National Art Education Association

Guest Editor: Marylou KuhnAuthor(s): Lou KuhnSource: Art Education, Vol. 18, No. 9, Continuing Art Education for Adults (Dec., 1965), p. 2Published by: National Art Education AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3190647 .

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guest editor. marylou kuhn Adult art education is an integral part of the social and cultural forms of today's world. It has seemed appropriate, therefore, to draw contributors for this issue from these many contexts. The stage is set by John McHale. As director of the World Resources Inventory and associate of Buckminster Fuller, he is uniquely well qualified to do this. Mr. McHale has indicated a new role for men in the world of the future; and the importance of symbolic and value systems to the development of individual creative achievement. Alvin Toffler highlights this setting by outlining causes and reactions to the current social phenomenon of "naturalization" of the arts in America. He points out specific consequences of this situation for art educators, indicating some needs and cautions to the profession from the view of an interested and informed lay observer. As a free lance writer and a former editor of "Fortune" magazine, he is a knowing critic of the American scene. The interview of Lou Hazam, Producer-writer of NBC's forthcoming feature "Michelangelo, The Last Giant," gives us a backstage glimpse at one of commercial television's contributions to adult art education; and the Symposium, "Locales of Adult Art Education," takes us directly on' stage into the action of this scene. The issue is rounded out by a scholarly article, "Emerging Directions In Adult Art Education," which draws directions for the future. Knox and Shields have explored several emergent needs in the light of research and authoritative opinion, and their article attempts to provide guidance for the meeting of these needs in behavior appropriate to each. All these writers herald intense growth in adult art education. Evidence is presented here of the broadening base of art education in service to people of all ages through widening numbers of social institutions, and of the imperative for adequate and effective leadership for adult art education.

Marylou Kuhn is with the Florida State University, Tallahassee

Photo courtesy Milwaukee Art Center

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