This document consists of the two issues of the journal "Visual Arts Research" published in 1995. This journal focuses on the theory and practice of visual arts education from educational, historical, philosophical, and psychological perspectives. Number 1 of this volume includes the following contributions: (1) "Children's Sensitivity to Expression of Emotion in Drawings" (Andrew S. Winston; Brenda Kenyon; Janis Stewardson; Theresa Lepine); (2) "Second Grade Students Developing Art Historical Understanding" (Mary Erickson); (3) "The Importance of Conversations about Art with Young Children" (Marjorie Schiller); (4) "Sculpture: The Development of Three-Dimensional Representation in Clay" (Claire Golomb; Maureen McCormick); (5) "A Microethnographic Study of a Novice, Bicultural, Elementary Art Teacher: Context, Competencies, and Concerns" (Mary Stokrocki; Isabel White); (6) "A Cross-Cultural Assessment of the Maitland Graves Design Judgment Test Using U.S. and Nigerian Subjects" (Joseph Uduehi); (7) "When a Photograph is Judged Artistic: The Influence of Novelty and Affect" (Philip H. Marshall; Ashton G. Thornhill); (8) "Elementary Art Specialists' Comfort Level in Teaching in the Art Museum Setting" (Denise Lauzier Stone). Number 2 contains: (1) "Commonsense Aesthetics of Rural Children" (Norman H. Freeman; Daniella Sanger); (2) "A Cross-Cultural Assessment of the Maitland Graves Design Judgment Test Using U.S. and Nigerian Subjects" (Joseph Uduehi); (3) "Concurrent Viewing May Alter Verbal Reports about Artwork" (Lauren Sue Seifert); (4) "Color Adaptation for Color Deficient Learners" (Donald D. Johnson); (5) "Children's Representation Systems in Drawing Three-Dimensional Objects: A Review of Empirical Studies" (Eundeok Park; Bin I); (6) "An Examination of Untutored Thematic and Observational Drawings Made by Third- and Seventh-Grade Students" (Thomas M. Brewer); (7) "A Longitudinal Perspective of an Ethnography: The Life-World of a Beginning Teacher of Art Revisited" (David Hawke). (MM)