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An Investigation of Young Children's Awareness of Line and Line Quality in Art and Graphic Reproductions

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether kindergarten children possess the ability to recognize, match, and discuss lines and line qualities. Using graphics and art reproductions, three matching tasks were constructed which examined young children's awareness of the line qualities of length, width, straightness, direction, movement, and uniformity. Graphics and art reproductions were also used to construct two tracing tasks employed to examine young children's awareness of actual and … more
Date: December 1994
Creator: Young, Jeffry R. (Jeffry Ray)
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Synthesis of the Personal and the Political in the Works of May Stevens

Description: This thesis is an investigation of the way in which the painter May Stevens (b. 1924) synthesizes her personal experiences and political philosophy to form complex and enduring works of art. Primary data was accumulated through an extended interview with May Stevens and by examining her works on exhibit in New York and Boston. An analysis of selected works from her "Big Daddy" and "Ordinary/Extraordinary" series revealed how her personal feelings about her own family became entwined with larger… more
Date: May 1998
Creator: Abbott, Janet Gail
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Breaking Outside: Narratives of Art and Hawaii

Description: This research examines the personal narratives of two contemporary non-native artists living and working on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Issues related to narratives, power structures, artistic processes, insider/outsider dynamics, Hawaiian culture, island life, surfing, and the researcher's own experiences are woven together to formulate realizations surrounding alternative knowledge systems and the power of multiple or hidden narratives to the practice of art education.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Davidson, Allison B.
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Novice Teachers' Stories Represented As a Graphic Narrative

Description: The issue of alternative certification teacher training has greatly affected art education over three decades. As a result of training through alternative certification, many art educators enter the profession unprepared and unable to cope with the realities of teaching. This study attempts to understand and represent the experiences and struggles of four alternatively certified art teachers, including myself. By reading these stories, others within the education community can empathize with… more
Date: May 2013
Creator: Deardorff, Philip
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Nature By Design

Description: Organic forms representing nature, but not particular species, are combined with elements signifying attitudes toward the natural world with an emphasis on North American culture. The viewer is encouraged to consider human effects on the environment. Aquarium Night Light and Trophy both refer to the human tendency for commercial exploitation coupled with the creation of nature images we sometimes seem to prefer over the reality of the natural world. Reliquary metaphorically connects traditional… more
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Date: December 2002
Creator: Lingle, Linda A.
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[News Clip: Art]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about the NorthPark Center in Dallas hosting an exhibit of student art work in honor of National Children's Art Month.
Date: March 1, 1969
Duration: 1 minute 12 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.871798 -96.773281
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fence]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 22, 1978, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wooden cut of Moses]

Description: Photograph of a framed wood carving of Moses in robes and holding the ten commandments. The piece is at the Neveh Shalom synagogue in Portland, Oregon. Attendees from the 47th Church and Synagogue Library Association conference, which was held in Portland, took a tour of the location.
Date: July 29, 2014
Creator: Stowers, Larry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rodin]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about a traveling exhibit of the works of Auguste Rodin on display at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
Date: June 12, 1964
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Visual Culture in the Context of Turkey: Perceptions of Visual Culture in Turkish Pre-Service Art Teacher Preparation

Description: This study explored the state of art education in Turkey as revealed by pre-service art education university instructors, and the potential of incorporating visual culture studies in pre-service art education in Turkey. The instructors' ideas about visual culture, and popular culture, the impact it might have, the content (objects), and the practices within the context of Turkey were examined. Visual culture was examined from an art education perspective that focuses on a pedagogical approach t… more
Date: May 2009
Creator: Balkir, Nur
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[News Clip: Pickets]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10:00 P.M.
Date: May 18, 1978
Duration: 1 minute 09 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Pre-schoolers in theater classes]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about pre-school students enrolled in a weekly creative arts class, "Ideas in Motion," taught by Katherine Pope at the W.E. Scott Theater in Fort Worth. The story includes silent footage of four-year-old J.K. Ivey learning to play the recorder, a group of unidentified children walking on a large keyboard painted on the floor, and Pope and other unidentified adults instructing students. The film conclud… more
Date: August 2, 1966
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.746786 -97.369163
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Art (Theft)]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 12:00 P.M.
Date: January 18, 1978
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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