Art Education Journal

Art Education is the official journal of the National Art Education Association.

Art Education covers a diverse range of topics of professional interest to art educators and anyone whose interest is quality visual arts education. It is published bi-monthly in full color. Each issue features an editorial, six articles, and instructional resources, making Art Education a significant addition to every educators’ reference library. NAEA News, a digital-only publication, is automatically included with a subscription to Art Education.

NAEA Members: To view the current issue of Art Education and archives, log into your NAEA Member Accountand click the link under “NAEA Publications: Digital Access”. If you have trouble accessing the digital issues, please e-mail Support@TandFonline.com.

Not a Member? Art Education (print and digital publication) and NAEA News (digital-only publication) subscriptions are included with membership. Join NAEA or renew your NAEA membership.

To submit an article to Art Education: Anyone may write for Art Education. Manuscripts for articles and instructional resources are welcome at all times and on any aspect of art education. Please follow the Instructions for Authors.

Call for Submissions

Art Education is now accepting manuscripts for a special issue publishing in March 2026, “Centering Decolonizing, Indigenous, Land-Based Pedagogy, and Curriculum.” View information about the call here.

Latest Issue

January 2025, Volume 78, Issue 1
Special Issue: Calling for Critical Peace Amid War Crisis
Issue coming soon!

Sample Articles

Revitalizing Art + Design Education Through Expanded Notions of Community-Based Art Education
May 2024, Volume 77, Issue 3
View the article here

Self-Assessing While Self-Expressing: How Can Vulnerability Impact the Self-Expressive Artmaking Process?
November 2024, Volume 77, Issue 6
View the article here

Sample Instructional Resources

Education and Counteradvertising as a Strategy for the Promotion of Critical Thinking in Students: Deactivating Advertising With Creativity
July 2024, Volume 77, Issue 4
View the resource here

Editorial Leadership

Ami Kantawala, Past Editor
Teachers College, Columbia University

Luke Meeken, Instructional Resource Editor
Miami University

Eunkyung Hwang, Social Media Editor
The Pennsylvania State University

Previous Editors

Editorial Review Board

Questions about the journal? Send an email to arteducationjournal@gmail.com.

NAEA Member Benefits

NAEA’s publishing partnership with educational publishers Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group offers enhanced benefits to NAEA members:

Digital Editions: Art Education is available in digital format as well as print. NAEA News is a digital-only publication. Members can access editions by logging in here.

Digital Archives: NAEA membership includes free access to current and archived issues of Art Education and NAEA News. The dynamic, user-friendly, digital format allows NAEA members and subscribers to read, search, and share online.

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