For the past year, NAEA has engaged in ongoing discussions about the future of visual arts education and implications for the profession and the field, leading to a meeting of scholars, important stakeholders, and friends of arts education, held at the Aspen Institute last summer.
From these discussions came the document Learning in a Visual Age: The Critical Importance of Visual Arts Education. This monograph raises awareness of the critical importance of visual arts education through the following topics:
• What High-Quality Arts Education Provides
• How High-Quality Arts Education Can Prepare Students for the Future
• What Excellent Visual Arts Teaching Looks Like
• How to Infuse the Arts Into Learning Environments
• Ensuring Excellent Visual Arts Education for Every Student
• Recommendations for the Federal Government