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African American Art: Past and Present

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.3729-3731 

Wilton, Conn.: Reading & O'Reilly, c1992

3 VHS (90 min.) + 1 teacher's guide

Series: Wilton Art Appreciation for African American Studies

Rare and historical photographs, beautiful reproductions of paintings, sculpture and crafts, and brilliant musical selections combine to make this an outstanding educational program for children and adults.

            African American art 

            African American artists 

            Art appreciation -- Study and teaching 

            Art appreciation 

Art Education in Action

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.4815-4819  

Santa Monica, CA: c1994-c1995 / The Getty Center for Education in the Arts 

5 VHS + guides (5 v.)

Enter the classroom to see techniques used by teachers to teach art to a wide variety of students. Each episode includes detailed lesson plans, lists of topics, teaching methods, learning activities, and suggestions for how to use for teacher education and staff development.

            Art -- Study and teaching 

            Art in education 

Art Lessons for Children. Vol. 1

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.2761

Fallbrook, CA : Coyote Creek Productions, c1991

1 VHS (50 min.)

Lesson 1. Watercolor flowers -- lesson 2. Watercolor discovery -- lesson 3. Desert scene -- lesson 4. Opaque watercolors.

Watercolor painting -- Juvenile films
Art -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Watercolor painting -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

Art Lessons for Children. Vol. 2

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.2762

Fallbrook, CA : Coyote Creek Productions, c1991

1 VHS (50 min.)

Lesson 1. Working with oil pastels -- lesson 2. Foil art -- lesson 3. Printmaking.

Handicraft -- Juvenile films
Art -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Painting -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Aluminum foil craft
Prints -- Technique

The Art of Teaching the Arts: A Workshop for High School Teachers
Media Resources Videotape no. 8856-8863

S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, c2005
8 VHS (ca. 480 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide (112 p. ; 28 cm)
Series: Professional Development Workshop
"The workshop examines how principles of good teaching that apply to all subjects are carried out in teaching the arts at the high school level"--booklet
Contents [Tape] 1. Principles of artful teaching -- [Tape] 2. Developing students as artists -- [Tape] 3. Addressing the diverse needs of students -- [Tape] 4. Choosing instructional approaches -- [Tape] 5. Creating rich learning environments -- [Tape] 6. Fostering genuine communication -- [Tape] 7. Making the most of community resources -- [Tape] 8. Nurturing independent thinkers.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Arts -- Study and teaching
Dance -- Study and teaching
Theater -- Study and teaching
Art -- Study and teaching
Performing arts -- Study and teaching
Educational films

The Arts. Alive and Well

~Connect to video online (JMU users)~

JMU Media Resources DVD 1716

Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2003

1 DVD (29 min.)

Series: Today's Life Choices
Examines the state of the arts in American in an era of budget-cutting and belt-tightening. The creators and supporters of outstanding school and community programs share the positive impact the programs are having on students and the public at large, promoting arts education and helping to ensure that the nation's artistic reservoir will grow in vitality and diversity.

Arts -- United States -- Study and teaching
Art in education -- United States
Arts and children -- United States
Arts and society -- United States

The Arts in Every Classroom: A Video Library, K-5
JMU Media Resources DVD 3037-3040

S. Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, c2003

4 DVD (420 min.)  Note: 14 half-hour programs
"This video library shows K-5 classroom teachers and arts specialists how to introduce the arts into the classroom in a variety of ways."--website. Disc 1. 1. Introducing arts education -- 2. Expanding the role of the arts specialist -- 3. Teaching dance -- 4. Teaching music -- Disc 2: 5. Teaching theatre -- 6. Teaching visual art -- 7. Developing an arts-based unit -- 8. Working with local artists. Disc. 3: 9. Collaborating with a cultural resource -- 10. Bringing artists to your community -- 11. Students create a multi-arts performance -- 12. Borrowing from the arts to enhance learning -- Disc 4: 13. Three leaders at arts-based schools -- 14. Leadership team.

Arts -- Study and teaching
Dance -- Study and teaching
Theater -- Study and teaching
Art -- Study and teaching
Performing arts -- Study and teaching

Behind the Scenes

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.2747-2756 

Lincoln, Neb. : GPN, c1992    / a production of Learning Designs and Thirteen/WNET 

10 VHS (29 min. each). + teacher's guide

Contents: 1. The illusion of depth / David Hockney -- 2. Color / Robert[o] Gil de Montes -- 3. Balance / Nancy Graves -- 4. Framing / Carrie Mae Weems -- 5. Line / Wayne Thiebaud -- 6. Melody / Allen Toussaint -- 7. Rhythm / Max Roach -- 8. Texture / JoAnn Falletta -- 9. Pattern / David Parsons -- 10. Setting a scene / Julie Taymor. Designed to instill creative and critical thinking skills in children through exploration of the visual and performing arts.

Art appreciation -- Study and teaching 

Music appreciation -- Study and teaching

Performing arts

Introduction to Design: Elements

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.7512

Scottsdale, Ariz.: Teacher's Video, 2001

1 VHS (25 min.)

Series: Art in the Classroom 

A professional designer and a student explain line, shape and form, color, value, texture, and space. Students learn to recognize the elements of design in existing artwork and manipulate those elements in their own work -- container.

Color in design 

Drawing -- Technique 

Drawing -- Study and teaching

Graphic arts  

Introduction to Design: Principles

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7511

Scottsdale, Ariz. : Teacher's Video, 2001

1 VHS (25 min.)

Series: Art in the Classroom 

Art instructor Jasen Evoy discusses seven principles of design: balance, movement, emphasis, contrast, pattern, rhythm, and unity, illustrating ways to practice and incorporate each principle into the viewers' own works --container.

Proportion (Art) 

Composition (Art) 

Art -- Study and teaching

Graphic arts  

Maker profiles : Karyl Sisson

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8390

Suffolk, U.K.: Odyssey, c2003
1 VHS (45 min.)
Series: Contemporary Fiber Artists
"This leading American fiber artist ... presents her artifacts - items from her childhood relating to domesticity and the feminine persona - as both inspiration and raw material for her sculptures." -- container.

Sisson, Karyl, 1948-
Texture (Art)
Fiberwork

Painters Painting

Media Resources Videotape no.9280

Montauk, NY : Mystic Fire Video ; New York, NY : Exclusively distributed by Winstar TV and Video, [2000]
1 VHS (116 min.)

Emile de Antonio was a close friend to many New York painters who later went on to become famous. He filmed and interviewed them informally in their studios. Artists included are Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Jules Olitski, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland, Larry Poons, Phillip Pavia, and Hans Hoffman.

Abstract expressionism -- United States
Abstract expressionism -- New York (State) -- New York
Painting, American -- 20th century
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
Artists -- United States -- Interviews
Documentary films

Renaissance Art & Music
Media Resources DVD 4338

Publisher Chicago, IL : Clearvue & SVE, 2002

1 DVD-R (56 min.)
Series: The CLEARVUE eav Art and Music Series
Provides a general introduction to Renaissance art and music. Shows how the Renaissance artists and composers, influenced and inspired by the new humanistic philosophy, developed new forms and techniques such as painting with oils and four-part polyphony.

Arts, Renaissance
Painting, Renaissance
Music -- 15th century
Music -- 16th century
Music -- 17th century
Educational videos

Robert Motherwell and the New York School: storming the citadel

Media Resources Videotape no.9282

Chicago, Ill.: Home Vision, c1991
1 VHS (56 min.)
Explores the Abstract Expressionist movement and profiles the life of Robert Motherwell, one of that movement's most important artists. Includes Motherwell's last major interview prior to his death.

Motherwell, Robert
Motherwell, Robert -- Interviews
Abstract expressionism -- New York (State) -- New York
New York school of art

Romanticism in Art & Music

Media Resources DVD 4340

Chicago, IL : CLEARVUE/eav, [2002]
1 DVD-R (ca. 38 min.)
Series: The CLEARVUE eav Art and Music Series
Introduces the main elements of romanticism as reflected in works of art and music of that period. Shows the influence of literature on art. Contains excerpts from romantic musical works.

Romanticism in art
Romanticism in music
Educational videos

Something Special

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.2760

Golden, CO. : Oak Creek Films ; Aspen, CO. 1977

1 VHS (30 min.)

Presents the advantages and the potential of incorporating the visual arts, music, dance, and theater in the educational curriculum of primary and secondary school students.

Arts -- Study and teaching

Arts and children

Something to Crow About

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.2759

Aspen, CO. : Crystal Productions, [198-?]

1 VHS (22 min.)

Drawing techniques are taught in a classroom setting through the instruction of the art teacher and the magical appearance of Toulouse-Lautrec.

Art -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

Art appreciation

Story of Color

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.2917

New York : Fairchild Visuals, c1990

1 videocassette (25 min.)

Provides students with basic color knowledge, including how primary, complementary, secondary, analogous and monochromatic color schemes affect everything from architecture to product development.

Color 

Surrealism in Art and Music

Media Resources DVD 4343
Chicago, IL : CLEARVUE/eav, 2002
1 DVD-R (39 min.)
Series: The CLEARVUE eav Art and Music Series
Examines surrealism in terms of changing concepts of reality. Discusses how reality shifted from an objective world perceivable by the senses to a subjective world dominated by the subconscious. Examples shown of major 20th century surrealist paintings, accompanied by music that borrows ideas from the surrealists.

Surrealism
Arts, Modern -- 20th century
Educational videos

Teaching In and Through the Arts

JMU Media Resources Videotape no.4888

Santa Monica, Calif.: Getty Center for Education in the Arts, c1995
1 VHS

Originally broadcast as an installment of the Learning Channel's program, Teacher TV.

Arts -- Study and teaching 

National standards for arts education 

Education, Humanistic 

Twentieth-Century Artistic Revolutions

Media Resources DVD 4342
Chicago, IL : CLEARVUE & SVE, [2001?]
1 DVD-R (34 min.)
Series: The CLEARVUE eav Art and Music Series
Introduces the major movements in art and music. Explores abstraction in art and tonality in music. Looks at art of the early 20th century: Matisse, Picasso, Braque, Kandisky, and Klee. Also discusses the music of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern. Investigates the Fauve, Cubist, and Expressionist movements.

Art and music -- History -- 20th century
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- History
Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- History
Educational videos

Visual Arts. [Mod 120], Drawing & Finger Painting: Experiencing & Learning

JMU Media Resources DVD 2358

Publisher Barrington, IL : Magna Systems, Inc., c2000

1 DVD-R (ca. 29 min.) + workbook (116 p.)
Series: Early Childhood Training
"Children are seen working on their own drawings or collaborating with others on a mural. The teachers discuss making materials accessible to the children and the importance of displaying children's creations. Children are also shown finger painting with commercial and school made finger paints. They paint directly on table tops or on papers. The teachers describe additional finger paint activities, tools and clean-up"--container.

Art -- Study and teaching (Early childhood)
Drawing -- Study and teaching (Early childhood)
Finger painting -- Study and teaching
Early childhood education

A World of Art: Works in Progress
JMU Media Resources DVD 3707-3709

S. Burlington, VT : Annenberg Media, c1997

3 DVD (ca. 260 min.)
"Each program in this art appreciation series is devoted to a contemporary artist who takes one or more works of art from start to finish. Listening to the artists and observing their working process provides insight into the artworks themselves. The series emphasizes effective visual communication, problem solving, and critical thinking as large, often collaborative projects are seen through to completion" - Container
Contents: Disc. 1. Lorna Simpson -- Guillermo Gómez-Peña -- Bill Viola --- Hung Liu -- Disc. 2. Beverly Buchanan -- June Wayne -- Milton Resnick -- Judy Baca -- Disc 3. Goat Island -- Mierle Ukeles

Simpson, Lorna
Gómez-Peña, Guillermo
Viola, Bill, 1951-
Liu, Hung, 1948-
Buchanan, Beverly, 1940-
Wayne, June, 1918-
Resnick, Milton, 1917-2004
Baca, Judith Francisca
Goat Island (Performance group)
Ukeles, Mierle
Arts, American -- 20th century
Performance art

Young Aspirations Young Artists: Empowering At-Risk Youth through Art

JMU Media Resources   Videotape no.5319

New York, N.Y. : New Day Films, c1992

1 VHS (55 min.)

Portrays a group of talented inner-city kids from New Orleans, who design, draw, and dream together under the watchful eye of a great teacher. It provides an exceptional model for a nurturing and challenging environment in which young people develop their creativity and artistry.

Teenagers with social disabilities -- Louisiana -- New Orleans --  

   Education 

African American teenagers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Education 

Art -- Study and teaching