1. The Importance of Art in Education
Lisa D’Angelo

2. The Education Hierarchy
 Math/ Science
 Language
 Humanities
 Art
Why?

3. Not Only Visual Arts…

4. 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

5. How is this impacting K-12 education?
We are not educating students whole beings
 Creativity?
 Innovation?
 Expression?

6. What can be learned from the arts?
 Form and Content cannot be separated
 Everything interacts ex: color
 Details matter ex: squares

7. Color
 What a color looks like depends upon what colors are
around it…
color color color

8. Squares

9. What is being done?
 Community involvement

10. Possible Future Directions
 Art integrated curriculum
 Raising arts education up to the standards of a ―core
class‖

11. Conclusion
 We need to rethink our views of intelligence
 Funding
 Staffing

12. ―All children are artists. The
problem is how to remain an
artist once he grows up.‖
Pablo Picasso

13. 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/

14. 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/

15. 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/

16. 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