Casting the Net to Uncover Quality Visual Arts Education in Australia

• In Event: Millennium Hotel Roundtable Session 13
  In Roundtable Session: Classroom Practice, Education Policy, and Creativity

Abstract

In this presentation, we draw on findings from a nationwide study designed to explore the state of Visual Art Education in Australia. Over 100 individuals who work in various sectors of visual art education across the country participated in an online survey during 2016. The responses provide rich, insightful perspectives and expanded understandings that contribute to the debate about the state and place of visual art education. While there are a range of issues that impact on the ways in which art educators work, the resilience, creativity and capacity of participants in this study reveals how they operate with diminished resourcing and contradictory policy, yet continue to aspire to shine a light on, and deliver quality education.

Author

• Mark Selkrig, Victoria University - Melbourne