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Abstract

The paper gives the analysis of art education in Ukraine and the USA. The author gives the analysis of the ways of art education in Ukraine and abroad.

Keywords: art education, giftedness, the educational system, the pedagogical support, strategies of education.

The three major skills in education that are considered the “core” subjects to teach students include math, writing, and reading comprehension. These important areas are considered by many the tools for success for student achievement. A consequence of predominately emphasizing these three areas of academic study is a lack of inattention to other major areas of academics, mainly the arts. Viewing the arts as insignificant has had a major impact on teaching creativity to students. The importance of teaching the arts to students has recently been viewed as less essential than to teach other core studies. Educational institutions are attempting to maintain federal standards to receive government funding to ensure that the students receive an education. These standards focus predominantly on subjects such as English and math and are also highly emphasized during standardized testing. While a sizable amount of the educational budget is spent on these important areas of academic study, American institutions are finding that there is less money for what some would consider as non-essential courses, such as higher level music and art. However, nowadays there is one hope for art education called “Arts integration”.

Arts integration is an alternative way for the arts to be taught within schools and institutes. Arts integration is especially important today when some schools and institutes no longer have or have small arts education programs because it allows for the arts to still be taught and used. Today, there are many organizations which are interesting in increasing of an art education in universities and colleges. For example, The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is one of the many nationally recognized organizations promoting arts education in the United States. Since its formation in 1965, the NEA has led efforts in integrating the arts as a part of the core education for all K-12 students. During the 2008 fiscal year, the NEA awarded over 200 grants totaling $6.7 million to programs that allow students to engage and participate in learning with skilled artists and teachers. The NEA has initiated a number of other arts education partnerships and initiatives which include:

· The Arts Education Partnership (AEP). AEP convenes forums to discuss topics in arts education, publishes research materials supporting the role of arts education in institutions, and is a clearinghouse for arts education resource materials.

· The Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) is an ongoing, online survey system will collect, track, and disseminate data on alumni, and will help institutions to better understand how students use arts training in their careers and other aspects of their lives.

· The NEA Education Leaders Institute (ELI) convenes key decision makers to enhance the quality and quantity of arts education at the state level. Each institute gathers teams of school leaders, legislators, policymakers, educators, professional artists, consultants, and scholars from up to five states to discuss a shared arts education challenge and engage in strategic planning to advance arts education in their respective states.

But, now I would like to pay attention to institutions that provide an art education to skillful people nowadays. It is the list of top fine art universities and colleges in the USA:

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One of such colleges is The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) that takes the third place at the list. It is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. SAIC offers classes in art and technology; arts administration; art history, theory, and criticism; art education and art therapy; ceramics; fashion design; filmmaking; historic preservation; architecture; interior architecture; designed objects; journalism; painting and drawing; performance; photography; printmaking; sculpture; sound; time arts (time-based media); video; visual communication; visual and critical studies; and writing. SAIC also serves as a resource for issues related to the position and importance of the arts in society. SAIC also offers low-residency Master's Degree programs in Studio and Writing. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is governed by the Board of Governors and has an active Faculty Senate. The leaders of SAIC are dedicated to advancing the school's mission and supporting its objective as outlined below.

The mission of this institute is "To provide excellence in the delivery of a global education in visual, design, media, and related arts, with attendant studies in the history and theory of those disciplines set within a broad-based, humanistic curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences. To provide instruction for this education in a range of formats: written, spoken, media, and exhibition-based." -- Excerpted from the Art Institute of Chicago's Corporate Charter, originally obtained from the State of Illinois in 1879, and revised in 2004.

The objective is to assemble a diverse body of intelligent and creative students and faculty in an environment designed to facilitate and encourage the discovery and production of significant ideas and images and to provide for the development of individual excellence in undergraduate and graduate programs in the visual and related arts.

Another example is the Academy of Art University which offers both on-campus (traditional instructor-led) and distance education (online) degrees and certificate programs in its fine arts programs. The university offers Associate of Arts (AA), Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) for undergraduate degree programs, Master of Arts (MA), Master of Fine Arts (MFA) and Master of Architecture (M. Arch) for graduate degree programs, and certificate programs for personal enrichment.

Nevertheless, in Ukraine the former Soviet Union provided governmental support for the arts through professional organizations such as unions of writers, artists, or composers. These organizations still exist and try to function despise a general lack of funds. Young and unconventional artists usually organize informal groups funded by individual sponsors and grants from international foundations.

Here is a list, but not full one, of universities in Ukraine that provide art education in different regions of Ukraine. The list of culture universities in Ukraine includes state education institutions of Ukraine of the 3rd and 4th accreditation levels such as universities, academies, conservatories and institutes. The list only specializes in various schools for arts, music, culture and design.

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