The KoalaPad, an advanced graphic tablet introduced in 1983, reduces the cost and the degree of programing background required to create sophisticated images on the microcomputer. The potentials of the KoalaPad for use in an art education program are discussed, and recommendations for creating a microcomputer graphics lab are presented. (RM)

Through graphic art courses, art teachers can provide students with an understanding of how computers work and how to solve problems with them. How to design a graphics program is discussed. (RM)

A consultant tells about her experiences in helping a small college to develop and install a computer graphics program. Educators must take care when planning because, although some aspects of computer graphics may be attractive and seductive, they may not be practical for a particular situation. (RM)

Students in elementary art programs, designed using Utah's new official art guide "Art Is Elementary," demonstrated significant gains in cognitive achievement compared with students in regular art classes. The new art guide changed the focus of art teaching from a projects approach to an emphasis upon valid art concepts. (RM)

Contradictions in the literature abound concerning Franz Cizek's role in fostering creative art. Researchers should turn to student recollections to determine what Franz Cizek's contribution to art education really was. A former Cizek student who today is prominent in design work is interviewed. (RM)

Arnold Bank, emeritus professor of design at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been one of the most inspiring teachers of calligraphy, paleography, and typography in the United States. His life and work are discussed. (RM)

The winning limericks in the First Artful Banter Limerick Contest are presented. Rules for art teachers who would like to enter the second contest are also included. (RM)

In the current post-modern period, art is considered a cultural expression of the whole mind, and its best works set standards of achievement for the whole culture. How art educators must rethink and redesign art education curricula and learning experiences to reflect this post-modern period is discussed. (RM)

Reasons why art education should be concerned with contemporary visual culture are examined. Three ways the art curriculum can be restructured to respond critically to visuals such as photographs, advertising, television, and rock videos are outlined. (RM)

Rationales for multicultural education as an important aspect of art education are discussed. Multicultural education should show that we all are cultural individuals who use art as a communication system, and that people make different aesthetic choices and have varying value systems and lifestyles. (RM)

Two strategies for teaching studio art are compared. In an atomistic strategy, basic drawing and design are taught by dividing learning contents into various component parts--e.g., perspective exercises, value scales, color wheels--and addressing them one at a time. In an holistic strategy content parts are treated simultaneously. (RM)

Four instructional styles characterized by dominative behaviors (control over students and direct influence by the teacher) and integrative behaviors (student freedom and indirect teacher influence) are described. How the four styles are dependent upon the needs of naive and sophisticated art students is examined. (RM)

The Getty Center for Education in the Arts established the 1983 and 1984 Institutes for Educators on the Visual Arts to explore the introduction of discipline-based art programs into elementary schools. Teachers attending a summer staff development program planned programs for their own shools. The institutes are described and future plans are…

The needs of Black children in elementary visual arts classes are discussed. (RM)

Hermann Krusi, born in 1817 in Switzerland, was the first drawing and art teacher at what is today Oswego State College. His most outstanding achievement was the development of a program of "Inventive Drawing," adopted by thousands of schools throughout the nation. Krusi's life and contributions are discussed. (RM)