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The article focuses on the establishment of the National Council on Art, a new accrediting body for art-design schools. Ernest Pickering, dean of the College of Applied Arts at the University of Cincinnati, will serve as the chairman of the council. Pickering claims that art schools in the U.S. do not have general standards of accreditation. Standardization of the accreditation process will be one of the functions of the new council among professional art schools, teacher training schools and institutions with general art courses.

The article discusses the philosophical concept of Kaleisdoscope, a creative art experience for kindergarten until six graders in the U.S. Kaleidoscope, which was developed by Hallmark Cards, Inc. president Donald J. Hall, exhibits the creative experience of children in traveling shows. It conducts workshops on the creation of art works using music, color slides and rubbing board to stimulate their interests. Charles M. Dorn, from San Fernando Valley State College and former executive secretary of the National Art Education Association, expresses that the Kaleidoscope incorporates learning practices to encourage creative needs of children.

The article presents a research on the factors that influence design decisions and their relationship to a college level art education by applying behavioral science. The research uses two techniques to address its objectives; personal interviews with 40 women in determining the frequency and reason of design decisions they use, and questionnaires given to 1000 women in determining the importance of the design decision usage. It suggests that the terms of the family and housing status are the factors that determines the importance on design decision. It also suggests that the tendency of women going to art studies and women going to home economics are possibly of self-selection.

The article focuses on the status of art education and design in England and Wales. An overview of specialist art and design colleges providing foundation, vocational and degree courses in England and Wales are presented. The roles of artist as visual explorer and designer as a problem solver in the society are analyzed. Different courses in polytechnics and colleges for introductory, specialized, professional and research based art and design education are discussed. It is noted that foundation and vocational courses prepare students for specialized study. The role of colleges and national council in development, evaluation and maintenance of academic standards are discussed. Grants for students and the improvement in quality of teachers, buildings and equipments are also discussed.

The article presents an experiment with art in education which aims to show that good art and design must primarily be social matters that can be pragmatically evaluated. The experiment's methodology involves giving lecture to art students about developments in modern art and their implications and introducing some of the Hegelian thought and some of the art and cultural pronouncement of Marcuse. It was found out that subsequent educational experiences will reinforce the technique and problem awareness and conceptualization as the subject of the experiment.

The article offers techniques in embroidery, an art of decorating or stitching a fabric or other material using thread and needle. It highlights the process of chain stitch, a series of looped stitches forming a chain-like pattern, which gives an allover texture much similar to a knitted fabric. Three textiles from the Middle East which apply the same embroidery stitch, a simple chain, are presented. It was stated that the textiles' difference in the kinds of materials differentiated their appearance, texture, the scale, the reflection of light, and the very nature of design.

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 discusses the significance of understanding art in education. The author states that art is not simply a painting because it includes illustration, product design, advertising design, packaging and fashion. It also states the need of the students to know what makes a good design good, which values are worthwhile and which are not, how to choose, select, arrange, organize, and create harmony and beauty in everyday living. Furthermore, the differences between art and the artist who practices his art professionally is that one is aimless and built on dreams of quick unearned success, while the other is the acceptance of the kind of responsibility that accompanies a profession.

The article focuses on the concept of pattern and design in architectural structures. The author mentions that architects follow a certain pattern when making an architectural deign. Such patterns may include space units or modules, vertical or horizontal sections, a pattern of sections and openings, and a pattern of walls and textures. He reveals that when these visual and textural designs are repeated, it can create a unified yet multifaceted form of a building. He added that the design and structure of buildings are inspired by different factors including nature, art, and shapes.

The article announces developments at the Montclair State College in New Jersey. Dennis Hall, the Senior Lecturer of the Department of Graphic Design in Leeds College, Leeds, England, will exchange teaching positions with Dr. Foster Wygant of the art education department. The recipient of a Fulbright award, Dr. Abraham Kampf, is teaching at the Hebrew University in Israel. The art education department's staff has included three new members which includes Mr. Ross Coates, Dr. Robert Kohls, and Mr. Paul H. Jones. A new testing program, which includes tests of creativity and perception, has been started in the college. Dr. Lillian Calcia will direct the program leading to the M.F.A..

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 lack of a clear definition of "crafts" in secondary school art programs. It states that students who are enrolled in art classes for various reasons will lose interest in the hackneyed projects of a generation of past. The Los Angeles City Schools "Guides to Crafts Design" publication stressed that design and craftsmanship stand together as inseparable component in all art. The publication also emphasized that a craftsman must know the unique characteristic of his material and use it with understanding and honesty.

The article announces the opening of the annual contest entitled "Sterling Today Student Design Competition" for students of design at college, technical or post-graduate level, given by the Sterling Silversmiths Guild of America. It was stated that the competition promotes the creative design in sterling holloware among students and schools of design in the U.S. Furthermore, the club has published a 12-page brochure for participants and students to better understand the challenges in design and craftsmanship offered by sterling silver. The brochure also presents a review of previous competitions of sterling holloware design from 1957 and includes illustrations and descriptions of spectacular student designs.