Art Education Galleries About Tulip & Arabesque in Art Ed >> Art Education Process >> Art Ed Student Work >> 1st Grade Children's Art Gallery >> 2nd Grade Children's Art Gallery >> 3rd Grade Children's Art Gallery >> Community Outreach >> Alison Aune Paintings >>		Tulip and Arabesque in Art Education The traditional motifs of the tulip and arabesque have had multiple meanings throughout Turkish history. By studying them, university students are challenged to re-apply and re-contextualize these significant forms into their own artworks and into art lessons they in turn teach to children. Global curiosity and cross-cultural appreciation encourages students of all ages to be informed and compassionate world citizens. UMD students were first introduced to Ottoman ceramics and Turkish Calligraphy by visiting art professors from Başkent University. Then the university students visited local school classrooms to help children create their own artwork based on the tulip and arabesque motifs. Integrating this project into a university methods course in art education helps to develop culturally engaged future art teachers through meaningful art experiences in the college classroom and in the community. This approach to teacher training expands student knowledge about multicultural art through innovative inquiry, critical reflection and artistic creativity in a living art education curriculum. .