Art education: a world view
LAST SUMMER I WAS FORTUNATE enough to lead forty-five art teachers to the People's Republic of China on a study tour and this summer I will take another group to Mongolia and Tibet. As in past trips, we will visit classrooms to observe art teachers in action. We will also talk to administrators, teachers and artists, and, somewhere along the line, I will teach a class of youngsters myself. I have done this in Armenia, Cyprus, Korea, Hungary, Australia, Quatar, Iran, Israel, and I hope to continue this practice until I am no longer able to find my way to an airport.
What is it that draws me to the classrooms of the world? I have always …