The Department of Art Education at Virginia Commonwealth University promotes meaningful art instruction. Our faculty and students actively engage with the art world through education in local and global communities.
Through art-based service-learning, visual culture studies, critical thinking, exhibition, assessment, curriculum, critical theory and emerging digital technologies, you’ll discover meaning in the world around us.
We place a strong emphasis on fostering interdisciplinary connections, both within the School of the Arts and the broader university. Through research and instruction, we engage students and ourselves in traditional and innovative inquiry methods, leaving our mark on the art education profession.
A degree in Art Education opens doors to a life deeply immersed in the arts. Most art education students enter the teaching profession, but others pursue work as art consultants, art therapists, arts administrators, museum personnel or art-related business positions.
Degree Programs
Our Faculty
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Experiential Learning
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The Department of Art Education maintains a close relationship with community arts organizations and schools to provide access to paid and unpaid internships and volunteer experiences in the community. -
Investigation NOW is a 6-week after school program encompassing a wide range of contemporary art concepts as well as a variety of artmaking techniques for 8th-10th grade students. -
The Department of Art Education offers the Creative Arts Day Camp for children rising into grades K-8.
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