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Early Childhood
Here Comes the Sun
Jennifer Nesson
Color-mixing experiments.
Elementary
A Brilliant Idea
Gaynor Hytrek
Starting with a light bulb.
All Levels
Finding Inspiration
in Ralli Quilts
Patricia Stoddard
Learning about Pakistani and Indian
culture through quilting.
Making Other Arrangements
Dale Wayne
An imaginative reuse of plastic bottles.
Inspiring Creativity in Teaching Since 1901.
Volume 110, Number 9, May/June 2011
SchoolArts is a national magazine committed to
promoting excellence, advocacy, and professional support for educators in the visual arts.
Editor, Nancy Walkup
Art teacher at W.S. Ryan Elementary, Denton, TX,
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Middle School
Recycling Pop Art
Deb Pfohl
Drawing everyday recyclable objects.
Advocacy
The Indispensable Art Teacher
Donalyn Heise and Melody Weintraub
Ensuring the safety of your program.
High School
REcycle, REuse,
We Aim to Amuse
Juliette Montague
Making creatures from
recycled materials.
Art Teacher Round Table
Art and Environmental
Sustainability
Pam Stephens
Helping students express ideas of
environmental sustainability.
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Editorial Advisory Board
Nicole Brisco, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, TX,
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Mary Coy, Spry Middle School,
Webster, NY, MaryCoy@rochester.rr.com
Aurelia Gomez, Director of Educaton, Museum of Interna-
tional Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM, aurelia.gomez@state.nm.us
Theresa McGee, Monroe Elementary School, Hinsdale, IL,
tmcgee@d181.org
Martin Rayala, Assistant Professor of Art Education,
Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA,
Rayala@Kutztown.edu
Craig Roland, Associate Professor of Art Education, Uni-
versity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, rolandc@ufl.edu
Paul Sproll, Rhode Island School of Design, Professor
and Head, Department of Teaching + Learning in Art +
Design, Providence, RI, psproll@risd.edu
Pamela Stephens, Dept. of Art Education
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Pamela.Stephens@nau.edu
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Rosemont, NJ, kvieth@crusoe.net
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8 Museum Musings
11 Focus In
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14 Managing the Artroom
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9 ClipCards
Lauren Taylor
Circles, Circles Everywhere
Laurie Bellet
Complement Exploration
Laurie Bellet
Kaleidoscope
Betsy DiJulio
Suspended Still-Life
24 Tech4ArtEd
Theresa McGee
Wired to the Natural World
25 Looking/Learning
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DeHart, Amanda Deibert, Cassie
Langan, Jennifer Low, Ellen
Pados, and Katherine Schneider
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