The proceedings consisted of 3 days of discussion, exploration, and debate concerning the future of art education in U.S. schools. Day 1 began with a welcome by Leiliani Lattin Duke, followed by John Brademas' keynote address on "The Arts and Their Teaching: Prospects and Problems." The general session address by Mr. A. Graham Down concerned "Art Education for a New Generation." On Day 2 there were two general session addresses: "Discipline-Based Art Education: Moving from Theory to Practice" by Stephen Mark Dobbs, and "The Politics of Art Education" by Stephen S. Kaagan. Bruce Newlin responded to the latter address. District panel summaries of 17 school districts and regional institutes that have implemented a "discipline-based" approach to teaching art also were presented."Meet the Expert" workshops were conducted and the topics included: strengthening preservice and inservice teacher education, curriculum development, multicultural aspects, student assessment, educational technology, how to identify DBAE curricula, and the role of art specialists, artists-in-schools, and museum educators in DBAE. Day 3 consisted of a general session on "Art Education and Society," by Luis A. Jimenez, Jr., Leon Whiteson, and Ronald Young, and a luncheon address by Joan Adams Mondale on "The Arts and the Three Rs: An Essential Partnership." Appendices listing the conference speakers, district panel presenters, and the advisory committee are included. (KM)