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= Art school = An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art, especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-secondary, or undergraduate programs, and can also offer a broad-based range of programs (such as the liberal arts and sciences). There have been six major periods of art school curricula, and each one has had its own hand in developing modern institutions worldwide throughout all levels of education.

History of art school
There have been six definitive curriculum throughout the history of art schools. These include “Apprentice, Academic, Formalist, Expressive, Conceptual, and Professional”. undefined Each of these curricula have aided not only the way that modern art schools teach, but how students learn about art as well.

Art schools began being percieved as legitimate universities in the 1980's. Before this, any art programs were used purely as extracurricular activities, and there were no methods of grading works. After the 1980's, however, art programs were integrated into many different kinds of schools and universities as legitimate courses that could be evaluated. While some argue that this has weakened creativity among modern art students, others see this as a way to treat fine arts equally in comparison with other subjects.

Apprentice
Apprentice paths teach art as a mixture of aesthetic and function. Typically, a student would apprentice to someone who was already skilled in some sort of trade in exchange for food and housing. Once the apprenticeship ends, the student would have to prove what they learned by creating what we know today as a masterpiece. In modern schooling, this can be seen in practical art classes, including photography or printmaking.

Academic
Academic curricula began during the sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance, in which some of the earliest art academies were established. Up through the nineteenth century, these academies multiplied through both Europe and North America. This is when art began to become about both talent and intellect.

Formalist
The formalist curriculum began mid-twentieth century, and focused on the basic components of artwork, such as "color, shape, texture, line - and a concern with the particular properties of a material or medium". This curriculum is most noted for including the height in popularity of Bauhaus. It was based on logic, mathematics, and Neoplatonism, which was universal at the time.

Expressive
Although the expressive curriculum was formed at the same time as the formalist one, it focuses on completely different aspects of art. Rather than being concerned with the literal components of a piece of art, expressive curricula encouraged students to express their emotions and practice spontaneity. This is due to the heightened popularity of romanticism throughout the Renaissance.

Conceptual
The conceptual curriculum began in late twentieth century, and it focused on not only creating artwork, but presenting and describing the thought process behind the work. This is when the idea of critiquing others' works for educational purposes became popularized in North America (as the concept had been shut down quickly in Europe). This serves as a model for modern-day art school programs.

Professional
Professional curricula began appearing in art schools at the very end of the twentieths century. They teach students artistry from a perspective of business, and typically focus on modern pop culture within the works themselves. These programs are designed to teach students how to promote both themselves and their artwork.

Modern art schools
A wide variety of art mediums and styles are integrated into modern art school programs. Different mediums that are taught include painting, printmaking, drawing and illustration, theatre, and sculpture. Newer programs can, but do not always, include graphic design, filmmaking, graffiti art, and possibly certain kinds of digital media.

Art schools in early education
According to the International Journal of Art and Design Education, "mainstream educational contexts could foster drawing behaviour and the related emotional benefits to a greater extent". Throughout a study done in the United Kingdom, it was determined that children whose parents/guardians involved them in drawing from an early age had a stronger connection with art. These children were shown to have better art skills and a signifcantly better chance at persuing a career in fine arts.

Art schools and mental health
A study done by Bryan Goodwin that was focusing the Mozart Effect, which refers to the idea that listening to classical music is beneficial toward mental and intellectual development, discovered that while there was little correlation between arts and academic achievement, art education is still useful to students of any age. It was discovered that learning both music and art within one's education were helpful in processing symptoms for sufferers of PTSD, anxiety, and depression.

== Notable art schools ==

Canada

 * Emily Carr University of Art and Design
 * NSCAD University
 * OCAD University
 * Alberta University of the Arts

United States of America

 * Maine College of Art
 * Rhode Island School of Design
 * Vermont College of Fine Arts
 * Yale School of Art
 * Moore College of Art & Design
 * The University of the Arts

=== South America ===


 * University of São Paulo
 * School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo
 * Imperial Academy of Fine Arts
 * Guignard University of Art of Minas Gerais
 * University of Chile

=== Europe ===


 * École des Beaux-Arts
 * Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg
 * Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
 * Royal Academy of Arts
 * Konstfack
 * Slade School of Fine Art
 * Plymouth College of Art
 * Leeds Arts University

Asia

 * Bulbul Lalitakaka Academy
 * Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology
 * Tsinghua University
 * Telkom University
 * Kyoto University of Art and Design
 * China Academy of Art
 * Srishti School of Art Design and Technology
 * Jakarta Arts Institute

Africa

 * Michaelis School of Fine Art
 * Pan-African School of Art
 * University of Nairobi
 * Ruth Prowse School of Fine Art
 * National School of the Arts

Australia

 * Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
 * Swinburne University of Technology
 * University of New South Wales
 * Queensland College of Art
 * Julian Ashton Art School

Research Question Activity
Who is impacted? Anyone who is interested in educating themselves or others through a variety of artistic mediums would be interested in this article. Other people who would enjoy it include enthusiasts of art history or history in general.

What aspect is interesting? The aspect I find most interesting about this topic is that art has managed to set itself apart in that you have school, but then you also have art school. What I want to focus on pertaining to this particular article is the different places around the world where there are notable art schools. I want to flesh them out and be able to bring out notable art schools internationally.

'''When? Time periods?''' I believe that my time periods would span from the beginning of art schools all the way to modern times. However, considering the lack of historical information here to begin with, I feel as if my time periods may be further back.

'''Where? Locations?''' The locations include worldwide countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, and a variety of places in Europe.

Final Question: What has been the historical impact of art colleges throughout different regions of the world?

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Article Selection: "Art school"
Relevance/Distractions: There are a few obvious grammatial errors on this page, as well as weak citations, the possibility of original research, and, according to the issues panel, there is not a worldview represented within the article. That being said, there is an adewuate amount of pictures as well as a healthy amount of different topics, rather than only one or two headings.

Out of Date/Missing Info: There are citations that are weak, missing within the article, or non-credible. Some of the points are small or underdeveloped, and there are no sources from anywhere outside of European influence.

Improvements: There could be more cultural diversity as well as more specified details and polished work. I wish that the citations were fully improved so that the sources would be more credible, or at least work.

Bias/Neutrality: There's only an "English-world" view on the topic, but I feel that there are a variety of representations within the bigger bias. However, due to the fact that there is possible original research, the neutrality of the article is questionable.

Over/Under/representations: Again, there is a lack of cultural diversity, but otherwise, I actually feel as if there is a variety of different kinds of representations. I would want to orgfanize these points more and bring them to a more specific yet neutral standpoint on different kinds of art schools around the world.

Sources Within Articles: The sources within this article are questionable in that while some of them may have been from places that were once credible, it is obvious by the source links themselves that these citations are out-of-date and lacking in detail. Within the article, most of them are non-existent.

Why This Article? I chose this article firstly because I am an art major (DMD), so i wanted to focus on something art-based. While this particular article has a lot of potential, there are obviously a number of aspects that could be improved upon. Art school, I feel, is important, so I want to show it off for what it is without any persoal bias.

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Article Evaluation: “Arts in Education”
Relevance/Distractions: The first distracting thing in this article is that the word “education” within the title wasn’t even capitalized. I also found it irritating that there were no specifics about the information within the subheadings. They never delved into the “why” of what was going on with the actual topic. All in all, the page feels far too short and like it needs to include more specific info.

Out of Date/Missing Info: Not enough info about the topics within the “Projects” and “Weaknesses” category. There are also a lot of missing citations, which makes the article seem non-credible. The only picture within the whole article was a tint square one attached to a gigantic quote.

Improvements: The subcategories “Projects” and “Weaknesses” don’t seem to have a lot of information on them. I could add to those or even make a new category. I could also add in a picture or two and expand on the subtopics of the article. This could also possibly be completely reworked to have a section about supporters and protestors on the topic instead, with official sources as the stances they take on having arts in education. I would also want a history category to discuss how arts in education came to be.

Bias/Neutrality: There seems to be a slight bias with the way the “Importance” category is written. Obviously, it is going to be biased to a point considering the topic, but I feel like this could be redone.

Over/Under/representations: There is nothing specific about any of the subtopics. That being said, I cannot really see there being anyone overrepresented. Rather, I feel like there is just a generic lack of representation for everything.

Sources Within Articles: One of the sources is an essay blog that leads to a biased, non-credible article featuring a picture of Jack Black playing the guitar. Two of the sources don’t even work.

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