Arts has been created even before the recorded history by all cultures and by men and women and by both men and women. So, through the arts, students will learn that art is created not only by a single person, but also by groups and communities in an effort to better understand and tolerate multi-cultural differences.
Teaching through the arts requires students to engage in the act of creating art and helps students experience concepts rather than simply discussing or reading about them.
The arts can tell stories through music, plays, folk stories, dance, and visual art. Art can give students a visual representation of what life looks like in a culture. Music can do the same aurally. The arts can explain how the cultural aspects all work together. Students can discover how our perception of a work of art is influenced by what we know about the time and place it was created. Political, environmental, and cultural differences can be exploited through the arts. Students can learn how to see the world of art as inclusive, rather than exclusive, and open to a wider variety of influences, genres, media, and style than before. The arts can also bring a problem to light and unite a group of people for a cause. Teaching art from a multicultural point of view can enhance art curricula by celebration diversity and promoting social equity for all students.
As an art educators to recognize and respect not only the sociocultural diversity that may be present in the classroom, but also to design and implement culturally responsive art curricula.
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