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" An Introduction to Linear Drawing" is translated to English from Louis-Benjamin Francœur's original French version by William Bentley Fowle.
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The Philadelphia School of Design is established by Sarah Worthington Peter. The school is now called the Moore College of Art and Design and it is the first and only exclusively women's art college in the U.S.
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National Education Association (NEA) is created. Their mission is "to elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching and to promote the cause of popular education in the United States."
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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody started the first organized kindergarten in Boston.
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The Massachusetts Normal art school opened. The school's original goal is to prepare teachers in drawing instruction. The Massachusetts Normal School is now the Massachusetts College of Art.
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The National Education Association (NEA) establishes a Department of Art which gives educators guidelines and ideas to use in the classroom while discussing and aiding in solving major issues in education.
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Milton Bradley publishes the book "Colour in the Kindergarten Classroom". The book introduced the standard six colors and their complements. The book also introduces color construction paper to aid in the teaching of color.
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John Dewey begins an experimental school with the purpose of allowing children to grow mentally, physically and socially while becoming creative, critical thinkers. Dewey believes that children should grow as individuals and experiment with natural talent
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James Hall expresses in his book "With Brush and Pencil" that art teaching should promote creativity and self expression and should encourage students to see and create beauty. He discourages the earlier art programs which limited children's imaginations
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The Progressive Education Association is founded. Notable members include John Dewey, Margaret Naumburg, Jane Addams, William Kilpatrick, and Francis Parker.
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Margaret E. Mathias writes a book titled, "The Beginnings of Art in the Public Schools". The book discusses issues important to art education in kindergarten, first and second grade. The book is the first well-known book on art education.
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William G. Whitford, a professor of art education at the University of Chicago and author of the book titled "An Introduction to Art Education" developed a chart that showed a connection between the fine arts and the industrial arts.
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Owatonna Project was started in Owatonna, Minnesota. The program was conducted in a small town in order to gauge the importance of art in general education.
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The National Art Education Association was founded with the merger of the Western, Pacific, Southeastern, and Eastern Region Art Associations, plus the art department of the National Education Association (NEA).
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The federal government reestablished a position of "Specialist in Education for the Fine Arts."
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The National Defense Education Act, NDEA, is passed by Congress and heavily supported by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The act emphasizes concentration on math and science. The result is a drastic decline in the emphasis placed on art education.
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CEMREL (the Central Midwestern Regional Educational Laboratory) created an Aesthetic Education Program. This program introduced art, music, dance, film literature and theatre to enrich lives of elementary children.
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The number of art teachers graduating from college increased by 200% since the 1950s
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The National Endowment for the Arts wanted to expose all Americans to art. Theater, dance, critiques, interviews with artists and other art centered happenings were shown on public television.
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W. Dwaine Greer set forth the principles of DBAE (Discipline Based Art Education) in an NAEA research journal.
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Art educators begin to use the term "Visual Culture" to describe thier central point of study.
