The Importance of Art in Education

Lisa D’Angelo

The Education Hierarchy

Math/ Science

Language

Humanities

Art

Why?

Not Only Visual Arts…

Why is art in education important?

Children have remarkable creative capacities

Creativity leads to innovation

Self Expression

Creates responsibility

Develop self esteem

Become involved with curiosity

We are not educating students whole beings

Creativity?

Innovation?

Expression?

How is this impacting K-12 education?

What can be learned from the arts?

Form and Content cannot be separated

Everything interacts ex: color

Details matter ex: squares

Next

Color

What a color looks like depends upon what colors are around it…

color

color

color

Squares

What is being done?

Community involvement

Possible Future Directions

Art integrated curriculum

Raising arts education up to the standards of a “core class”

Conclusion

We need to rethink our views of intelligence

Funding

Staffing

“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

Pablo Picasso

References

Images:

Name: colored_pencils.jpg

Author: nojhan

URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nojhan/3391210345/

Name: Picasso.jpg

Author: teadrinker

URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14945397@N00/2084669164/  

References cont.

Name: girl_playing_piano.jpg

Author: Tranuf

URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tranuf/304461961/

 

Name: children_on_stage.jpg

Author: Kees van Mansom

URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spijker/2688865439/  

References cont.

Name: children_dancing.jpg

Author: Oude School

URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oudeschool/414726015/

Name: girl.jpg

Author: Joe Lencioni

URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lencioni/1583386572/

References cont.

The Kennedy Center. A Place For Art [A Report on the Status of DCPS Elementary Arts Programs] DCPS—Kennedy Center Arts Education Initiative Phase One Report, 2002–2003

Robinson, Ken. TED Ideas Worth Spreading. www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html