Stories Collection

  1. Coming up with exciting and stimulating lesson plans that incorporate art production ...
  2. Using art to connect to the past can be an exciting experience for enthusiastic, hand...
  3. THE LIFE AND WORKS OF MICHELANGELO. Two Videos/31 and 28 min. each/S39.95, set. Level...
  4. Cave paintings are the earliest existing examples of man's communication through pict...
  5. THE OXFORD FIRST BOOK OF ART (1999; $18.95), by Gillian Wolfe. Oxford University Pres...
  6. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students will ... * understand the role the visual arts play ...
  7. THE WORLD OF ISLAM: ISLAMIC ART. Video/30 min./ $89.95. Level: High School and Colleg...
  8. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students will... 1. expand their knowledge regarding cultural...
  9. THE ARTS IN SPAIN (1999; $14.95), by John F. Moffit. Thames & Hudson Inc., 500 Fifth ...
  10. Jose Maria Velasco (Mexican, 1840-1912). Distant View of Mexico City, 1895. Oil on ca...
  11. Enrich multicultural lessons with Symbol Stamps from CRIZMAC ART & CULTURAL EDUCATION...
  12. Velasco's many landscapes of the Valley of Mexico have left a record of a magnificent...
  13. David Bierk, an artist who has reconsidered traditions and ideas of the past to creat...
  14. A powerful visual form found throughout the Universe is the spiral. Galaxies and nebu...
  15. ARTWARE BY YOU, formerly known as Art Tees, was created seven years ago to encourage ...
  16. Art, by definition, can encompass an enormous variety of materials, forms and express...
  17. This whole undertaking started after I watched a program on PBS that showed a woman i...
  18. One of the most exciting aspects of teaching elementary art is the opportunity to try...
  19. One of the most challenging things about being an art instructor is the constant sear...
  20. Art has always been something special to me. My inspirations are my parents and their...
  21. This month, why not weave some fiber into your curriculum? Not everyone will be able ...
  22. Weaving has sometimes been thought of as too simple to be used as an art activity. As...
  23. We were learning the sign language alphabet in my Advisory/Advisee class at school, u...
  24. FAITH RINGGOLD: The Last Story Quilt. Video/28 min./S39.95 Level: All grades. L&S Vid...
  25. Anger. It can be instantly explosive or it can percolate below the surface for a long...
  26. TEACHING FROM THE INSIDE OUT (2000; $19.95), by Sue Sommers. Authority Press, 10970 M...
  27. Emily Carr (1871-1945), Vanquished, 1930. Oil on canvas; 36.3 x 50.8 cm. Vancouver Ar...
  28. CLASSROOM CREATIVE EXPERIENCE: A Culture and Art Lesson. Video/23 min. Level: Grades ...
  29. Nearly 100 years ago, when Emily Carr first visited North American Indian villages al...
  30. THE ARTFUL SPIRIT: Crafty Hobbies to Gift Wrap ... Your Life (1999, $22.95), by Nancy...
  31. Process, not product" is a phrase dear to many art therapists working with children w...
  32. SELLING YOUR CRAFTS (1999; $18.95), by Susan Joy Sager. Allworth Press, 10 E. 23rd St...
  33. My daughter never takes chances with something as important as her birthday present. ...
  34. COMPLETE HOME CRAFTS (1997; $29.95), by Miranda Innes. DK Publishing, Inc., 95 Madiso...
  35. In beginning drawing courses, I stress the importance of many basic "truths" in art. ...
  36. SAX ARTS & CRAFTS now offers Folia Papers, a rich, full-spectrum line of art papers i...
  37. A Study of Magritte's Bottle Series Rene Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967) is one of th...
  38. HORACE PIPPIN: There Will Be Peace. Video/28 min./$39.95. Level: All grades. L&S Vide...
  39. Why wait 100-plus years to see the results of natural selection? You can have it now!...
  40. CREATIVE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY (1998; $24.95), by Bernhard J. Suess. Allworth P...
  41. Sometimes the old tried-but-true can be just the prescription for an exciting and edu...
  42. Andy Warhol has always intrigued me with his bold portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Elizab...
  43. When I was a first-year university art student, an art professor gave us an assignmen...
  44. This torn-paper and gadget-print activity can be completed in one or two class period...
  45. My mom and dad tell me that I started drawing when I was very young, I think around t...
  46. The students in Dave Kaemmings' beginning drawing class at Whitmer High School in Tol...
  47. If it is fun and unique printmaking projects you are looking for, we've got a veritab...
  48. Third-grade students at my school focus on Native Americans and pioneers for much of ...
  49. M.C. ESCHER: Master of Graphic Arts. Video/23 min./ $89. Level: Middle School and Abo...
  50. FEATURED ARTWORK George Inness (American, 1825-1894). Delaware Water Gap, (1861. Oil ...
  51. HANS NAMUTH: PORTRAITS (1999, $39.95) by Carolyn Kinder Carr. Smithsonian Institution...
  52. The Delaware Water Gap is on the point where the Delaware River cuts through the Appa...
  53. TESSELLATIONS TEACHING POSTERS (Artchart Poster Series). Set of four posters/ $24.95....
  54. Most people delight in using their imaginations. They use storytelling, music and art...
  55. An Interview with Dennis Sipiorski Louisiana artist Dennis Sipiorski heads the art ...
  56. [B] BRITAIN FROM THE AIR (1997; $34.95), by Jane Struthers and Jason Hawkes. Distribu...
  57. My beginning drawing students did such a sweet job on a rendering assignment that it ...
  58. [B] GO TO YOUR STUDIO AND MAKE STUFF (1999; $15.95), by Fred Babb. Workman Publishing...
  59. Most of my projects for grades 7 and 8 take at least four periods to complete. Some, ...
  60. [B] THE FINE ARTIST'S GUIDE TO MARKETING AND SELF-PROMOTION (1996; $18.95), by Julius...
  61. The reason I love art is that I use my imagination and that I create my own drawings....
  62. ROYAL BRITES announces "Two Cool Colors" poster board. Coated with a graphic-arts qua...
  63. With a playful wink, our cover invites you inside this issue to explore creativity wi...
  64. Checkout lines at stores and supermarkets are prime places to observe children and to...
  65. PERMISSION GRANTED TO PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD Teams of students (grades K-6), teachers ...
  66. At first glance, your eyes tell you that you are looking at a photograph, but as you ...
  67. [A] LAND & LANDSCAPE: VIEWS OF AMERICA'S HISTORY & CULTURE. Study Guide, Workbook, 15...
  68. Alabama in July. Temperatures are in the 90s and humidity is higher than 60 percent. ...
  69. Nature is amazing. No matter what the time of year, it always manages to capture our ...
  70. [A] WYCINANKI: Polish Papercutting. Video/27 minutes/$39.95. Level: Grades 4-12. Criz...
  71. Arthur Lismer (Canadian, 1885-1969). Isles of Spruce, c. 1922. Oil on canvas; 119.4 x...
  72. The process of forming a sheet of paper was first developed in China around the secon...
  73. [A] ROMARE BEARDEN: Visual Jazz. Video/28 min./$39.95. Level: All Ages. L&S Video Inc...
  74. Arthur Lismer did as artists have always done, he transformed his early sketches of s...
  75. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students will be able to: * explain how the self-portrait tel...
  76. [B] CREATING EXTRAORDINARY BEADS (1998; $22.95), by Tina Casey. Northlight Books, 150...
  77. This lesson allows us to connect art with language arts and science in a very meaning...
  78. We were barely into the second week of class, having completed instruction in how to ...
  79. I have been photographing student artwork for years. I save these photographs in scra...
  80. You know it. I know it. Beginners in art want to use pure color, straight from the co...
  81. Painting in Eighteenth Century France from the Musee Picardie, Amiens Often conside...
  82. Every year, a topic is selected for the Clip & Save Art Print series. The choice is a...
  83. As an eighth-grader in Anchorage, Alaska, I have a hard time fitting art into my life...
  84. FEATURED ARTWORK David Bates (American, b. 1952). Blackwater I, 1987. Oil on canvas, ...
  85. THE ARTIST'S RESOURCE HANDBOOK (Revised) (1997; $18.95), by Daniel Grant. Allworth Pr...
  86. Where did the summer go? It is amazing how quickly time passes and we once again find...
  87. Not many areas of North America can claim to have been left untouched by people, but ...
  88. PASTELS (1998; $15.95), by John Blockley. Harper-Collins Publishers, London; Distribu...
  89. MAKING PICTURE FRAMES (1999; $5.95), by Linda Henry and Lisa Rebnord. Kids Can Press,...
  90. With the beginning of each new school year comes the excitement and anticipation of n...
  91. MATH GAMES AND ACTIVITIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD (1998; $14.95), by Claudia Zaviasky. ...
  92. For my fifth-grade art classes, "Sketchapalooza" is a celebration the culmination of ...
  93. DK. 12: DESIGN FOR THINKING. Two Text Manuals, 8 Guide Cards, 7 Table Tents and Video...
  94. Last summer, work began on a new addition to one of the elementary buildings where I ...
  95. HOMEMADE ESTHETICS: Observations on Art and Taste (1999; $27.95) by Clement Greenberg...
  96. This art lesson evolved from summer days spent fishing with my husband on a chain of ...
  97. The History Through Art and Architecture Multicultural Catalog 2000 and 2001 is avail...
  98. What happens when you combine a beautiful autumn morning, a class of sixth-grade art ...
  99. Bend low again, night of summer stars, So near you are, sky of summer stars, ...
  100. If only Miz Cricket could sing like Cedric! Crick ... crickety .. crick! ...
  101. 1. Cut out a piece of cardboard so it is slightly larger than your artwork. 2....
  102. Shadow plays are one of the oldest forms of entertainment. They first appeared in Ch...
  103. Shh! I think I've lost a buttonhole. I know it should be here. Top button...
  104. My grandfather left Korea to live with us in New York when he was almost eighty year...
  105. What letter needs to be added at the beginning or end of each word to make it fit th...
  106. Emmie and and Eric packed a basket for their picnic. Emmie packed two sandwiches and...
  107. 1. For the airport, cut out a 10-inch square from poster board. Draw a circle on it ...
  108. Wendy and Alex stared at the strange flower at their feet. Dozens of them bloomed in...
  109. Girl: What will you be used for? Log: Wood is used to make so many things that ...
  110. A Story to Read and Draw 1. Once there was a lake. (Draw an oval for the ...
  111. From a piece of thin cardboard, such as a cereal box, cut out a boat like the one in...
  112. Anna Mae was sick in bed. A cold was clogging up her head. No school today, ...
  113. Bartley Bumble consistently confuses which sports his three children play and on whi...
  114. Watch meteors zip across the night sky in August. Everybody loves fireworks. Co...
  115. 1. Stretch a wide rubber band to almost double its size by putting it around a plast...
  116. I love to cheer, yes I do. I like to see what I can do. Dancing to fast tunes...
  117. My brother plays baseball at the ball park, I love to go watch him in daylight an...
  118. 1. Look through photos that a parent has given you permission to cut. Select picture...
  119. "Stroke, stroke." It is midwinter, and the canoe-racing team is hard at wo...
  120. Use bountiful summer fruits and your own magic to make "Magic" Fruit Cobbl...
  121. T-ball is a great sport, Going one, going two, going three times, You're OUT!...
  122. 1. Cover your work surface with a few layers of newspaper. Place a piece of waxed pa...
  123. My Same-Size Cat Samantha Pezzimenti, Age 7 Manasquan, New Jersey I wrote...
  124. The little girl kept her eyes squeezed tightly shut as rough hands pulled her up fro...
  125. Almost no one loves a rattlesnake. It's not a cuddly animal and not one to make you ...
  126. "There are plenty of ways to stand up to a bully. Just ask Sam Austin." ...
  127. 1. For each bookplate, cut out a shape from paper. On each shape, use a marker to wr...
  128. Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away by June Cross...
  129. * Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster by Dr. Michael...
  130. Buy Golly! The History of Black Collectables by Clinton Derricks New Cavendish Books ...
  131. Martha Southgate's new novel Third Girl From the Left (Houghton Mifflin, September 20...
  132. This issue of Black Issues Book Review invites us all to look back over the year in b...
  133. Kanye West, the Grammy-winning music producer and performer, recently bought the film...
  134. The good folks of one of America's premiere churches have at last consented to share ...
  135. For most book clubs, the big challenge is getting everyone to read the chosen book. A...
  136. Autumn brings with it the promise of a flesh start for many of us, whether at school,...
  137. Pink by Marilynn Griffith Revell, February 2006 $12.99, ISBN 0-800-73040-2 Raya and...
  138. Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns by J. California Cooper Doubleday, April 2006 $24.95...
  139. Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers by Kwame Anthony Appiah W.W. Norton &...
  140. Unburnable by Marie-Elena John Amistad/HarperCollins, April 2006 $23.95, ISBN 0-060-8...
  141. Hokum: An Anthology of African American Humor Edited by Paul Beatty Bloombury Publish...
  142. Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala HarperCollins, November 2006-06-05 $16.95, ISB...
  143. The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes From Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop by Kyra D...
  144. The King of Macy's by Fred Beauford Morton Books, Inc., January 2006 $15, ISBN 1-929-...
  145. * George and Rue by George Elliott Clarke Carroll & Graf, February 2006 $23, ISBN...
  146. Uncle Tom or New Negro? African Americans Reflect on Booker T. Washington and "U...
  147. Operation Smokeout by Anthony P. Jones Allen Publishing Company, October 2005 $25.95,...
  148. Through the Fire by Seressia Glass Genesis Press/Indigo Spectrum, March 2006 $9.95, I...
  149. It's Like That by Cheryl Robinson New American Library, January 2006 $13.95, ISBN: 0-...
  150. Soul Sanctuary: Images of the African American Worship Experience by Jason Miccolo Jo...