Table of Contents April 2011

On the cover: Portrait of Leonardo DiCaprio from “Sticky-Note Murals,” page 25.

Theme Transformation

Elementary

30 Mastering Mehndi
Stacy Sturgell

An alternative to using real henna.

50 Recycled Paper Beam Sculpture

Kristin Keller and Jo Tabacchi Transforming simple materials into beautiful structures.

The Chihuly Experience
Jennifer Maille
Exploring Dale Chihuly’s
process.

The Art of Henna Themina Kader Exploring an ancient body-art form.

Early Childhood

44 An Old Dog and New Tricks
Craig Hinshaw

Glass fusing with kindergarten and first grade.

Spring Peepers
Stephani Thomas
The pinch pot reconstructed.

Middle School

32 Transforming the Past into the Present
Janine Campbell
Contemporary scratch art.

48 Self-Construct Laurie Marcus Transforming identity through self-portraiture.

48

Magic Hexaflexagons Veronica Krug Transforming art through geometry.

All Levels

28 Teaching with Mark Dion
Joe Fusaro

Exploring contemporary art through an Art21 artist.

43 How to Host a Portrait Party
Rama Hughes

An engaging art game for all ages.

High School

25
25 Sticky-Note Murals
Ian Sands

Making murals with an unusual medium.

46 Our World, Their World Nicole Brisco Communicating through visual culture.

46

Tessellation
Transformations
Sharon Boyle
Repeating congruent shapes to
challenge the imagination.

11 5th Annual Artist Trading Card Contest Winners
55 Spring Website Showcase

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Correction: In the February 2011 Looking and Learning article, the first piece in Roger Shimomura’s series, An American Diary ends with Toku Shimomura’s entry about her time in a Japanese-American internment camp, where 110,000 Japanese and Japanese-American citizens were relocated and interned by the United States government.