Art Education In Public Schools History

Will you please tell me about the history of the art education in united state?

[Raman Vij]

Art education in the United States provides studies of the American culture. The art education was strarted from roman period. The Arts Education provides in three levels which are local level, state level and federal level.



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1st Jan, 1825:
An Introduction to Linear Drawing translated to English by William Bentley Fowle.

1st Jan, 1848

The Philadelphia School of Design is established by Sarah Worthington Peter.

1st Jan, 1857

National Education Association (NEA) is created.

1st Jan, 1860
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody started the first organized kindergarten in Boston.

6th Nov, 1873
The Massachusetts Normal art school opened.

1st Jan, 1883
The National Education Association (NEA) established a Department.

1st Jan, 1890
Milton Bradley published a book Colour in the Kindergarten Classroom.

1st Jan, 1896
John Dewey begins an experimental school with the aim of allowing children to grow mentally, physically and socially while becoming creative, critical thinkers.

1t Jan, 1897
With Brush and Pencil" Published

1st Jan, 1919
The Progressive Education Association is founded.

1st Jan, 1924

The Beginnings of Art in the Public Schools published the book was the well known book for art education.

1st Jan, 1929
Introduction to Art Education p[ublished

8th Nov, 1929
The Museum of Modern Art is opened for public

1st Jan, 1933
Owatonna program was started in Owatonna, Minnesota.

1st Apr, 1936
Finger paints were introduced to America at the Young America Paints exhibition.

1st Jan, 1946
Highlights Magazine for children published.

1st Jan, 1947
The National Art Education Association was founded.

1st Jan, 1949
The federal government reestablished a position of Specialist in Education for the Fine Arts.

1st Jan, 1958
The National Defense Education Act, NDEA, is passed by Congress.

1st Jan, 1962
CEMREL (the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory) created an Aesthetic Education Program.

1st Jan, 1968
The number of art teachers graduating from college increased by 200% since the 1950s

1st Jan, 1973
The National Endowment for the Arts wanted to expose all Americans to art.

18th Oct, 1984
W. Dwaine Greer set forth the principles of DBAE (Discipline Based Art Education) in an NAEA research journal.

1st Jan, 2001
Art educators begin to use the term "Visual Culture" to describe thier central point of study.