Stretching our boundaries and breaking barriers to the public mind

rt teachers believe art is an important content area for the schools. Some colleagues, administrators, and members of the public agree. However, based on national surveys, most of the public, teachers, and administrators believe that art is not a major content area.' There is a continuing contrast between the two belief systems which negates the teaching of art. For example, art was not considered a basic content area by the American Association of School Administrators in a major publication (Uchida, Cetron, & McKenzie, 1996). "Knowledge of Arts and Humanities" was a one-page topic separated from the more important aspects of education. A state Commission on Educational Excellence …