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Scholastic ART® combines lessons on classic and contemporary artists with hands-on workshop projects to help support a balanced art curriculum for grades 7–12. Teacher’s Edition for grades 4–6 also included.


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2007–2008 Editorial Calendar

September/October
Major Artist or School: Greek Pottery Painting*           
Period/Culture: Ancient World          
Contemporary Connections: Kara Walker; Laylah Ali; Matt Mullican; Julian Opie; Jacob Lawrence
Design Element/Principle:Working with SHAPE         
Medium/Technique: Painting on clay
Studio Workshop: Graphic design project, working with silhouettes    
Interdisciplinary Connections: Social studies, Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading

November
Major Artist or School: Leonardo da Vinci       
Period/Culture: Renaissance  
Contemporary Connections: Vija Celmins; Jean-Michel Basquiat; Terry Winters; Susan Rothenberg 
Design Element/Principle: Working with LINE              
Medium/Technique: Drawing
Studio Workshop: Creating and keeping an idea sketchbook  
Interdisciplinary Connections: Science,Math,Social studies,Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading

December/January
Major Artist or School: Alberto Giacometti   
Period/Culture: 20th-Century Europe
Contemporary Connections: Kiki Smith; Jonathan Borofsky; Louise Bourgeois; Alison Saar; Nancy Graves; Simon Rodia; Janine Antoni    
Design Element/Principle: Working with VOLUME   
Medium/Technique: Wire sculpture   
Studio Workshop: Using negative/positive spaces/shapes to construct a 3-D figure     
Interdisciplinary Connections: Math,Social studies,Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading

February
Major Artist or School: Jim Dine and Pop art  
Period/Culture: Mid-20th-Century  American
Contemporary Connections: David Hockney; Nancy Reddin Kienholz; Richard Prince; Ashley Bickerton; Andy Warhol           
Design Element/Principle: Working with SYMBOLS           
Medium/Technique: Magazine images, cut paper, found objects        
Studio Workshop: Mixed-media Pop art combine project      
Interdisciplinary Connections: Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading

March
Major Artist or School: Mexican Muralists: Diego Rivera; Jose Orozco; David Siqueiros; Frida Kahlo             
Period/Culture: Early 20th-Century Multicultural        
Contemporary Connections: Judy Baca; Carmen Lomas Garza; Faith Ringgold; John Biggers; Maria Izquierdo
Design Element/Principle: Working with NARRATIVE ART           
Medium/Technique: Painting 
Studio Workshop: Working together to create a group mural  
Interdisciplinary Connections: Social studies,Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading

April/May
Major Artist or School: Dale Chihuly  
Period/Culture: Contemporary American       
Contemporary Connections: Sonia Delaunay; Dan Flavin; Jessica Stockholder; Alma Thomas; Sam Gilliam; Henri Matisse           
Design Element/Principle: Working with COLOR    
Medium/Technique: Drawing with magic markers       
Studio Workshop: Designing a multi-color poster       
Interdisciplinary Connections: Reading comprehension,Nonfiction reading

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