Bartel, 2007
An ideal art room has some attributes that are the opposite of those needed in standard classroom. It can be expensive and less than ethical to construct inappropriate and unsafe facilities for learning in visual art.
I write this as an art teacher, designer, artist, and architectural design consultant. This checklist for school artroom design gives a minimum of features needed for art instruction. If you are an art teacher, a new facility is a "chance in a lifetime" to get the kind of teaching space you have always dreamed of. If you are an architect or an administrator, you can take pride in providing the best possible facilities for instruction.
