Arts & Activities articles from June 2003

Arts & Activities archives from June 2003

Editor's note.(inside this issue)
June 1, 2003... Our mission this month is to help you "float into summer with teacher-tested ideas." That's one of the many great things about Arts & Activities--the art lessons and projects we share with our readers have been tested in art rooms and...

Painting the Secret World of Nature.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... (2001 $28.99), by John Agnew. North Light Books, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45207. The author of this book, John Agnew, has designed exhibits, painted murals and produced illustrations for museums and zoos. He brings special skills and...

Barron's Art Handbooks: Vegetation.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... (2001; $9.95). Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 250 Wireless Blvd., Hauppauge, NY 11788. This is a book, small in size, that can serve as a handy resource for highschool students seeking introductory information about rendering images of...

Picture Perfect Framing: Making, Matting, Mounting, Embellishing, Displaying and More.(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... (2002; $14.95, paperback) by Katie DuMont. Lark Books, 50 College Street, Asheville, NC 28801. There is more detailed and technical information about framing than would likely be needed by classroom teachers who wish to frame student...

Inspirations.(Video Recording Review)
June 1, 2003... Video/100 min./$19.95 for VHS: $29.95 for DVD. Level: College. Public Media/ Home Vision Entertainment, 4423 West Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60640. Seven diverse artists are featured in this rather lengthy documentary. They are each...

Video Placement Worldwide[TM] (VPW). (shop talk).(art activity video)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Teachers nationwide are receiving free, sponsored educational videos from VIDEO PLACEMENT WORLDWIDE[TM] (VPW), just for asking. All public, private and parochial school teachers are eligible to order these free programs. All they have to do is...

Delphi. (shop talk).(art supplies)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... America's largest art glass and mosaic supplier, DELPHI, has created a free educational guide specially designed for teachers. The School Quick Reference Guide includes step-by-step directions and photos for stained glass and mosaic art. It...

Biofit[R]. (shop talk).(art supplies)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... BIOFIT[R] Engineered Products offers a brochure featuring its new line of Fold-N-Roll tables for art classrooms, learning and activity centers, training and meeting facilities, cafeterias and other applications in schools, offices, etc. The...

To call attention to the importance of the arts, the Entertainment Industry Foundation[TM] (EIF) and Mattel[R], through its Barbie Cares program, conducted a nationwide search for outstanding arts teachers whose creativity has a lasting impact on their students. (shop talk).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... To call attention to the importance of the arts, the ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION[TM] (EIF) and MATTEL[R], through its Barbie Cares program, conducted a nationwide search for outstanding arts teachers whose creativity has a lasting impact...

Teachers College Press. (shop talk).(art supplies)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... In this in-depth text, Art and Cognition: Integrating the Visual Arts in the Curriculum, from TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS, the preeminent art education scholar Arthur Efland not only sheds light on the problems inhibiting art education, but also...

Dover Publications. (shop talk).(art supplies )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... An entertaining introduction to works of a great French Impressionist, Color Your Own Renoir Paintings, is a recent addition to DOVER PUBLICATIONS. Among the pictures rendered by Marty Noble include On the Terrace, Woman with a Fan, Luncheon on...

Young artist: Zuleyma Vega Mendez.(fifth-grade student discusses art appreciation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... When I was little, my mom enrolled me in art class. No one else draws in my family; I think I'm the only one that ever has. Art is fun and cool, and it takes your mind off of bad things. Some people draw about seasons, some people draw about...

Just beneath the surface. (Cover Story).(art project)
June 1, 2003... Today, it seems that there are so many popular techniques that build on the making of marks: gouging, carving and incising into paint and other media; creating a layering of shapes and colors; and overlays of images that play on our senses....

Artistic homage. (Teaching art with art).(art project)
June 1, 2003... The word "homage" means to show great respect for someone or something. Other words have more or less the same meaning and include reverence, honor, awe, adoration and veneration. Throughout the world and throughout history, a large proportion...

Windows to art excitement.(art project)
June 1, 2003... We have been teaching art together nearly 18 years at a private school comprising about 480 students, toddlers through eighth grade. We have built a successful art program and developed several exciting ways to let the parent and school...

Creativity: the flowering tornado: art by Ginny Ruffner. (Learning from Exhibitions).
June 1, 2003... The creativity behind Ginny Rufner's art is a direct reflection personality and character of the artist. Few artists over the course of a care have so closely used his or her own life experiences and personal philosophy to develop a variety of...

Classroom use.(profile of artist Roy Lichtenstein)
June 1, 2003... THIS FACE This portrait is of a ferocious German submarine commander from the 1940s who is about to launch a torpedo at a ship he is viewing through his periscope. The painting is one of Roy Lichtenstein's earlier Pop Art paintings done...

Clip & save art notes.(discussion about artist Roy Lichtenstein's Torpedo...Los)
June 1, 2003... Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997). Torpedo... Los, 1963. Oil on canvas; 68" x 80". [c] Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. ABOUT THIS PAINTING The original idea for this painting came from a comic-book story called "Battle of the Ghost Ships!"...

Horizontal and vertical line designs. (Recycling renaissance).(art project)
June 1, 2003... A quick and easy way to get artwork ready for the art show is to cut 2-inches off the top and side of any paper that will be used for drawing or painting prior to the lessons. After the student work is completed, a 12" x 18" piece of colored...

Build a castle! (Recycling renaissance).(art project)
June 1, 2003... Every year, the students in all grades of my elementary school do a papier-mache project. In planning the lessons, I look back to see what each grade has done before, and try to dream up something different and special. Each year they build on...

Sixth-grade gallery project.(art project)
June 1, 2003... You know how it is. The school year is over for all practical purposes. The final exams are done, the books are handed in, and the lockers are cleaned out. It's hot. Why not make these last days of the school year an art event? As an...

Water artists. (Children's art diary).(art project)
June 1, 2003... Pools and tubs are natural spaces for children's experiments and water is,a naturally creative media. In water-play, painting, design, animation and sculpture inventions flow together. Sponge and cup cities ride tinted waves of bubbles,...

Blob flowers. (Children's art diary).(art project)
June 1, 2003... Watercolor is always a challenge, but it is the medium we use because it is an inexpensive one for schools to purchase. I like helping the students feel like they have accomplished something amazing with color, so we started with "Blob...

2003 guide to summer ordering.(art supply companies: addresses, phone numbers)
June 1, 2003... 2003 Guide to Summer Ordering 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...