Despite Hawai'i's location at the northern apex of Polynesia, visual arts education in Hawai'i is predominately west facing in its orientation. Defining visual arts solely along European/American conventions and history, arts education as practiced in Hawai'i does little to acknowledge and engage the diversity of cultural perspectives long…

Every artist-educator dreams of that perfect creative atmosphere where a professional level of imaginative productivity blends with industrial efficiency and artistic whim. Here teachers and architects work together to build the new art building at the University of Hawaii with the intention of providing that atmosphere. (Author/RK)

Considers what specific educational needs a graduate program in studio art must satisfy to be successful. (RK)

Art museums have been recognized as sources for curriculum development but one of the museum's weakest areas is in its relationships with people, particularly with adults and adolescents. Examines characteristics of the population, changing patterns of housing, the influence of senior citizens and adolescents, museum manager influence and…

Discusses the role of education in a museum setting. Reviews the direction of thinking in museum education and the history of the museum movement in the United States. Highlights the preparation of viewers, the professional status of museum educators, and marketing museum programs as some problems in museum education. (CW)

Describes the programs and philosophy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Stresses its educational functions and the provisions of access to the museum collection as its primary mission. (CW)

Reviews the School in the Exploratorium (SITE) program at the San Francisco museum of art and science. Stresses the value of an interdisciplinary approach to science education in a museum setting. Points out the importance of play in engaged observation. Highlights aesthetics in art and science. (CW)

Describes the purposes and programs of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Promotes the Socratic method in museum education. Details the docent training program at the museum. Stresses the philosophy that the object is the message. (CW)

Reviews the purposes and programs of the Extensions Division of the Department of Education of a metropolitan museum. Surveys services provided to schools. Gives a sample lesson plan. Highlights thematic exhibitions at the museum. Considers education by means of the art object as the primary goal of the Extensions Division. (CW)

Reported are studies designed to identify art and art-related experiences that enhance or reinforce cognitive development among kindergarten and first-grade children. These studies focus on conceptual thinking through transfer of image, creating thinking through clayforming, oral language through painting experiences, and letter recognition and…

Providing a rationale for continued research into the importance of art and creativity, the author decries the lack of national encouragement for the arts and urges identification and support for young artists. Indicates that continued research may lead to more positive attitudes toward art, artists, and art education in schools. (JN)

Author has attempted to call attention to the weaknesses of some prominent research in the field of art education and to point out what he thinks is the insidious nature of the propaganda that it generates and reinforces. (Author/LF)

Author discusses the need to develop art programs that are relevant to today's special educational needs. Premises on which such programs should be built are discussed. (LF)

Author discusses the importance and relevance of art in higher education. General recommendations for an orientation towards curriculum planning in art are mentioned. (LF)

Author explores several concepts concerning art, curriculum, and current techniques for organizing subject content: 1) A Concept of Curriculum, 2) Content and Concepts of Art, 3) A Taxonomy: Cognitive and Affective, 4) Performance or Behavioral Goals, and 5) Relationship of Taxonomy, Behavioral Goals and Art. (Author)