heritage at the end of the nineteenth century. (KM)

Black women artists--from the sculptor Edmonia Lewis (born 1843/5) through the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, to the Harlem Renaissance--have played a vital role in developing those forms of self-expression by which Black people in America have managed to survive centuries of racial oppression. (BJV)

Presents photographs and short biographical sketches of notable Black women artists past and present, including the following: Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, Leontyne Price, Florence Price, Ann Lundy, Katherine Dunham, Pearl Primus, Michelle Paterson, Augusta Savage, Glenda Y. Hooker, Marie L. Moore, Varnette Honeywood, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller,…

This resource kit, for secondary teachers of art, social studies, and the humanities, presents an art appreciation activities program that spans the visual art history of the United States. The kit is organized into nine chronological sections that follow the history of art in the United States: (1) Native American Art (prehistory to the present);…