This study examines the educational significance and value of community linking and analyzes how linking with the community has been promoted in the national level curriculum. As a result, the 1st and 2nd curriculum pursued community connection to improve students' lives and reconstruct the society according to the influence of the experience-centered curriculum and national and social needs, while the 7th curriculum and beyond students-centered education is emphasized, diversification of the curriculum is secured to conduct education that meets the needs and demands of students, and connection with communities is secured to expand flexibility and autonomy of the curriculum to flexibly respond to a rapidly changing society. In addition, the competency-based curriculum in the 2015 revised curriculum emphasized the contextual exploration and application of knowledge for in-depth understanding, which served as an opportunity to further strengthen the connection with the local community that provides the authentic context.In the case of the national art curriculum, the concept of aesthetics was introduced under the influence of DBAE in the 6th curriculum, and as the theory of visual culture and art education was reflected in the 2007 revised curriculum, critical exploration of visual images in the context of life was emphasized. Also, the emergence of socially engaged art education has expanded the connection with the community to actual participation and practice in terms of providing a practical context for learning, such as having students to participate in the process of discovering and solving problems in the community.