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Benjamin Franklin
one of the first to provide instruction in art.He advocated for the for the inclusion of art in the curriculum. -
Class for teachers of design
In England, the first class to prepare teachers of design was established. -
Defining the Teaching-Artist
George Wallis, a 19th-century art teacher, combined both artist and teacher in describing his educational philosophy. -
William Bently Fowle
Introduced drawing into the school which he directed. -
Boston Public Schools
Art became a required subject -
Massachusetts
Became the first state to pass Law making drawing a required a required subject in the schools of the state. -
Walter Smith
An English art teacher who was invited to Boston to direct art education and to serve as state supervisor of drawing. -
First American text books of art education
Smith wrote one of the first American text books of art education, published in 1873 -
Granville Stanley Hall and the Child Study Movement
Affected art education with his conception of the nature of the child and the father of the child study movement -
Walter Gropius
Founder of Bauhaus and is referred to as one of the most important artist-teachers in history, and the most influential on contemporary art. -
Art Appreciation
Art Appreciation became one of the most important facets of good art program. -
John Dewey
He provided intellectual leadership to Progressivism in American education. Published Art as Experience. -
Victor D'Amico
American teaching artist and the founding Director of the Department of Education of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. D’Amico explored the essence of the art experience as spiritual involvement, and the ability to communicate one's most profound ideas and emotions through aesthetic expression
