-Offers user-friendly, approachable strategies for STEAM planning, instruction, and assessment, blending tried-and-true best practices with highly-applicable instructional models inspired by artists’ and STEAM professionals. -Explores interdisciplinary connections among STEAM subject areas via diverse contemporary and historical artists and designers – richly illustrated with over 200 full-color images – helping students make deep connections between subject areas and learn subject matter in context through art media. -Chapters contain flexible, choice-based resources for the classroom, with tips for adapting to different grade levels, as well as STEAM amplifiers, which fuse contextual learning on artists and designers with real-world STEAM topics to spark student learning.

-Offers user-friendly, approachable strategies for STEAM planning, instruction, and assessment, blending tried-and-true best practices with highly-applicable instructional models inspired by artists’ and STEAM professionals. -Explores interdisciplinary connections among STEAM subject areas via diverse contemporary and historical artists and designers – richly illustrated with over 200 full-color images – helping students make deep connections between subject areas and learn subject matter in context through art media. -Chapters contain flexible, choice-based resources for the classroom, with tips for adapting to different grade levels, as well as STEAM amplifiers, which fuse contextual learning on artists and designers with real-world STEAM topics to spark student learning.

With easy-to-follow guidance and more than 175 photos, this book helps mosaic artists meet the challenge of creating 3-D substrates. It explains various approaches to issues ranging from reaching the needed levels of density and strength to applying tesserae to coils, twists, and spheres. Professional studio mosaic artist Latimer offers a behind-the-scenes look at her experiences with six of her sculptures, from the starting moments of inspiration to their completion. She demonstrates the techniques on a variety of interior and exterior works, both freestanding and wall mounted. From an undulating wall sculpture's base of chicken wire, plaster bandages, and thinset, to a large outdoor armchair sculpture's base of foam, fiberglass mesh, and concrete, this guide will help to demystify 3-D structures for aspiring sculptors and mosaic artists. A gallery section of sculptures to enjoy and study offers additional inspiration to mosaic makers and enthusiasts alike.

In this student-centered book, Debrah C. Sickler-Voigt provides proven tips and innovative methods for teaching, managing, and assessing all aspects of art instruction and student learning in today's diversified educational settings, from pre-K through high school. Up-to-date with the current National Visual Arts Standards, this text offers best practices in art education, and explains current theories and assessment models for art instruction. Using examples of students' visually stunning artworks to illustrate what children can achieve through quality art instruction and practical lesson planning, Teaching and Learning in Art Education explores essential and emerging topics such as: managing the classroom in art education; artistic development from early childhood through adolescence; catering towards learners with a diversity of abilities; integrating technology into the art field; and understanding drawing, painting, paper arts, sculpture, and textiles in context. Alongside a companion website offering Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, assessments, and tutorials to provide ready-to-use-resources for professors and students, this engaging text will assist teachers in challenging and inspiring students to think creatively, problem-solve, and develop relevant skills as lifelong learners in the art education sector.

In this student-centered book, Debrah C. Sickler-Voigt provides proven tips and innovative methods for teaching, managing, and assessing all aspects of art instruction and student learning in today's diversified educational settings, from pre-K through high school. Up-to-date with the current National Visual Arts Standards, this text offers best practices in art education, and explains current theories and assessment models for art instruction. Using examples of students' visually stunning artworks to illustrate what children can achieve through quality art instruction and practical lesson planning, Teaching and Learning in Art Education explores essential and emerging topics such as: managing the classroom in art education; artistic development from early childhood through adolescence; catering towards learners with a diversity of abilities; integrating technology into the art field; and understanding drawing, painting, paper arts, sculpture, and textiles in context. Alongside a companion website offering Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, assessments, and tutorials to provide ready-to-use-resources for professors and students, this engaging text will assist teachers in challenging and inspiring students to think creatively, problem-solve, and develop relevant skills as lifelong learners in the art education sector.