Instructional
Resources
Pam Stephens
Art Display Cards: Color. Glenview,
IL: Crystal Productions. $15.95 for a
set of sixteen.
Teaching color theory in K– 12 art
classes is sometimes a difficult process. Art Display Cards: Color will
help teachers overcome this barrier.
This set of sixteen instructional cards
introduces key color vocabulary with
a variety of visual examples and diagrams for quick and easy reference.
Included in the set of 18 x 6" ( 46 x 15
cm) cards are words such as hue,
primary, secondary, intermediate, and
monochromatic, among others.
The cards are printed on UV-protected cardstock and have multiple
classroom uses. Each is scored in the
center so that it can be folded. This
high-quality product will prove to be
a welcome addition to any K– 12 art-teaching environment.
Pam Stephens is associate professor of art
education at Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff.
Video Reviews
Pam Stephens
Outsider Art: Mosaic Murals.
Glenview IL: Crystal Productions, 2009.
DVD, 30 mins., $29.95.
This video introduces viewers to
Isaiah Zagar, an artist who has spent
much of his life transforming the
streets of Philadelphia into a complex
mosaic museum. After proclaiming
that “Philadelphia is the center of the
art world” Zagar proceeded to make
his words true. Today, the face of Phil-
adelphia has been altered with Zagar’s
colorful and mirrored mosaic murals.
Throughout the video examples of
the Philadelphia murals are shown.
Eclectic and organic in nature, Zagar’s
mosaic murals remain distinctly his
own while simultaneously calling to
mind elements of Simon Rodia’s Watts
Towers, Ferdinand Cheval’s La Palais
Idéal, and the architecture of Antoni
Gaudí.
Pam Stephens is associate professor of
education at Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff.
Web Reviews
Rebecca Arkenberg
International Dunhuang Project
idp.bl.uk/pages/education_teachers.
a4d#12
Searching the Internet for Silk Road
resources can bring up a dizzying
amount of information. The Interna-
tional Dunhuang Project, based at the
British Library, has created a website
specifically for teachers. The site is
divided into a number of individual
thematic links.
Rebecca Arkenburg is a museum consultant from Stratford, Connecticut.
