Education
Art education is the area of learning that, in the United States of America, is based upon the visual, tangible arts – Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, and design in Jewelry, Pottery, Weaving, Fabrics, etc and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings.
The term “arts education” implies many things, but is definable as: Instruction and programming in any arts area – including the Performing arts arts (Dance, Music, Theater) and Visual arts, Creative writing, Media arts, History, Criticism, and Aesthetics. Within the schools “visual 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.
Education in art takes place across the life-span. As a result children, youth, and adults learn about art in community based institutions and organizations such as museums, local arts agencies, recreation centers, places of worship, social service agencies, and prisons among many other possible venues. Education in art also occurs in the home as well as through formal and informal apprenticeship programs.
