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Conference about several papers discussed at the National Conference sponsored by the National Education Association (NEA) in the U.S. The conference was arranged for the National Commission on Teacher Education that aims to meet the problem of the general education of all teachers. The event was participated by the representatives from the fields of music, drama and speech.

Information about several papers discussed at the meeting of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) Council is presented. A progress report has been submitted which includes a statement of beliefs, in which the Council has approved and suggested two minor revision, and a questionnaire survey prepared by Joe Boltz. In addition, the Council has recommended several projects including the preparation of statement of policy regarding editorial work and continued work on statement beliefs.

Information about several papers discussed at the summer meeting of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) in Boston, Massachusetts is presented. The meeting focused on the constitutional revisions relating to art education. The symposium featured Gordon Reynolds, the president of the Massachusetts School of Art as the acting chairman.

The article reports that the Institute of Design in Chicago, Illinois became the Design Department at the state's Institute of Technology. The final papers for the move were signed by Institute president Henry T. Heald, Institute of Design president Serge Chermayeff and Institute of Design Corp. secretary Crombie Taylor. After operating at the near north side location of the Institute, the design department will transfer to Technology Center campus in the central south side. Heald explained that the Institute of Design curricula will still be used.

The article talks about "Creative Hands," a series of 16 millimeter (mm) sound films in color. Art teachers use this series to incite children's interest in using art materials with great satisfaction. Various techniques for making objects out of paper are provided in the series. The films also offer finger painting techniques. The series demonstrates procedures on building model houses. The film series also shows skills and pastimes clearly. True creativity is demonstrated by the art education in the film series.

Information about several papers discussed at a March 1951 meeting of a group of directors of art education is presented. Changes were made in the interpretation of the art program in order to make a functional art education program possible. There is a lack of supervisors in many art programs. Several positive things are being done throughout the U.S. including workshops and community programs in art, as well as cooperative planning and interplay between museums and art galleries.

This article reveals the plan of the National Art Education Association to change the year of publication of the National Yearbook to the non-convention year. There are now plans under way to develop such a yearbook for 1952. It will feature chief addresses delivered at the 1951 convention in New York, as well as additional papers by art educators and general educators. In addition, the yearbook will include whatever trends are making themselves clear in the field of art education. There is still a limited number of copies available for the 1951 yearbook which costs $3 per copy. However, members of the association will receive the volume free on 1950-51 membership.

This article calls for papers and other relevant contributions to the journal "Art Education."

The article talks about art materials and art education. According to the author, the emergence of several inquiries related to art materials seem to convey that it is important for different organizations interested in art. He said that the development of an art materials council that would give the needed information on the quality of a product in relation to its cost is being encouraged. He mentioned that an organization has provided its members' needs and interests by organizing 43 different group meetings during its national conference.

The article deals with the new assumptions and expansion in the fine arts. It is pointed out that one has to discriminate between expressions that are merely reflections of new complexities, and expressions that may be vital functions of the whole expansion. It discusses why the old tactilities of past centuries have lost vogue. It is noted that the spontaneities of the processes of nature that are increasingly impressing artists, which are reflected in the dynamics of modern plasticities. It is asserted that artists should adjust their thinking, feeling, and aspiring to the soundest evidences and opportunities that continuingly arise in the current of advance.

The article announces the changes made by the Eastern Arts Association on its "Art Education Bulletin," starting with the January 1956 issue. The format was redesigned by the journal's editor Ralph Beelke. According to its president Charles Robertson, the bulletin will have feature articles, research papers, affiliated state art association news and other current and important art education material.

The article focuses on the laws and principles in art education. According to the author, unguided art expressions obey laws and principles of construction. She cites some reasons why should art education for children comply to the child's natural way of expressing himself with creative materials. She mentions that the idea that children are naturally creative and that art programs should support children to develop ideas in their own way have been approved in many art education programs. The harmonization of practice and theory appears to be the problem to be addressed in art education programs.

The article re-examines the goals and methods of art education in light of the current school crisis in the U.S. It discusses the role of intuition in children art as well as the development of artistic ability, with focus on the use of symbols, space arrangements and colors. It cites different materials used to create three-dimensional artworks in the classroom, including yarn, cereal, metal and cloth. It states that art education should begin in the kindergarten and continue at each grade level for a child to develop aesthetic understanding at a high level.

This article offers insights about the artwork of Arjun Ray, wife of a well-known architect from Calcutta, India. She is an artist that does not deal with theories. The work produced by Ray are made of leather, straw, felt, and other materials. It also include statuettes, which at first seem to be made of porcelain, but which are really shells. One of the statuettes created by Ray is known as "After Me Cometh One." Her artwork may come from a piece of sapwood, bark or root and is mounted on a base. However, without Ray's creativity, these works of art would be no more than twisted roots and brambles and branches of deodar, cedar and gardenia.

The article presents information on the Certified Products (CP) seal of The Crayon, Water Color and Craft Institute, an association of leading U.S. manufacturers of color and craft materials. Recognizing the lack of safety and quality standards or regulations, the institute created the Certified Products Bureau Division to maintain independent and impartial standards of quality and safety. The ingredients of any product bearing the copyrighted seal have been approved by a nationally recognized authority on toxicology. The seal stands for high quality and that all children's art materials carrying this seal contain certain top grade pigments and other essential materials, thoroughly and uniformly blended.

The article features various art books, magazines, supplies, objects and products, including the book "The Art of Pictorial Composition," by Louis Wolchonok, ceramic paint from Reward Ceramic Color Manufacturing Co., Inc. and the Milton Bradley Crayrite wax crayon from Milton Bradley Co.

A conference paper about pre-logical experience in the thinking process is presented. The study aims to contribute to the methods of examining and establishing some facts in human experience in relation to pre-logic. It refers to a book on logical and intensive inquiry into the subject of dreams, daydreams, hunches, intuition, and the like type of mental processes.

The article presents a speech by John Ciardi, regarding the topics included in his paper titled "The Form is the Experience." He discusses art education in the U.S., stating some of his experiences on teaching creative writing and its relation with art. He mentions the works of several writers and their way of appreciating art and beauty through their works.

This article reports on the status of aesthetic values in everyday life in the U.S. It discusses the most controversial cultural phenomenon of the so-called New York School of painting, Abstract Expressionism. Abstract Expressionist art flourishes as an aesthetic value and sophisticated Americans buy reproductions of Abstract Expressionist work and their more affluent friends buy the originals. It has also become part of the mass culture, primarily as a result of the distribution and saturation sales of reproductions and art books.

The article presents a study concerning the "parts" of cut-paper art products in an attempt to know the influence of teacher motivation and non-motivation on its overall aesthetic quality in art education. In relation, the definition of terms, population, and the experiment's procedure are presented. The study shows that the amount of overall aesthetic quality judged in the "parts" had much influence on the overall aesthetic quality in the final art product. It suggests that all complex relationships should be carefully defined and explored to understand the relation among the creator, the creative process, and the final art product.

A list of art supplies and equipment published within the 1962 issue of "Art Education" is presented. They include the book "Children Are Artists," by Daniel Mendelowitz, which has been adopted in more than 50 colleges and universities in art education courses. The Crayola Wax Crayons are compact, permanent, water-proof and non-toxic. The dual art table is equipped wit six drawers in which each drawer is keyed and master keyed.

The article discusses the highlights of a symposium of educators and others concerned with automation held in Washington, D.C. in 1962. The attendees pondered the educational implications of this developing manufacturing technique through which machines control their own operations. Participants in the symposium may revise their papers in the light of the discussion.

The article reports that the National Association Secondary-School Principals' (NASSP) Curriculum Planning and Development Committee has consistently supported and endorsed the comprehensive secondary school's major project for 1961-1962 in the U.S. Such move is due to a belief that the school is the best hope for fulfilling the American ideal of adequate educational opportunities for all youth, and that the most effective leadership in the improvement of a curriculum is the principal of every school as he organizes his faculty, student body, and his community to meet the needs of the students. The NASSP support the principal by providing curriculum position papers.

The article announces that the third Children's Art Month in the U.S. will be in March 1963. It involves schools and many other youth and community groups, who endorsed the Children's Art Month, that are working towards such event, as previous celebrations show that the most successful activities were those with great attention to detail and careful advance planning. In preparation for the March 1963 celebration, the Crayon, Water Color and Craft Institute Inc. has revised and added to its Children's Art Month material, including a paper streamer that shows the Children's Art Month logo and slogan "Art Is Everywhere."

The article reports on the developments in Arts & Crafts Materials Corp. founded in 1947 by Charles Ellerin, an art teacher in Baltimore, Maryland. It is stated that the company hopes to buy another company before the end of 1963. The disclosure was made in an analysis of the company's history prospects by Federman, Stonehill & Co. of New York. Until it bought the Sargent enterprises of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, the company was strictly a merchandising company. The Sargent enterprises make artists' oil and watercolors, crayons, pastels, chalks, modeling clay and other art products.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium titled "Vision in Art in People to People," the 7th Biennial Conference of the National Art Education Association in Kansas City, Kansas is presented. It was stated that the conference theme presents an opportunity to examine ideas that could affect the future in demonstrating art education. Several ideas from art educators were featured in the conference including by Pauline Johnson, Ivan E. Johnson, and Jack D. Stoops.

The article reports that the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has spent $200,000 to redevelop its graphic arts facilities. As part of the development, the institute constructed five new printing engineering laboratories for photographic science, photo-mechanical, light and color analysis, printability and press systems and paper and ink. It is stated that the purpose of the above mentioned reconstruction is to bring the art facilities conform with the latest art concept.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium regarding art education which was sponsored by the Philadelphia Museum College of Art on December 11, 1962 is presented. The symposium featured the point of view of Arthur R. Young, a professor of painting and graphics at the Teachers College of Columbia University, about the traditional practices in art education. Other panelists include Victor D'Amico, Howard S. Conant and Robert L. Iglehart.

The article offers information on the film "Discovering Sculpture." This narrates the story of the sculpting experiences of two primary grade boys. It uses simple theme to demonstrate child's natural understanding of form and material in sculpture. The author believes that the film, which runs for ten minutes, would be effective in motivating sculptural activities in primary age children and a valuable help to teachers because it identifies basic sculptural understandings for children. The film is offered for $60 and available from Bailey Films Inc.

The article offers information on the application of single-concept film in art education. Single-concept film can store several information and can be shown by using a projector easily, thus making it an effective instructional equipment. Teaching-learning process is best develop by employing art films. It is mentioned that motion picture film is an effective instructional medium rather than verbal presentation. It is said that even a nominal skilled teacher can achieve positive instructional results by employing single-concept films.

The article reports on the progress of Children's Art Month, featuring public art education in the United States. Organized by Crayon, Water Color and Craft, Inc., in cooperation with the National Art Education Association, the program is held every March of the year since 1961. Organizers provided local art educators with free art materials for their own activities. Mass media including magazines and radios carried the theme of the program, featuring art education articles and several announcements on their programs. Print media became an important tool for art educators in disseminating curriculums and articles concerning children's art. It is mentioned that the success of the program rest on the cooperation among local organizations who carries public art education.

The article presents a historical survey of printmaking. The relief process is one of the oldest means of repeating design with the use of something like a rubber stamp or a typewriter key. After 100 A.D., the invention of paper by the Chinese paved the way for the use of the first smooth, cheap and tough surface for printing. Meanwhile, the Dutch created blockbooks by chipping religious texts and images on a plank of wood, inking it and printing by rubbing the back of the paper. In Europe the use of woodcuts invigorated translations from Latin and vernacular writings intended for the general reader.

The article reports on coloring books as an useful material to introduce children into art. According to some educators, coloring sets are said to prepare potential artists by exposing children to arts. The use of coloring books are effective tools in developing the creativity, sense of appreciation to arts, and understanding of the basic guidelines of art by the young minds. Professionals and school personnel commented that art materials found in modern kits are greater in quality than before which make it easier for children to understand the capabilities and limitations of each material.

The article discusses the importance of design in art and crafts. It cites that design is the ordering of thoughts and feelings that are expressed through the visual and tactile qualities of materials. Design also brings together subject matter, technical skill, perception of line and color into a consistent and meaningful experience of art. The author states that the craftsman's goal is to acknowledge and satisfy the visual needs of his work instead of repeating formulas of style or function. Moreover, it stresses that it is not the cost of the material that makes art valuable but how it is designed that gives value.

The article focuses on the crafts program in elementary schools. It cites that a child can acquire the ability to conceive and imagine an article as well as to secure the necessary tools and materials through a sound program. The article states that the child must be guided in integrating design and considering proportions and relationships. It stresses that the child will develop sensitivity to everything he sees by observation and critical evaluation of his own work. Moreover, it asserts that crafts are essential in the late elementary years for the reason that the child grows insecure in solving problems constituted by representational drawing and painting experiences.

The article discusses the importance of crafts program in elementary schools. Each craft delivers an almost unlimited proving ground in applying the familiar basic design concepts and new discoveries. It also offers opportunities in introducing a variety of rich experiences into the classroom as a vital part of the art program. The article states that observation of natural forms such as animals, birds, shells, leaves and similar objects provides the child with added resource material conducive to individual design solutions. Most craft materials are inexpensive and easily acquired however, accumulating additional alternate materials often makes creative thinking and imaginative selection.

The article focuses on the element of translucency in crafts. Translucency is one of the delightful qualities obtained in some of the arts mystery. In stimulating experimentation with translucency, the teacher will have a need for inexpensive material consisting of crystal tissue papers, plastic wrapping papers, sheer fabrics and papers oiled in old-fashioned ways. Considering the shape and the line, the craftsman may not depend on the intrinsic qualities of his materials as upon their selection and management. Moreover, a translucent window hanging can save a room from glare or lost privacy.

The article focuses on the influence of art technique by Cubist artists and the elements of a woman, a man, and a horse to the artworks of French Cubist sculpture Raymond Duchamp-Villon. He created with Cubistic forms a horse which was not a horse but a machine which was not a machine that results to a form which was both machine and horse. During the World War I, Duchamp-Villon died as a medical corpsman in the first mechanized war. His artworks are exhibited in a famous modern art museum in New York City wherein they were considered as the greatest work of Cubist sculpture.

The article focuses on objective expression as an approach towards art education wherein it is detached from personal involvement. It states that such approach to art stresses the subjective demands the practical elimination of the visual theory, which should apply to initially arouses the student into action. Moreover, students of objective art are those who lack a personal involvement with nature and their relationship to nature is transferred upon canvas in the identical objective fashion that nature is experienced. Natural movement is discouraged toward visual portrayal on an objective level which becomes obvious in the primary grades.

The article reports that the Dickinson State College chapter's members attended the Western Arts Association Regional Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The author mentions that the conference strengthened the spirit of unity and purpose within the group. The members are also invited by the North Dakota Art Association to illustrate the new art materials in art education. He suggests that Kathleen Ehreth, member of the Dickinson chapter and president of the North Dakota Student Education Association, should be recognized for her professional contributions.

The article assesses the growth of plastics in society and its development in art. Plastics can be used to imitate wood, marble and clay and formed into various shapes. The author considers the high potential that plastics possess. The author also investigates the characteristics of different types of plastics and how they increase the artist's material and vocabulary range. For instance, acrylic with optical clarity may be bent into shape, machined and polished to high gloss while polyethylene can become a permanent, translucent ground or picture.

The article reports offers information on the Children's Art Month activities for March 1966. It suggests that those who are planning activities for the art month should send in the names and addresses of their local newspapers to the Crayon, Water Color and Craft Institute, Inc. in order to receive art education articles. It mentions that the articles are accompanied by a note, encouraging the papers to cooperate with school and youth groups in developing feature stories about local projects, and the views of informed local citizens on the importance of art training for all children. It declares that the Institute aims to make people aware of the many values of a purposeful art education in the development of each child's highest potential.

The article presents the author's comments on the summary of development psychologist Jean Piaget's findings by psychologist Kenneth M. Lansing. He believes that one particular aspect of the child's perceptual-conceptual learning experience must be recognized. He points out that Piaget almost totally neglects the learning of a child when he uses all of his sensory modalities, and not just visual perception and language in his concept building.

The article offers North Carolina news briefs on art education. The function of the state supervisors of art education was changed after the implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. An annual workshop conference will be organized by the North Carolina Art Education Association from April 1 to 2, 1966 at the East Carolina College. A 10,000 dollar gift for the exhibition "Art on Paper" will be given by the Weatherspoon Art Gallery of the University of North Carolina.

The article reports on the new publication "The Journal of Aesthetic Education" which features scholarly examination and interpretation of aesthetic education. The release of this journal was announced by University of Illinois and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Springfield, Illinois. Articles which attempt to clarify the nature of related arts curricula at the high school level as well as papers which deal with any aspect of aesthetic education can be sent to its editor, Ralph A. Smith. Its first issue will feature articles, reprints as well as excerpts from curriculum theory and education philosophy.