Individuals engaging in recreational pursuits, education, work environments, and many other institutional settings are likely to be separated by age. This common practice is often considered an optimal way to facilitate programs. However, the separation of age groups has created societal consequences. It has encouraged a fear of aging and promoted…

Describes an art project in which junior high students are producing a 16mm animated cartoon using stop-action filming of handmade plastic figures on a built-to-scale set. (SJL)

A student arts festival that involved elementary and secondary students in drawing with chalk on a city block in New York City is described. Portraiture, cartoons, landscapes, abstractions, and inventive personal logos filled the huge canvas of the street in a virtual smorgasbord. (RM)

Describes a mural project designed to introduce students to the concept of overlapping similar images as a way of depicting a time sequence. This article is one of four articles in this issue on elementary-level mural projects. (Author/SJL)

Describes how a group of upper-elementary students in Highland, Illinois, designed and constructed a large mosaic mural depicting their city. Students were enthusiastic and highly motivated by the project. Widespread publicity excited intense community interest and involvement. The problems of design and construction are discussed. (AM)

In a voluntary summer program, Kingston High School students can work with internationnaly-recognized muralist Anton Refregier. (SJL)

Following a "building code" specified by their art teacher, sixth-graders designed and built cardboard townhouses to serve as permanent hallway decorations in their school. This article is one of four in this issue describing elementary level mural projects. (SJL)

Describes Project Ecology, a global exchange of student art and writing (on the subject of ecology) that now includes nearly 400 students from 11 schools in 5 countries. (SR)

A project which involved gifted and talented junior high school art students in painting a mural which was hung in the entrance of the Purdue University School of Education building is described. (RM)

Turning the art room into a tropical paradise engaged students from February to May. Rather than limit themselves to traditional art activities, students studying Gauguin created a total environment, including a creature hall of fame, a rain forest, a village market place, an island paradise, and a jungle village. (IS)

An artist-in-residence helped junior high school art students design, engineer, and construct an outdoor sculpture for their school in Ft. Dodge, Iowa. The project was actively supported by the community, with funding coming from the local Fine Arts Council and supplies donated by a lumber company. (IS)

To build public support for art education, the conference chairperson from the Portland (Oregon) Public School's Board of Education invited Portland students to provide table decorations for a banquet to be held at the board's annual state conference. A portrait sculpture inspired by Picasso's work was the result. (RM)

Describes a school-wide project in which elementary students beautified their school walls with murals of their own design. This article is one of four in this issue on elementary school mural projects. (SJL)

Third- and fourth-grade volunteers created two large murals at Nishuane Elementary School. This article is one of four in this issue on elementary mural projects. (SJL)

The development of a muralmaking project during a three-week summer institute in open education in Manhattan is described. Photographs and videotape provide a record to share with teachers and schools who wish to use muralmaking as a curriculum element. Preparation is recounted; participants' logs and community reactions are quoted. (AJ)