While for about past 10years the gifted education in visual arts have been
rapidly invigorated, only few researches on curriculums for the gifted in visual arts
have done. Most of education programs for the gifted in visual arts focuses only
on creative art making process, whereas understanding art and art criticism are
overlooked. Therefore this research developed an art museum education program
for the gifted in the visual arts. To do so, firstly this research examined the
definitions and characteristics of the gifted in the visual arts and curriculum
theories of the gifted education for the visual arts. Based on this theoretical
foundation, the principles of art museum education program are defined as 1)
facilitating self-directed learning, 2) developing creativity, 3) improve reflective
thiking skills, 4) enrichment of museum experience through creative art making
process, 5) professionalism. In this context, each program is consisted orientation,
recognizing themes, viewing the artworks, internalization, art making, and
evaluation. Four programs were developed and applied to the 5,6th grade students
who are gifted in visual arts.
As a result, experiences in the art museum not only stimulated students’
artful thinking but also motivate them to engage in the creative art making
process.