Learning Spaces: A Historiography of Art and Design Education inCanada and theUnitedStates

Abstract

This history of the histories of art education in Canada and the USA is configured according to Richard Cary's questions as to who receives art instruction, who gets what kind of instruction, who decides, who is favored, and who is not served. Histories of art and design education in Canada and the USA are mapped to bring out their relation to: (1) formal schooling and higher education and the hierarchies of education and training; (2) art and design education outside of formal educational institutions (families as educators; museums, libraries, and popular culture; issues of race and gender); and (3) mass media and communications where formal and informal art and design education have emerged in new virtual spaces.