RE-VISIONING SECONDARY ART EDUCATION

by FRANCES HENRY and PHYLLIS SAWYERS
1st edition, 109 pages, $25.95
ISBN 978-0-89641-152-4 

Contents

Chapter 1: Imagining Art Education through Time

Chapter 2: Re-Visioning

Chapter 3: Nature as a Well-Spring for Imagining

Chapter 4: Patterns of Growth in Adolescence

Chapter 5: The Creative Process

Chapter 6: Designing Curricula

Chapter 7: Goals and Evaluation

Chapter 8: Re-Visioning Classroom Ambience

Chapter 9: Studio Sessions

Appendix: Budgeting and Ordering Visual Art Supplies and Equipment

About the Authors

Frances L. Henry was an Associate Professor of Art Education at Southwest Texas State University. She served as a consultant for the public schools in Texas, Arizona, New York, and California. She studied at the School of Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Student's League in New York and received her doctorate in Art Education from Arizona State University. Her painting and sculptures have been exhibited across the nation. She sponsored the student chapter of the National Art Education Association at Southwest Texas State University. She also served on the Texas State Legislative Committee for Funding in the Arts and lectured extensively in conjunction with her research in creativity.

Phyllis Sawyers has studied at the University of Texas at Austin; Teachers College of Columbia University and the Art Student's League in New York. She has a wealth of experience in teaching art in the public schools. Having served as a consultant to the White House on the Arts and Education and as a member of the Texas State Legislative Committee for Funding in the Arts, she has received awards from the Texas Fine Arts Association for her work as printmaker, painter, potter, and muralist. She frequently delivers lectures on her current research in creativity and imagination along with her position as Associate Professor of Art Education at Southwest Texas State University.