Never-before-seen Snapshot of Art Courses in NM October, 2020
A snapshot of art education in New Mexico public schools, October 2020: That’s what this report of public information from the New Mexico Public Education Department provides. I thought you may find it intriguing, so I’m posting it—a list of all courses assigned to art educators in public school on the 40th day of the school year. I’ve sorted this long list for you from the courses most prevalent to those least frequent.

There are 2111 courses assigned to teachers this year called “Elementary Art” and that sounds really impressive. It’s about a third of all the art courses taught, and though it
’s likely they meet only once a week or even less often than that, still, what a lot of art class is going on here in NM! Can you picture that many art classes? Art teachers are amazing. It boggles the mind.
I challenge readers to find the most intriguing, interesting, or idiosyncratic title for an art class listed below. Isn't it exciting to think there's an Art Magnet 8 going on somewhere in our state? What is that? What about Art and Invention, or Natural Clay I, II, & III? Sign me up!
Let us know what you find and what you make of it.
Count Fall 2020 Art Teacher Course Assignments
2111 Elementary Art
393 VisualArts-Elem
370 1_Art
209 Introduction to Art
186 Art I
125 Visual Arts
122 ART
95 Elem. Art
77 Art II
52 Art 1
45 Art 2
42 Enos Elementary Art
41 ART 5TH
41 ART 4TH
39 ART 6
38 ART 7
35 Intro to Art
31 Elem Vis Art Grade 1
31 Creative Art
30 ART 8
30 Art 3
29 PAINTING/DRW I
29 ART YR
29 ART K
28 Visual Art (K-6)
27 Art 5
26 ART 4
25 PAINTING/DRW 2
24 Elem Vis Art Grade 4
24 Art Regular Ed
23 NULL
19 PHOTOGRAPHY II
18 EXPL ART
17 Art Appreciation
17 MS-Art I
16 Drawing & Painting I
16 Art - Beginning
16 Drawing & Painting II
16 Drawing I
16 PHOTOGRAPHY III
16 Crafts
16 CreatArtComp
15 ART 1ST GR
15 3rd-Art
15 Art III
15 ART 3RD GR
15 5th-Art
14 6th-Art
14 Elementary Art K
14 4th-Art
14 Drawing & Painting III
14 COMP GRAPHICS 2
14 ART 2ND GR
14 ART 4TH GR
14 1st-Art
14 Creative Art-Comprehensive
14 ART 6TH GR
14 ART 5TH GR
14 Elementary Art 3
13 Art Appreciation APEX VE
13 ART KINDER
13 Art I A
13 COMP GRAPHICS 3
13 Elementary Art 5
13 2nd-Art
13 Creative Art-Drawing/Painting
13 Elementary Art 1
13 KN-Art
13 Elementary Art 2
13 Ranchos Elementary Art
13 Elementary Art 4
13 FIFTH ART
12 Creative Art - Comprehensive
12 Art_ Int
11 VIDEO ED
11 DIG FILM PROD1
11 PAINTING/DRW 3
11 Integrated Fine Arts 6 7 8
11 Intro to Visual Arts_f
10 Art - Intermediate
10 COMP GRAPHICS 1
9 AP STUDIO ART
9 PHOTOGRAPHY IV
9 DRAWING
8 Sculpture
8 AP STUDIO ART2D
8 Drawing & Painting Advanced
8 Elem Vis Art
8 Drawing/Painting I
8 Film/Videotape
7 DIG FILM PROD3
7 CreArtComp
7 Computer Assisted Art
7 Film Video Production 1
7 MS-Art II
7 Introduction to Art 7th Grade
7 Art - Advanced
7 Arroyos Elementary Art
7 MS Art
7 CreaArtDrawPaint1
6 EXP ART 6/S1
6 COMP GRAPHICS 4
6 FINE ARTS 1
6 Creative Art - Drawing/Paintin
6 Art I/Drawing
6 Art Introductory
6 1161 ART I
6 ART FUNDAMENTALS
6 Painting I
6 DRAWING II
6 Visual Arts - Independent Stud
6 ART I COHORT I
6 Film Digital Media I
5 Explor Art_DL
5 VISUAL ARTS 7TH
5 Introduction To Art K-5
5 1161 CREATIVE ART 9 - A
5 CreaArtDrawPaint2
5 Draw_Paint 1A_f
5 1161 CREATIVE ART 8 - A
5 Art Crafts 7
5 Creative Art-Sculpture
5 Art History
5 TV PROD
5 Creative Art Drawi
5 Creative Art Drawing/Painting
5 CreArt
4 BEGINNING ART
4 AP Studio Art: 2-D Design
4 Business of Arts/Media/Entertainment
4 4th Grade Visual Arts
4 Graphic Arts
4 5th Art
4 K Art