Arts & Activities articles from September 2003

Arts & Activities archives from September 2003

Editor's note.(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... It is easy to see why art teacher Judith Johnson nominated her student, Neil Patel, for our Young Artist feature (see page 25). We chose his "Clownfish" for our cover because this picture inspires us to "swim right into the new school year."...

Art Styles, Set 1.
September 1, 2003... Eight Posters/Teacher's Guide/$49. Level: Middle School and Above. Crystal Productions, P.O. Box 2159, Glenview, IL 60025, (800) 255-8629. Part of the "Art Chart Poster Series," Art Styles contains eight 18" x 24" posters printed in...

Teaching Art in a Post-Modern World.
September 1, 2003... (2002; $22.50) by Lee Emery. The Learner/ Common Ground Publishing, P.O. Box 463, Altona, Victoria 3018, Australia. Those who teach art today are confronted with competing, sometimes contradictory, views. On the one hand, there are those...

The Beginner's Guide: Human Anatomy--An Artist's Step-by-Step Guide to Techniques and Materials.
September 1, 2003... (2003; $15.95), by James Horton. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016-8810. Artists have long been fascinated with the human figure. The history of art is replete with drawings, paintings and sculptures...

Esselte Corp.'s.(shop talk)
September 1, 2003... A worldwide leader in office and back-to-school products, ESSELTE CORP.'s latest innovative, colorful and novel school portfolios offer durability, convenience, style and value. With Oxford[R] and Pendaflex[R], there is a multitude of options...

Peter Pugger.(shop talk)
September 1, 2003... PETER PUGGER, manufacturer of the original clay-mixing pugmill, has recently introduced a larger, robust vacuum de-airing model Pugger-Mixer. The VPM-60 Power Wedger has a batch capacity of up to 100 pounds, eliminates slaking, recycles scrap,...

Rust-Oleum[R].(shop talk)
September 1, 2003... Kids and adults have fun creating messages and designs on a writable, erasable Chalkboard paint finish by RUST-OLEUM[R]. Almost any surface, from metal to paperboard to glass, can be turned into a usable chalkboard. Simply brush on the latex...

Delphi.(shop talk)
September 1, 2003... DELPHI is helping classes express their patriotism with a free stained-glass American Flag pattern. The inspiring pattern is designed to feature the new American Flag Bevel. Providing convenience and value, the Patriotic Glass Pack is...

Painting Basic Series.
September 1, 2003... Three Videos/10 min. each/$129 set; $49 each. Level: Grade Seven and Above. Lucerne Media, 37 Ground Pine Road, Morris Plains, NJ 07950, (800) 341-2293, www.lucernemedia.com. Artist/teacher Richard Byrnes demonstrates in these short,...

Animal Drawing and Anatomy.
September 1, 2003... (2002; $6.95), by Edwin Noble. Dover Publications Inc., 31 East Second St., Mineola, NY 11501. Oftentimes, students need a simple, straightforward reference to be used in the drawing of birds and animals: sheep, horses, cows, dogs, birds,...

Walk into the new school year with funky shoes.
September 1, 2003... Newly graduated from college with idealistic views about teaching, and feeling so prepared and ready to take on the art students in my charge I ask myself, "How could teaching be any harder than being a student?" I ponder how I might ignite the...

Urban redux.
September 1, 2003... Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could just paint a picture of how we want things to be and then they would be so? What if we could clean up the cities that way? On the other hand, no city could possibly be as neat and clean as it seems in...

Young artist.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Art is the part of my day that I look forward to. It is that special time where I can relax and express feelings and emotions on something tangible. To me, art is my voice and a means of escape from the ordinary. Art is meaningful and it is...

Three-dimensional innovation.(Introduction to the 2003-2004 Clip & Save Art Print)
September 1, 2003... For as long as art has been made, artists have experimented with new materials. For thousands of years, however, the invention of art materials advanced very slowly, and artists only had a few choices unless wealthy patrons gave them costly...

Classroom use.(Three-dimensional Innovation)
September 1, 2003... THINGS TO LEARN ABOUT NANCY GRAVES * Nancy Graves once wrote that titles were necessary for her sculptures only as a way of identifying them. She'd prefer people just to look at her work and not bother with titles. But, since she has...

Cantileve, 1983.
September 1, 2003... Nancy Groves (1940-1995). Cantileve, 1983. Bronze with polychrome patina. Overall: 98" x 68" x 54". Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 83.39. Art[c] Nancy Graves Foundation/...

Clip & save art notes: Nancy Graves (1940-1995). Cantileve, 1983. Bronze with polychrome patina. Overall: 98" x 68" x 54". Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.(Three-dimensional Innovation)
September 1, 2003... ABOUT THIS SCULPTURE At first glance, Nancy Graves' sculptures look delicate and flimsy, as though they might easily break. It's only when we realize that they are actually constructed out of bronze metal that we can think of them as...

Throw away those erasers! Building dragons with basic shapes.
September 1, 2003... Do you share in your students' frustration when they struggle to achieve perfection in their drawing? They erase, erase and erase! So much of their class time is spent trying to get their drawing "just right," they don't have enough time left...

Nesting instincts.
September 1, 2003... Some drawing lessons need to be revisited with each incoming class. However, the direction or subject matter must be changed for variety for both the teacher and the students. When we draw from nature, we often choose shells, leaves,...

Paul Klee's magic squares.
September 1, 2003... Children love mixing colors, especially when they're doing so with creamy tempera paint. My students had done paintings based on the bright, intense colors of the Fauves, and they now needed a project that would incorporate a greater range of...

Tigers with artistic style.
September 1, 2003... It was time to teach my sixth-grade students about style and its meaning. I wanted to combine two lessons to pique the students' interests more than usual. To help promote school spirit and a sense of pride, each student was to design our...

Palm animation.(Pixel Palette)
September 1, 2003... In the book, The Dawn of Art, the Chauvet Cave (Harry N. Abrams, 1996), there is a photograph of a running bison rendered in charcoal on a deep recess of a cave wall in France. The bison has eight legs. When teaching animation to students, I...

Patterned still-life paintings.
September 1, 2003... Students at our school are exposed to a lot of drawing instruction. By the time they reach the fifth grade, they have been well prepared for a lesson that combines drawing skills with the use of tempera paint to mix color values. This lesson...

Masterwork art lesson: Kandinsky watercolors.
September 1, 2003... Wassily Kandinsky's lyrical lines and unblemished use of color captivate my imagination. On several occasions in teaching my sixth-through eighth-graders, I have used paintings from his "Improvisation" and "Composition" series in a lesson that...

Art education conferences 2003-2004.
September 1, 2003... Following is a listing of conferences being held in the coming year by art education associations and others throughout the country. For more information or to register, please contact the individuals whose names, addresses, phone/fax numbers,...

Crystal Productions.
September 1, 2003... CRYSTAL PRODUCTIONS announces the release of its 2003 Art Education Resources catalog. The 132-page full-color catalog provides detailed descriptions of over 2,000 art-education resources. New products include: Elements of Art Posters; Art...

Creative Girl's Club.
September 1, 2003... Introducing the CREATIVE GIRLS CLUB[TM], the first educational mail-order craft kit program designed to make crafting easy and exciting for young girls--with two brand-new craft kits delivered to club members every six weeks. Along with its fun...