Arts & Activities articles from January 2008

Arts & Activities archives from January 2008

50 Artists You Should Know.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... 50 ARTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW (2006," $19.95), by Thomas Koster and Lars Roper. Prestel Publishing. This can be a useful library reference for upper-elementary and middle-school students. Of course, teachers and students should be wary of so...

Learn Art Styles with Lisa: Prehistoric Art to Medieval Art.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
January 1, 2008... LEARN ART STYLES WITH LISA: Prehistoric Art to Medieval Art. VHS or DVD/20 min./Poster Set/Teacher's Guide/$69.95. Level: Middle through High School. Crystal Productions. Part of the Learn Art Styles with Lisa series focusing on styles...

Behind the Museum Door: Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... BEHIND THE MUSEUM DOOR: Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums (2007; $16.95), by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Abrams Books for Young Readers. Young students visiting a museum are often asked to remember the names of works of art and artists....

Engaging Visual Culture.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... ENGAGING VISUAL CULTURE (2007; $24.95), by Karen Keifer-Boyd and Jane Maitland-Gholson. Davis Publications, Inc. The authors state, "this book is intended to provide guiding principles and hands-on strategies for helping learners to...

Faces, Places and Inner Spaces: A Guide to Looking at Art.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... FACES, PLACES AND INNER SPACES: A Guide to Looking at Art (2006; $18.95), by Jean Sousa. Abrams Books for Young Readers (in association with The Art Institute of Chicago). Faces, places and inner spaces are general themes within which we...

Crystal Productions.(shop talk)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 21st Century Art, a new series of Portfolio Prints, contains 12 works featuring new themes, new media and new perspectives from artists such as Wayne Thiebaud, Ellsworth Kelly, Kara Walker, Elizabeth Murray, Donald...

Charlesbridge Publishing.(shop talk)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Come Look with Me: Latin American Art is the latest in the Come Look with Me art-appreciation series of books. Included are brief artist biographies, an overview of artworks and a series of simple questions to help...

World Class Learning Matls.(shop talk)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Classroom containers, the newest storage stystem for art supplies and other classroom essentials, from World Class Learning Materials, help organize your classroom. The containers can be stacked and have an extra...

Prismacolor.(shop talk)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The new Prismacolor Premier[R] Fine Line markers feature permanent, premium-quality, water-based pigmented ink that is archival, lightfast, water-resistant and acid-free. Great for those who want crisp lines and...

Prestel Publishing.(shop talk)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Part of the Adventures in Art series, Pop Art begins at the movement's inception in the 1960s and continues through the '80s, considering work by artists such as Jasper Johns, Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, Rosenquist...

Hermitage-Niks: A Passion for the Hermitage.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
January 1, 2008... HERMITAGE-NIKS: A Passion for the Hermitage. VHS/five 25-min. chapters/ $398 purchase; $125 rental. Level: High School and Adult. First Run/Icarus Films. The fruits of Catherine the Great's art collecting reside in the Hermitage in...

Photographs by Karsh: learning from exhibitions.(Yousuf Karsh )
January 1, 2008... On the centenary of his birth, museums around the world are celebrating the exceptional accomplishments of one of history's great photographers, Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002). This year, museums from London to Ottawa, Boston to Los Angeles, Chicago...

The art/shoe analogy.
January 1, 2008... What would happen if you showed your students artwork by Pollock, Miro or Kandinsky? Would you expect their reaction to be, "... that's not art" or "I could do that"? If you have ever struggled to teach validation and appreciation for an...

Discipline-based art education at its best ... miniature chair maquettes.
January 1, 2008... Are you looking for a project that all your students will feel successful creating, while also having a challenging and rewarding art experience? Does combining the concept of functional art with fine art sound appealing to you? Have you...

A vase of ... sunflowers?
January 1, 2008... It seems that when you are an art teacher, you're always on the lookout for new ideas for your classes and can discover those ideas wherever you go. That was my experience earlier this year as a friend and I were watching the movie Mona Lisa...

Burning secrets! An introduction to conceptual art.
January 1, 2008... Have some burning secrets? All middle-school students do. Box them up and burn the secrets. Everyone feels better. But, is this art? Conceptual art isn't drawing pretty pictures or experimenting with clay. It's representing ideas and...

Teaching art history to young learners.
January 1, 2008... One challenge for art educators is creating lessons for the younger grades (pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and first grade) that uphold the high standards and expectations of the rest of the art program, but are also exciting, and most...

Understanding realistic, abstract and nonobjective.
January 1, 2008... There is nothing like listening to an art lecture and having the language go over the students' heads, thus leaving them clueless. To gain better understanding, students must have a handle on the visual dialogue. As a result, I developed this...

Reverence.(art ACROSS the CURRICULUM)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The true story belongs to the storyteller, not the subject. That having been said, many might dispute such a claim, especially those whose story is told by someone else. After all, we best tell our own story. Or do...

Clip & save art notes.(Weather in Art)(Biography)
January 1, 2008... ABOUT THE ARTIST When American multimedia artist Charles "Red" Grooms (b. 1937) was a 10-year-old boy growing up Tennessee, his mother enrolled him in art classes at the Nashville Children's Museum. In eighth grade his model of a circus...

Art print: Slushing.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Red Grooms (American; b. 1937). Slushing, 1971. Color lithograph on paper; 22.125" x 28". Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Gift of the Woodward Foundation.

Classroom use of the art print.(Weather in Art)
January 1, 2008... THINGS TO KNOW * Charles Roger "Red" Grooms was born in Nashville, Tenn., during the Great Depression. He took art classes as a boy and, along with a friend, mounted his first exhibit during his senior year of high school. Grooms studied...

Ruckus North Merrick.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] As an art teacher, I feel it is my responsibility to bring attention to art exhibits and museums in the area. Many students and their parents are unaware that wonderful resources are right in their own backyard. ...

Young artist.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hi, my name is Montana Wyman. I enjoy art because I can express my creativity and my imagination. In art, I like to draw animals and do many different projects. I try to put as much effort as I can into everything I...

Corresponding with artists.(INTEGRATING the curriculum)
January 1, 2008... Works by famous artists have often shown us that the style and manner in which the artist handles a chosen medium can be a reflection of the way the artist, as a person, approaches issues in life. That thought suggests that artistic...

Gotta hand it to our artists!(eARTh ... if's got ART)
January 1, 2008... Our "eARTH... It's got ART" yearlong curriculum series now takes us to the beautiful continent of Africa! I so enjoy "taking" students here because of my 20-day visit to South Africa several years ago. I traveled from Johannesburg, to Durban,...

Celebrating the art of the Ndebele people.
January 1, 2008... Including the arts and crafts of different cultures provides endless lesson ideas for the art room.* Such was the case with the following art project, which was met with much enthusiasm and student success. Gathering the children around to...

2008 buyer's guide.(Part 1)(Directory)
January 1, 2008... 2008 Buyer's Guide ARTS & ACTIVITIES' comprehensive directory of sources of art and craft supplies and equipment, schools, publications and services ... a ready reference for teachers, administrators and purchasing agents. (* =...

2008 buyer's guide.(Part 2)(Directory)
January 1, 2008... 2008 Buyer's Guide ARTS & ACTIVITIES' comprehensive directory of sources of art and craft supplies and equipment, schools, publications and services ... a ready reference for teachers, administrators and purchasing agents. (* =...

Art history/art and cultural appreciation.(tried & true tips for art teachers)
January 1, 2008... The study of art abounds with a natural curiosity of various cultures, and a continuum of historical references linking it all together. Everything that happens to a people is recorded in their art. This visual history is often the only...