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In today's culturally diverse society, the work of many contemporary artists reflects a kind of 'double vision,' a unique view of the world as seen through the lens of personal [...]

Carmen Lomas Garza's Barbacoa para Cumpleanos (Birthday Barbecue) depicts her childhood memory of a birthday party for her sister Mary Jane. Family, friends, and neighbors have gathered to celebrate at [...]

In an effort to intrigue my fifth graders with a novel and spontaneous approach to line and movement, I introduced paper marbling as a means to create remarkable decorative surface [...]

Are there any artworks, artists, or cultural traditions that you would like to include in your curriculum but have not because of trepidations about sensitive subjects? Can you think of [...]

Figures and portraits are an integral part of every art curriculum so there is a definite need for resources about them. One site rich in historical context is the National [...]

Do you think mathematics can be found in art? You may not realize it, but if you teach the elements of art and the principles of design, you also teach [...]

Like many art teachers, you may begin the new school year with an emphasis on the foundations of art, especially the elements of art and the principles of design. If [...]

Have you ever wondered who was first responsible for the widespread teaching of the elements of art and the principles of design? Unless you have taken a course in the [...]

Welcome to art education online! If you are fortunate enough to have online access in your artroom, there are many opportunities you can provide for website interaction with art for [...]

Welcome to art education online! When planning an art-centered school or classroom website, content should be the first component you plan and develop. The subsequent structure and graphic design then [...]

Welcome to art education online! In the past two issues of SchoolArts we have explored the evaluation of websites for graphic design and site architecture or structure. To round out [...]

Welcome to the art education online! In the column for the January's issue of SchoolArts, I suggested criteria for evaluating the graphic design of web sites. A second component to [...]

Welcome to art education online! Now that you are coveting a well-designed website of your own, it is extremely helpful to develop criteria through the thoughtful evaluation of existing sites. [...]

Welcome to art education online! If you are the fortunate art teacher who has a bank of computers in your classroom, please be patient with me this month (though you [...]

Welcome to art education online! When you think of the greatest art museums in the world, which ones first come to mind? For art teachers, such a list is likely [...]

Welcome to art education online! No doubt you are aware of the Internet and the World Wide Web, as every breakfast cereal, make of car, and investment broker is advertising [...]

the ephemeral sculptures of HELEN ESCOBEDO Do your students know the meaning of the term 'ephemeral'? Webster's Dictionary defines it as 'lasting a very short time.' What might: that mean [...]

Without question, traditional research in the arts, whether about artists or works of art, provides a broad and strong foundation for interdisciplinary learning. Identifying topics, locating resources, organizing thoughts, creating [...]

Jim McNeill Jim McNeill was born in Rahway, New Jersey in 1967. When he was about three years old he first started his art career. During high school, his band [...]

The Art Problem Use mixed media to create a simple still-life composition. Objectives Students will create an effective still life using collage and watercolor painting. Materials 9 x 12' (23 [...]

The Art Problem The Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls that my grandmother made for me many years ago are used as the focus for a drawing lesson about the basic [...]

The Art Problem In our kindergarten classes, students learn about owls and dissect owl pellets. To reinforce that lesson in art, students learn more about the natural history of owls [...]

Last year, since our music teacher's student-teacher was from India, we decided into offer our fifth graders a one-day celebration in honor of Diwali, one of the most popular Hindu [...]

The Art Problem Create a simulated fossil using toy plastic dinosaurs and clay. Materials clay, cut into slabs about 4 x 5' (10 x 13 cm) and 1 ' (2.5 [...]

The Art Problem The Very Busy Spider is a picture book by Eric Carle that shows the development of a spider's web with Carle's characteristic painted paper illustrations and simple [...]

The Art Problem Make a polar bear from clay to correlate with the first grade's study of the same. Materials White earthenware or stoneware clay, water in bowls, plastic mats [...]

Questions to Consider about Collecting * Why do people collect things? * What makes an object worth collecting? * What do you collect? * Why do you collect what you [...]

Have you ever thought of using music as a subject for art? When I discovered our third graders studied jazz in music class every February, it seemed an opportune time [...]

Introduction for All Students View and discuss examples of radial symmetry from natural sources and from different cultures, times, and artists. Review vocabulary from both art, such as tessellations, asymmetrical [...]

What characteristics determine if two quite similar objects are or are not works of art? Asking students to set personal standards and then apply that criteria to images and objects [...]