Visual Arts Program Research Articles

Painting in an Era of Critical Theory

What are the values of painting for the contemporary visual arts curriculum? One of the central tenets of critical theory holds that the value of art in conveying subjectivity has been superseded by the newer task of interrogating the nature of representation. In an art world dominated by critical theory and by new forms that speak to that theory, the contribution of painting to society and to education is not as firmly established as it was in the first half of the century. In this paper I review the challenge from critical theory to painting and construct an alternative relationship between the two fields. I attempt to reaffirm the relationship between painting and experience, and to articulate ways in which concepts in critical theory are informed and extended by the practice of painting. A constructive analysis of the relationship between critical theory and painting permits a positive reconception of the role of painting in a contemporary visual arts program.

Leadership: What It Takes to Make and Keep Quality Visual Arts Programs

Leadership: What It Takes to Make and Keep Quality Visual Arts Programs

Internships Enhance Visual Arts Program

Internships Enhance Visual Arts Program

A Visual Arts Program for Secondary Level G/C/T Students

A Visual Arts Program for Secondary Level G/C/T Students

Communication In The Age of the Fortune 500

News| November 01 1989 Communication In The Age of the Fortune 500: An Interview With Herbert Schiller Richard Bolton Richard Bolton Richard Bolton is an artist and writer who teaches in the visual arts program at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (1989) 17 (4): 14–18. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.1989.17.4.14 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Richard Bolton; Communication In The Age of the Fortune 500: An Interview With Herbert Schiller. Afterimage 1 November 1989; 17 (4): 14–18. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.1989.17.4.14 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAfterimage Search This content is only available via PDF. © 1989 by The Regents of the University of California1989 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Screening and Identifying Students Talented in the Visual Arts: Clark's Drawing Abilities Test

Categories of giftedness derived from the influential Marland Report (1972) include students who are gifted in the visual and performing arts. The research reported here describes development, testing, and use of a new instrument, Clark's Drawing Abilities Test, and its success in screening and/or identifying students for a visual arts program for artistically gifted students. The test was admmistered along with the Childrdn's Embedded Figures Test, and the results of both measures subsequently were compared to teacher ratings of students. Significant correlations were obtained among these three measures. Analyses of validity are reported here. Reliability is also reported as expressed in high correlatons among test items.

Identifying Factors Related to Guidance Counselors' Attitudes Toward Visual Arts Programs in Public Schools

Identifying Factors Related to Guidance Counselors' Attitudes Toward Visual Arts Programs in Public Schools

A Survey Of Visual Artists’ Organizations

Other| October 01 1986 A Survey Of Visual Artists’ Organizations Ed.’s Note: The statistical analyses below are excerpted from a longer study entitled Visual Artists’ Organizations: Fiscal Year 1982-83, prepared in 1985 by Associates for Arts Research and Technical Services, Inc., for the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Program and the National Association of Artists´ Organizations. Afterimage (1986) 14 (3): 11. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.1986.14.3.11 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation A Survey Of Visual Artists’ Organizations. Afterimage 1 October 1986; 14 (3): 11. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.1986.14.3.11 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAfterimage Search This content is only available via PDF. © 1986 by The Regents of the University of California1986 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Improving School-Community Relations Through Art

A strong visual arts program can play a vital role in improving school-community relations. This author shares some strategies for using art to develop that relationship.

NEA 1984 Visual Arts Program Grants to Organizations

News| June 01 1984 NEA 1984 Visual Arts Program Grants to Organizations Afterimage (1984) 12 (1-2): 38–40. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.1984.12.1-2.38 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation NEA 1984 Visual Arts Program Grants to Organizations. Afterimage 1 June 1984; 12 (1-2): 38–40. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.1984.12.1-2.38 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAfterimage Search This content is only available via PDF. © 1984 by The Regents of the University of California1984 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Excellence in Visual Arts Programs

Excellence in Visual Arts Programs

A visual arts program for enhancement of the body image.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a visual arts program related to the human figure would enhance the body-image of children with learning disabilities. Body-image was defined as the integrated mental image one has of one's own body. Four measures of body-image were used: The Human Figure Drawing Test, the Imitation of Postures Test, the Arthur Manikin Test, and the Self-Identification of Body Parts Test in Response to Verbal Instructions. Sixteen boys and four girls from learning disabilities classes participated in the study. The paired subjects were randomly assigned to either the experimental or the control group. The experimental group received training in a program designed to improve the body image. The art program focused on aspects of awareness: body schema, body image, and spatial awareness. A wide variety of media, materials, and techniques were utilized in the production of two- and three-dimensional art forms. Classes met three times a week for one-hour sessions for 24 sessions. Two of the sessions were set aside for pretesting and posttesting. Nonparametric statistics were used for analysis of the data. The results indicated that there were significant differences between the experimental and the control group on three of the body-image measures, which confirmed the hypothesis that through participation in a visual arts program, children with learning disabilities will exhibit a more adequate body image. The results of the Manikin Test were inconclusive.

New Photography Task Force

Other| June 01 1981 New Photography Task Force: Questions for the Field Roger Bruce, Roger Bruce Roger bruce is consultant for photography in the Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Catherine Lord Catherine Lord Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (1981) 9 (1-2): 5. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.1981.9.1-2.5 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Roger Bruce, Catherine Lord; New Photography Task Force: Questions for the Field. Afterimage 1 June 1981; 9 (1-2): 5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.1981.9.1-2.5 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAfterimage Search This content is only available via PDF. © 1981 by The Regents of the University of California1981 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Evaluation of the Professional Activity of Studio Art Teachers

This account is the essence of a report prepared by the studio art staff in the 1970-71 visual arts program at the Western Illinois University at Macomb, Illinois, U.S.A. The report was submitted to the College of Fine Arts as part of an over-all survey for ultimate use by the North Central Association (accreditation) Board. The professional achievements and abilities of an artist/teacher can become apparent principally from appraisals of his art work, his writings and exhibitions, his education, knowledge and experience, and his teaching. The report includes discussions of these major areas and several minor ones.

The Art Gallery in the Negro College: Neglect, Half Measures and Progress

The generally depressed condition of the Visual Arts program in the Negro college is well known to those of us who work in these institutions, but perhaps is less familiar to others in the art world. For in most American universities and colleges the art museum or the gallery for art exhibitions is recognized and supported as an educational and cultural resource. As the result of a recent research trip I am obliged to report that resources of this kind, with a very few exceptions (which I shall mention below), are conspicuously absent in the colleges founded for Negroes in the United States.

New Roles for the University in Extra‐Curricular Visual Arts Programs

New Roles for the University in Extra‐Curricular Visual Arts Programs