Art education is the area of learning that is based upon the visual arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, and design in such fine crafts of jewelry, pottery, weaving and fabrics, etc and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings.

The term "arts education" implies many things, but it is defined as: Instruction and programming in all arts disciplines—including but not limited to dance, music, visual art, theater, creative writing, media arts, history, criticism, and aesthetics. "Arts education" encompasses all the visual and performing arts delivered in a standards-based, sequential approach by a qualified instructor as part of the core curriculum.

Forms of art education have varied through history, reflecting the social values of their culture. Apprenticeships of individuals were once the norm; more recently the democratization of education, particularly as promoted by educational philospher John Dewey, has supported providing every student opportunities to create. Enrollment in art classes at the high school elective level peaked in the late 1960's—early 1970's with that period's emphasis on individuals expressing uniqueness. Currently 'art(s) magnet schools', available in many larger communities, use art(s) as a core or underlying theme to attract those students motivated by personal interest, with other "magnet" or theme-based curricula giving minor or no import to the arts. there are also many different Art Ed models that teachers use, often incorporating more than one model into their curricula. These models include:

• Discipline-Based Art Ed (DBAE
• Neo Discipline-Based Art Ed (Neo DBAE, NDBAE)
• Visual Culture Based Art Ed (VCAE)
• Multi-Cultural Art Ed (MCAE)
• Community Based Art Ed (CBAE)
• Authentic Life-Based Art Ed (ALBAE)
• Gender Based Art Ed (GBAE)

Strong art education programs have proven to increase student performance in other academic areas, due to art activities' exercise of the brain's right hemisphere and lateral thinking. Support for art education, however, varies greatly by community.

See also

• Art school

Art school is a colloquial term for any educational institution (whether secondary, post-secondary/undergraduate, or graduate/postgraduate) with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, and sculpture. ...

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• Art Education