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Moses Cone Memorial Park and Flat Top Manor: This historic mansion houses one of five shops of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The crafts which include jewelry, pottery, glass figurines, and framed and unframed artwork are handmade by over 300 regional artists. Visitors can hear how the artists have come to make these wonderful crafts.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Phi: The divine proportion: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.5; The "divine ratio" is valued by designers, artists, and architects because of its interesting and and unique properties. In this lesson for grade six, students learn about this ratio and use it to create a work of art.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.

Burke Arts Council: Visit the three galleries housed in the Burke Arts Council to experience the visual arts of the Southern Appalachian region.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

ArtSpace: Tour ArtSpace or participate in one of its programs to bring the world of art to your students.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Art detectives: Students will look at a variety of artworks and explain what tool or medium was used to create them.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–3 Visual Arts Education); By Kathy Greene.

Cameron Art Museum: Visit the Cameron Art Museum and see its wonderful “collection of fine art, design and crafts, including significant holdings of historical and contemporary work by North Carolina artists, designers and artisans.”; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Personal picture narratives: Jacob Lawrence: In this second grade lesson students will look closely at paintings by Lawrence depicting historical figures. Students will identify Lawrence’s unique style from work by other artists based on the elements of color and shape. They will create a painting using the same art elements to create a picture depicting an imagined scene from the life of Harriet Tubman.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education); By Eileen Palamountain.

Master artist internet research project: Timeline: Students apply their knowledge of how to find specific information about a topic on the Internet using an outline created by the class prior to the lesson. Using this outline, the students will create a chronological timeline of the artist's life on MSPublisher.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Computer/Technology Skills); By Gail Dreis.

Faces tell feelings - Part 2 - Observations: Students will view a PowerPoint presentation of various portraits by different artists. They will observe facial expressions and the emotions they convey in these works of art. (They did a search for some of these works of art on the Internet in computer class prior to the PowerPoint lesson.); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education); By Jan Kimosh.

A potter at work near Jodhpur, India: A potter near Jodhpur, India, is throwing a pot on the wheel. He is wearing a tan shirt with blue pants. He squats near the wheel near a bowl of slip -- clay mixed with water. Several people stand watching in the background.; Format: image/photograph

A weaver near Jodhpur, India: An older weaver from near Jodhpur, India, tightens the weft on a loom. The cloth that he is making is khaki with a red and green plaid pattern. The weaver is wearing a yellow turban and he has a large gray mustache. His loom is made by a series of sticks suspended...; Format: image/photograph

An artist at work in Jaipur, India: In Jaipur, India, an artist sits at a small desk, intent on his work. He uses a brush to paint a small picture of a deity. Behind him, a display case is filled with carved works, and other paintings framed in mat board lean against a cabinet.; Format: image/photograph

Interviewing artists in the classroom: Inviting guests into your classroom can enrich students' learning experiences, but teaching students to ask good questions is crucial. This article explains how to prepare students to interview guests and how to teach them to ask good, open-ended questions.

A potter near Jodhpur, India, turning the wheel with a stick: A potter near Jodhpur, India, turns the wheel by pushing it quickly with a wooden stick. He is wearing a tan shirt and blue pants. The wheel is a large, circular concrete platform that is low to the ground. Nearby, there is another pot and a container of slip...; Format: image/photograph

A carpet weaver in Agra, India: A carpet weaver in Agra, India, leans over the loom as he weaves. He is wearing a yellow striped shirt and he kneels on the part of the rug which has already been woven. He is holding the shuttle and using it to guide the thread of the weft through the white...; Format: image/photograph

Whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, NC: A band practices in front of huge whirligigs at Windmill Farm in Lucama, North Carolina. The whirligigs are made by artist Vollis Simpson and incorporate complex movement and sound as a integral part of the sculptures.; Format: image/photograph

An artist carving in Mysore, India: In Mysore, India, an artist carves a figure of Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu deity. He holds a rasp and squats on a chunk of rock on the floor, holding the sculpture still with his feet. There are other tools on a piece of burlap on the ground beside...; Format: image/photograph

A puppet and its maker in Jaipur, India: In Jaipur, India, a man performs with a puppet. The man is dressed in white, with a turban and a decorated vest. The puppet is wearing a magenta dress and a headdress made from the same fabric. The man uses strings to make the puppet move. He has gold bells...; Format: image/photograph

A potter working in Seagrove, NC: This is a potter working in Seagrove, North Carolina. Seagrove, located in Randolph County, North Carolina, is famous for its unusual number of pottery studios and galleries.; Format: image/photograph

The Grouchy Ladybug: Students will learn the meaning of illustration, will be introduced to a famous illustrator and will create an illustration based on the style of this particular artist.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education); By Jean Caldwell.

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