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Volume 109, Number 7, March 2010

Lee Hornbrook

Students take a novel approach to

Shari Fox

Through the exploration of an ancient

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a tried and true project by making
and beautiful art, students get the

Editor, Nancy Walkup

self-portraits into flowers and planting opportunity to try something new and

Art teacher at W.S. Ryan Elementary, Denton, TX

them in a mini-garden.

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Underwater Wonders
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Craig Roland, Associate Professor of Art Education,

Mary Coy
Rama Hughes

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida rolandc@ufl.edu

Exploring color, space, variety, repeti-
Tips and techniques for teaching

Janet Payne, Fine and Performing Arts Coordinator

tion, and balance through an in-depth, students how to conceptualize and

Stafford County Public School, Stafford, Virginia

multimedia voyage under the sea.

draw comics.

jpayne22401@yahoo.com Pamela Stephens, Dept. of Art Education Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

The Global Seed Vault Project

New Teacher Survival Guide

Pamela.Stephens@nau.edu Aurelia Gomez, Director of Educaton, Museum of Interna-

Karen J. Larson

Interviewing the School

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Inspired by the Global Crop Diversity Pam Stephens

Professor and Head, Department of Teaching + Learning

Trust, students contemplate the Earth’s future by creating clay seeds and Visual clues to help you determine if

in Art + Design, Providence, RI, psproll@risd.edu

Contributing Editors

monotype prints.

a school values the arts in its curricu-

Ken Vieth, Art Education Consultant

lum.

Rosemont, New Jersey, kvieth@crusoe.net Rebecca Arkenberg, Museum Consultant Stratford, Connecticut, rjna@aol.com Tracy Ellyn, Miami Art and Design, Miami, Florida, tracy@miamiartanddesign.net Mary Coy, Spry Middle School,

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Exploring the Four Seasons

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Pattern in Pattern

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Art of the Animal

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