Cultural and Creative Industries and Art Education

The progress of cultural and creative industries calls for numerous talents in this field. After an analysis of the development of cultural and creative industries, this paper demonstrates that art education is the most vital approaches of all to cultivate cultural and creative talents, and that it offers intellectual support and talents for the development of cultural and creative industries, which in return facilitates the development of art education. On this basis, the thesis probes into the mode of development of art education with the rise of cultural and creative industries so as to offer new ideas for college art education. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B. V. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of ICMPBE International Committee.