What’s New for 07/ 08 School Year?

SRA / McGraw-Hill:
SRA Art Connections, California Edition, 2007: This K – 6 Art Connections curriculum was adopted by the California Board of Education. The Art Resource Center has resources for grades K – 6.

SRA Theatre Arts, California Edition: This first theatre arts curriculum for grades K – 6 was adopted in 2007 by the State of California. There are texts for all grades K – 6.

Courage:  SRA Art Prints for Theme Enrichment: A set of two large reproductions, five 12 x 15” prints, two transparencies and a teacher’s booklet supports the “Open Court” theme of courage.

Macmillan / McGraw-Hill:
Spotlight on Music, CA Edition: a sequential elementary music curriculum adopted in 2007 by the State of California. The Art Resource Center has a complete set of resources for Grades two and four.

Pearson Scott Foresman:
Making Music, CA Edition: this K – 8 sequential music curriculum by Silver-Burdett was adopted by the State of California also. The Art Resource Center has a complete set of resources for Grades one and four and partial resources for all other grades. Partial resources will support at least nine classroom grade-level music lessons.

Scott Foresman Art: Individual large Fine Art Prints with contextual information in both English and Spanish, located on the back of each print. Cambodian architecture, Mayan architecture and ceramics, Roman sculpture, Mesopotamian sculpture, South African Willie Bester, Jennifer Bartlett, Georgia O’Keeffe, Auguste Rodin, William H. Johnson, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Maya Lin, Glenna Goodacre, Mexican American Carmen Lomas Garza, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Vincent van Gogh, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Georges Braque, Louise Nevelson, Kurt Schwitters, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Andre Derain.

Harcourt School Publishing:
Art Everywhere: Fine Art Print sets for grades kindergarten, one, three and five. Harcourt’s curriculum includes meaningful connections with the reading and writing program at each grade level. The Art Resource Center also has teacher editions for each of these grade levels.

Glencoe McGraw-Hill:
Set of large Fine Art Prints: This set of 20 – 22.5 x 26.5”- Fine Art Prints with teacher’s guide supplements all three Glencoe middle school texts: Introducing Art, Exploring Art, and Understanding Art.

Individual large Fine Art Prints with contextual information in both English and Spanish on the reverse of each print: Native American artists, Hudson River Quilters, Chinese Ch’ing Dynasty, Islamic illuminator, Japanese – Muromachi period, Africa-Nigerian, Pre-Columbian Zapotec, Raphael, Quick-to-See Smith, Marsden Hartley, Winslow Homer, Miriam Schapiro, Thomas Eakins, Stuart Davis, Allan Houser, Edward Hopper, John Sloan, Canadian female artist Emily Carr, Wayne Thiebaud, Rachel Ruysch, David Moreno, William Harnett, Henri Matisse, Salvador Dali, Paul Signac, Romare Bearden, Lois Mailou Jones, Rufino Tamayo, John Biggers, Diego Rivera, Thomas Hart Benton.

Davis Publications: Individual large Fine Art Prints with contextual information on the reverse of each print: Deborah Butterfield, Illuminated Manuscript from the Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, John Ahearn (contemporary artist), Childe Hassam, Gentile Bellini, Andy Goldsworthy, Sofonisba Anguissola, Rachel Ruysch, Nomi Wind, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Louise Nevelson, Peter Bruegel the Elder, Kathe Kollwitz, John Audubon, Edgar Degas, Cistercian Abbey Barn, Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen, Meret Oppenheim, Thomas Moran, Northwest Coast Tlingit, Pieter Bruegel, Franz Marc, Poster Designer Milton Glaser, Digital Photographer Esther Parada, Contemporary Quilter Jane Burch Cochran, Contemporary Ceramist Wesley Anderegg, Illustrator & Designer Syd Mead, Jasper Johns, Japanese Woodblock Color Print, Chinese Hanging Scroll.

Crizmac:
American Indian Trickster Tales: a paperback that draws together two centuries of American Indian oral tradition. This collection includes Coyote of the Southwest, Lakota spider-man Iktomi and Veeho of the Cheyenne among others.

The Festival of Bones: This bilingual book introduces K – 3 students to the celebration of the Days of the Dead. With fantastic illustrations and a fanciful poem, Mexican artist Luis San Vicente captures the spirit of this holiday.

Kaleidoscope of Cloth: A Crizmac teaching packet for grades three through twelve, which includes six 8 x 10” color art prints and a teacher’s guide. Featured textiles include Kuna Molas, Hmong embroidery, Kente weaving and Tapa cloth.

Mola – Cuna Life Stories and Art: a book about the Cuna Indians who live on the San Blas Islands off the northern coast of Panama. Cuna women make a unique form of art called molas that depict every detail of their lives.

Helen Cordero and the Storytellers of Cochiti Pueblo: This book introduces the storyteller figures of world-renowned Native American artist Helen Cordero as well as other Native American artists.

Dream Carver: This children’s book is appropriate for grades kindergarten through third grade. Inspired by the story of the well-known Oaxacan woodcarver Manuel Jimenez, this book tells about young Mateo who transforms animals into bright beautiful carvings.

The Art & Technique of Sumi-e, Japanese Ink-painting: This “how to” on sumi-e introduces students to the style in easy-to-follow steps. It also includes an introduction to the history of the art form, its materials, and master calligrapher Ukai Uchiyama.

Story Painter, the Life of Jacob Lawrence: The paintings of Jacob Lawrence tell stories of enslavement and freedom, of human migration and Renaissance, of struggle and triumph. This award-winning biography is written for grades four through twelve.

Flickering Lights: Days of the Dead – a 23-minute video and teacher’s guide for grades four through twelve. This video takes the viewer to Oaxaca, Mexico where families prepare for this very special holiday, Days of the Dead.

Oaxacan Woodcarving: Innovation Meets Tradition – a 15-minute video and teacher’s guide for grades four through twelve. This video introduces Oaxacan woodcarver Zeny Fuentes who demonstrates the steps to create an armadillo carving from conception to completion.

Chinese Brush Painting, A Beginner’s Guide: History, symbolism, equipment, materials and techniques are explained and illustrated in this beginner’s guide.

Crystal Productions:
Art Display Cards: a set of fourteen 18 x 6” cards, each one illustrating one of the seven Elements of Art or one of the seven Principles of Design.

Gargoyles – How to Create Them: This 21-minute DVD demonstrates how to use clay tools, the stages of clay and construction techniques before showing how to create gargoyles.

Exploring Color – Creating Color Wheels and Using Color Schemes: This 20-minute DVD examines the element of color and demonstrates how to create different styles of color wheels.

Ruth Duckworth: A Life in Clay: 30 minute-DVD focuses on 83-year-old working ceramist Ruth Duckworth. A survivor of Hitler’s Germany, Duckworth became a pioneering ceramic artist.

Conceptual Art: This paperback book deals with conceptual art, a style / artistic movement originating in the 1960s and featuring artworks in which the actual execution of the artwork is of subordinate importance. The emphasis is on the underlying idea. It includes Sacramento artist Stephen Kaltenbach.

Surrealism: This paperback focuses on Surrealism, a style in art and modern literature that flourished between World Wars I and II. Surrealist artists sought to eliminate logic in order to create a better world. Included are artists Hans Arp, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dali, Alberto Giacometti, Rene Magritte, and Joan Miro among others.

Elements of Art & Principles of Design: Art Concepts Posters: A set of 2 folded posters (19 x 27” or folded to 19 x 13.5”), which display the elements of art on one side and the principles of design on the other side. These sturdy posters can be displayed on a wall or standing on a table.

Drawing: Art Concept Posters: A set of 2 folded posters (19 x 27” unfolded or 19 x 13.5” folded), which display drawing skills / media on both sides. These sturdy posters can be displayed on a wall or standing on a table.

Painting: Art Concept Posters: A set of 2 folded posters (19 x 27” unfolded or 19 x 13.5” folded), which display painting skills / media on both sides. These sturdy posters can be displayed on a wall or standing on a table.

Amazing Watercolors: Projects Using the Wax Resist Technique: This 30-minute DVD introduces 6th grade – high school students to projects using a wax resist technique.

Art of Illusion: A Set of 12 (16 x 12”) prints focuses on the art of illusion. It contains one print by Salvador Dali and one by M.C. Escher. The remaining ten posters show and explain illusions created by the eyes and brain.

National Gallery of Art:
Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris: This 37-minute video features archival film and photographs as well as footage shot on site in the Parisian parks, zoos, and greenhouses that fueled Rousseau’s imagination.

The Greek Miracle: This teaching packet celebrates the achievements of classical Greece from the fifth-century, particularly that of sculpture.

The Eye of Thomas Jefferson: The 29-minute video surveys the artistic interests and creative accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson in architecture and landscaping.

20th-Century European Art: This DVD contains five separate documentary programs on the following artists: Henri Rousseau, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Henry Moore.

Toys: The color slide program centers on toys from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and contains 27 slides, an audiocassette, and a booklet.

Picturing France 1830 – 1900: This teaching packet introduces nineteenth century art styles and the important French artists whose work exhibits these styles. Artists include Cassatt, Monet, Renoir, Seurat, Gauguin, Cezanne, and van Gogh among others.

Scholastic Art:
Greek Vase Painting: Working with Shape: A Scholastic Art issue focused on Greek vase painting.

Resources from the CCAE, Inc. 2007 Summer Institutes and Workshops:
Jian Wang, “Golden Autumn in Gold Country,” 2000: A packet of 20 study prints of this painting. Contextual information About the Artist and About the Art is included.

Gregory Kondos, “Life on the River (Clarksburg River Mansion),” 2000: A packet of 20 study prints of this painting. Contextual information About the Artist and About the Art is included.

Peter VandenBerge, “House Poet,” 2000: A packet of 20 study prints of this ceramic sculpture. Contextual information About the Artist and About the Art is included.

Gerald Walburg, “Shankara,” 1982: A packet of 20 study prints of Walburg’s steel sculpture. Contextual information About the Artist and About the Art is included.

Maya Lin, “Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial (detail),” 1982: A packet of 10 study prints of Maya Lin’s black granite monument. Contextual information is included.

Paul Cezanne, “Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bellevue,” 1882 – 85: A packet of 20 study prints of Cezanne’s landscape painting. Contextual information is included.

Art History: Making Connections Across Time and Cultures: An art history lesson from CCAE’s 2007 Summer Art Institute #2 centered on images of horses across time and cultures. In order to teach the lesson, an image of a Butterfield horse sculpture also needs to be borrowed from the Art Resource Center. Packet contains study prints of a Degas sculpture, a Chinese bronze, and a Greek bronze, each with accompanying contextual information.

Miscellaneous:
Miro – Famous Artists: A book for grades five through eight on the Spanish modern artist Joan Miro. Hands-on projects allow students to try some of the artist’s materials and techniques.

Jian Wang: Full Circle: Jian Wang, a well-known Sacramento artist from China, was a focus artist at the 2007 CCAE Summer Art Institute #1. The Art Resource Center has two copies of this DVD.

Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art: This book explains mythological, historical and religious themes, frequently visualized in Renaissance artworks, as well as allegorical, poetic, and saintly characters.
Painters of the Caves: This Scholastic publication gives a comprehensive account of European prehistoric caves, written in conjunction with the National Geographic Society.

The Orphan Boy: This children’s book recounts an African legend of why the planet Venus is known to the Maasai as Kileken, the orphan boy.

A Weekend with Winslow Homer: A children’s paperback book about the life and art of Winslow Homer, as hypothetically narrated by the artist.

Diego Rivera, An Artist’s Life: A children’s paperback book about the life and art of Diego Rivera. Appropriate for kindergarten through grade four.

Henri Matisse, Jazz: This book reproduces the original Jazz for which Matisse wrote the text and created the illustrations from cut-paper. Most of the collages relate to some theme from the circus or the theater.

Jacob Lawrence, Harriet and the Promised Land: A children’s book written in rhythmic verse and illustrated by the artist Jacob Lawrence. Appropriate for grades three through six.

Van Gogh: A children’s book on the life and art of Vincent van Gogh, written by Mike Venezia. Appropriate for elementary students.

Van Gogh: a children’s book on the life and art of Vincent van Gogh, appropriate for grades five through twelve. Many examples of van Gogh’s paintings are in color.

Van Gogh: a comprehensive book on the life and art of van Gogh. This high school-age book covers also other artists and styles, related to van Gogh.

Michelangelo: The Pieta and Other Masterpieces: a book primarily on Michelangelo’s Pieta which traveled from Rome to New York for the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

Michelangelo: The Sistine Ceiling Restored: A paperback that explores the recently restored ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.