Art Advocacy

I feel that is it very easy/ necessary for the roles of art advocate/ art educator to overlap. If they didn’t, there probably wont be art education.

As an art educator I find that I am always trying to prove to others that art is an important subject, and that the students are indeed learning something. Because without the proof, and the state of the current economy, there would be few art teachers. As sad as that statement makes me, it is true. And, that is why it is important to ALSO be advocating for art education. Every single day. It could be something as simple as displaying what the students have been working on with an explanation, to having a district wide art show, displaying all types of work. It is important to show people, whether it be individuals or the whole community, that students are gaining knowledge from art class.

With that, it is also important to communicate to parents and to get them involved. Because if you have the parents on your side, believing in what your are teaching, it will be hard to get hid of you. Not only that, but this will allow you to build better relationships with your students.