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Position Statement on Utilizing Quality Resources to Build Curriculum (Adopted April 2020; Reviewed and Revised April 2023)

Materiality and Sustainability in Art Education

Go Big or Go Home!

NAEA Position Statement on Physical Safety in the Art Classroom (Adopted April 2014; Reviewed and Revised March 2017; Reviewed and Revised March 2022)

NAEA Position Statement on the Ethical Use of Copyrighted Imagery and Primary Sources (Adoptd April 2014; Revieewed and Revised March 2017; Reviewed and Revised March 2022)

NAEA Position Statement on Scheduling, Time, Enrollment, Facilities, Funding and/or Resources for Visual Arts Education (Adopted March 2011; Reviewed and Revised April 2014; Reviewed and Revised March 2019)

While the trappings of defunct sets often end up in trash bins, this sand had a different fate. It was heading to Materials for the Arts (MFTA), an arm of New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs that keeps discarded materials from entering landfills, and instead makes them available to creative organizations and public schools around the city, for free.

Summer is nearly here! What better way to end the school year or ring in the start of summer reading than with a new collection of art books? The D.U.C. welcomes public schools and libraries to place your 2016 order of free books through their online catalog.

Art and shop classes may expose students to potentially hazardous chemicals and dust found in some of the materials they use. These include solvents such as acetone and turpentine found in markers and thinners, heavy metals such as lead and cadmium found in pigments and pottery glazes, and harmful dust found in wood, clays and glazes. Glues, spray fixatives, matting adhesives and harsh photograhy chemicals are also of concern.

Many art materials produced today are safe to use, but only if reasonable precautions are taken. Artists’ materials may contain volatile solvents, lead, harmful dust, or other toxic substances. As an example cadmium is an extremely toxic metal found in today’s oil paints (cadmium red, cad yellow, etc.). Lead, arsenic, chromium, silica dust, etc., can also be found in selected art materials.