A Study on the Operational Cases of Visual Arts Departments in U.S. Art High Schools : Focusing on Educational Objective, Admission Process, and Curriculum

This study aims to identify the characteristics of art education in U.S. art high schools through case analysis and derive implications for art talent development education in Korea. To achieve this, five schools were selected based on the school rankings, regions, and school types provided by the U.S. educational evalua tion agency Niche. The educational objective, admission process, and curriculum explicitly stated and dis closed on each school's website were investigated and analyzed. Additionally, to verify and supplement the analysis results, interviews were conducted with four graduates from the selected art high schools. Based on the research findings, the following implications were presented: articulating the ideal student profile and educational objectives, expanding subjects and majors to meet the changing needs and de mands of the era, exploring admissions processes aligned with the ideal student profile and educational objective, enhancing general education in areas such as humanities, mathematics, and science, transition ing educational content and methods, and providing career education programs based on an expanded perspective on career paths. Although structural challenges within Korean society may make such changes difficult, opportunities such as increased autonomy in school operations, the trend toward undeclared ma jors, and changing perceptions of universities should be leveraged to drive transformative efforts in art tal ent development education.