Journal 6: Discuss the importance of teaching art as a core subject. Why is it important to ensure that there is time set aside in the curriculum, resources (teachers with art background, supplies, community resources), and space provided for art as a separate subject?
It’s very important for children to be subjected to different artists so that they can gain some artistic preference. If children have some knowledge of famous artists and art history, they can appreciate art education in a more full way. The article talks about children having favorite artists by Grades 5-8, and this is an opportunity I didn’t have but wish I did.
One topic that was discussed is the fact that art gives us skills in every area of our lives. The author writes about how children with an art program will discuss the nature of art as well as the business of buying and selling art, which will give them quite a well-rounded picture. Art encompasses everything. Children work their motor skills, hand-eye co-ordination, and learn kinesthetically. Of course they also work their emotional learning. But art includes language skills (to communicate what the art is, means, etc) and it uses math and science skills (measuring the picture, seeing what sizes will work with what, how much paint to mix). Art can be used to encompass every single skill any person could ever need.
Essentially, this is why it is so vital for art education to be mandatory in the curriculum. Artistic learning gives children and adolescents skills in every area of their life. If adequate instruction, space, and materials are given, art classes during school can become an extremely helpful developmental tool for children. Art instructors are able to incorporate many different aspects of learning into their projects and the children develop intellectually. Art education also improves confidence in children and can be very therapeutic.
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