ENID ZIMMERMAN is Professor Emerita of Art Education and current Coordinator of High Ability Programs at Indiana University. In her research, she focuses on art talent development, creativity and art education, art teacher education, feminist art education, leadership and mentoring, global art education, and curriculum and policy issues. She has authored over 35 articles, 20 book chapters, and 25 books and monographs and has taught or conducted workshops in more than 25 countries. She was the first NAEA Research Commission Chair and is presently an NAEA Research Commissioner. Zimmerman has received numerous university, national, and international awards; the NAEA Elliot Eisner Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) is the most recent. She also served two terms as a North American World Councilor for the International Society for Education through Art. She co-edited Connecting Creativity Research and Practice in Art Education (NAEA, 2015) and had a leading chapter published in the Handbook of Research on Creativity (Edward Elgar, 2013). In addition, Zimmerman served as editor of 14 NAEA Advocacy White Papers (2011-2012) and wrote one of them. She presently is involved developing and evaluating leadership programs for NAEA. Through the Prism: Looking at the Spectrum of Writings of Enid Zimmerman (NAEA, 2009), co-authored by Robert Sabol and Marjorie Manifold, summarizes her influences on art education through her own writings and those of her former students and colleagues.

About the Editors
Series Introduction - Sally M. Reis
Introduction to Artistically and Musically Talented Students - Enid Zimmerman
1. Decisions Regarding Music Training: Parental Beliefs and Values - David Yun Dai, Robin M. Schader
2. Musical Talent: Innate or Acquired? Perceptions of Students, Parents and Teachers - Robert J. Evans, Robert Bickel, and Edwina D. Pendarvis
3. The Crystallizing Experience: A Study in Musical Precocity - Cathy Freeman
4. Talent Beyond Words: Identification of Potential Talent in Dance and Music in Elementary Students - Susan Baum, Steven V. Owen, and Barry A. Oreck
5. Talent Beyond Words: Unveiling Spatial, Expressive, Kinesthetic and Musical Talent in Young Children - Sandra I. Kay, Rena F. Subotnik
6. Identifying Artistically Talented Students in Four Rural Communities in the United States - Gilbert Clark, Enid Zimmerman
7. Views of Self, Family Background, and School: Interviews with Artistically Talented Students - Gilbert A. Clark, Enid Zimmerman
8. I Don¿t Want to Sit in the Corner Cutting Out Valentines: Leadership Roles for Teachers of Talented Arts Students - Enid Zimmerman
Index

Major themes include nature versus nurture in arts talent development, teacher empowerment, and collaboration with community members.