Describes an activity that takes two class periods where fifth-grade students created hand-built pots. Explains that each child receives a clay slab. Discusses how to make the major part of the pot from two pinch pots and how to create the neck and foot. (CMK)

Describes an art activity where kindergarten students learned about different art styles and approaches and then created their own self-portraits. Explains that the lesson could work with other elementary grades. Lists different visuals that were used as inspiration for the lesson, the materials, and learning objectives. (CMK)

Describes the "Once Upon a Page" exhibition that is touring museums and galleries across the United States and is presented by the Meridian International Center. Explains that the exhibition is organized from the Mazza Collection of the University of Findlay that contains more than 1,000 examples of book illustrations. (CMK)

Discusses the extent and availability of dance, music, theater, and visual arts instruction for eighth graders. Shows the availability of music and visual arts instruction, and the relative lack of dance and theater instructional programs. (Author/SLD)

Describes literacies for young children in language and the visual and musical arts and possible connections between them. Provides examples to show how children's arts literacies are laden with social, emotional, and cultural meanings. Considers the potential of using arts literacies in early childhood education, focusing on the Reggio Emilia…

Provides information on the life and career of Norman Rockwell and focuses on the exhibition "Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People." Discusses the four thematic groupings of the exhibition: (1) "Drawing from the Past"; (2) "Inventing America"; (3) "Celebrating the Commonplace"; and (4)…

Provides information on the inspiration for Alexis Preller's painting "Mapogga Rondawel," specifically addressing the Ndebele tribe's round, thatched houses called rondawels. Offers ideas for accompanying activities. Includes a reproduction of the painting and examines the painting in detail. (CMK)

Features the artist David Bierk, who uses three subject areas in his paintings: (1) landscapes; (2) still lifes; and (3) "history paintings." Explains that Bierk abstracts and adapts these subjects to create personal tributes to artworks by famous artists. (CMK)

Provides background information on Jose Maria Velasco and includes a reproduction of his artwork titled "Distant View of Mexico City." Includes classroom activities. Discusses the subject matter of the painting, offering historical information, and explores the techniques used by Velasco. (CMK)

Provides information on the Group of Seven, a famous group of Canadian landscape painters, of which Arthur Lismer is a member artist. Includes activities that accompany Lismer's painting "Isles of Spruce," which is reproduced here. Discusses the painting, noting its use of repetition. (CMK)

Presents an activity that connects art, science, and nature in which elementary school students learn about deciduous trees. Explains that students create a torn-tissue collage, using fall colors for a background and drawing a silhouette of a tree without leaves on top of the background with black crayon. (CMK)

In postwar Australia, rapid population growth increased the demand for teachers. The colleges at Ballarat and Bendigo were revived and expanded by the Victorian Government. At Bendigo in 1955 F. M. Courtis, Head of Art Education, acquired art works initiating a valuable and significant teaching resource at the College. The study of the Courtis…

The article presents activities that tap into elementary and middle school children's multiple ways of knowing by having them visually express impressions and thoughts about music, and conversely, express their impressions of visual art by creating music. Because most children learn through both visual and auditory senses, they may foster deeper…

The final chapter highlights five themes that thread through this volume: awareness of self, awareness of others, community building, social action, and art as a context for learning.

This instructional resource is the third in a series that explores the narrative role of art in public places. In two recent issues of "Art Education," Susan Goetz Zwirn ("Men and Women at Work: The Portrayal of American Workers by Three Artists of the 1930s and 1940s" 57(2), pp. 25-32) and Carol Argiro ("Teaching with Public Art" 57(4), pp.…