Inclusion in arts education raises fundamental questions: Who is included and who is excluded? And why does this matter? This book offers a theoretical perspective on these concerns, bringing together a range of themes and ideas that identify the absences in institutional thinking and suggest how we can work towards better theoretical and cultural understanding of inclusion in the field of arts education. The themes are drawn from recent critical and cultural theory such as critical race theory and critical disability studies, and explore the psychology of creativity and aesthetic and social practices in the arts curriculum. The authors suggest new ways of examining the arts and arts education for the benefit of all students and staff. The collection offers a new body of inclusive arts education writing that can be used by tutors, students, managers, curriculum leaders and policymakers in education and the arts. It will appeal to a broad audience, from schools to higher education; in particular it is aimed at teacher trainers, postgraduate students and doctoral researchers. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Towards an inclusive arts education (Kate Hatton); (2) Studying art: How institutional change can support contemporary practice (Kerry Freedman); (3) Thinking through critical disability studies (Daniel Goodley); (4) Cultural territories of inclusive education (Anna Hickey-Moody); (5) Critical race theory and its relationship to art education (Sylvia Theuri); (6) Pedagogy of the workshop: An 'expert-intuitive' practice (Michael McMillan); (7) Art college and the postcolonial encounter: Student diversity within the 'sociality' of learning (Bernice Donszelmann); (8) Identity, research and the arts curriculum: Counterstorytelling as academic practice (Caroline Stevenson); (9) Inclusion in the art and design curriculum: Revisiting Bernstein and 'class' issues (Samantha Broadhead); and (10) 'Knowing people as individuals': Academic attainment in art and design (Eldrid Herrington). Contains an index. [For the partner book, "Inclusion and Intersectionality in Visual Arts Education," see ED592354.]