Addresses the need for making connections between cultures, especially among Aboriginal and dominant cultures. Focuses on these themes: cultural memory, cultural performance, and cultural translation. Highlights three Aboriginal cultures on three continents (South Australia, Canada, and Taiwan) to encourage art educators and students to engage in…

Uses stories of 19th-century people to demonstrate how art education contributed to their ability to find work and to ideas about gentility. Argues that while the ideology of gentility claimed to transcend class, it was bound to middle-class formation and gender stereotypes. Reflects on how "gentility" continues to influence art education. (DSK)

Asserts that art education promotes high culture and ignores popular culture and is thereby precluded from making a positive contribution to students' lives. Outlines the principles for a socially relevant art education. Maintains that such an art education would contribute critically to the meanings, values, and beliefs students form with…