Is art education a luxurious thing to children from poor families?

I think so. Mostly in every family, education is good and high class. If you have education people respect you more than the other one. In most cases of course. In other part there are things that need it doesn't matter whether you are educated or not.

Dandan, This is true in some cases. I volunteer at an Art Center. Classes are not a luxury for children in need in our case. Our classes are affordable. However, we do offer financial assistance as well.

I am an artist and even though I earn money from my art I have to combine it with something else in order to earn enough money for our mortgage payments and the monthly bills. I think it is hard to live from art alone, some artists are able to do that, but a lot of us have to combine it with another job. If my child said to me that she wanted to be take an art education instead of a another type of education I would let do that and let her follow her dreams, but I would also tell her that it is not easy to survive as an artist especially not in the beginning. I would tell her that she might have to take another job as well.

Its not that artists dont make money.But it takes a longer time to establish themselves. Yes its partly true,people who are not financially well off may not be able to sustain the expenses of art education as gestation period between completing studies and getting a job is too long.

based on what you said, it's depending on who are talking to. Clearly, the daughter have the right to choose what kind of career she like and what kind of education she like to receive. It's up to the parents or herself (if she and they can afford it) to support the decision regarding the education (which also includes how to pay for it and means of studying). I believe that the daughter clearly want to be vested in the discipline or art. And like in the mindset of my society, they think that humanistic disciplines do not garner money or as not profitable as other courses or industries. It is their opinion but the daughter also have an opinion regarding this matter. It is very touching that the mother worries for the daughter but in the end, it is the daughter's choice. It has been and it still now. It is now the time for her to pursue or enter the discipline that she wanted and if she can lasts with it. Only she can judge whether she made the right call on her education or her career choice. I know that living your passion as a career isn't sometimes financial rewarding. But there is a sort of fulfillment in doing this things. Even though money controls much of what happens in this world, there are still some things that money can't buy. And I'm not talking about MasterCard.

I don't agree with you. in my opinion, as a creature live on the earth, the first thing we all need to do is to make a living, with the fundamental social security, we need a job. if we couldn't keep the basic necessary of life, how can you enjoy the beauty of the world, at that time, what echoed in our mind all the day is that, "which way we can get money and when we could get a job." In the place i'm living, the art educaton is setted for children from rich families, and just as after school hobbies, the major courses of these children is skills that could give them a job.

She might not find a job for the meantime, but she can put up a business of her own. She can have a small space where she can paint. There's a lot of ways to earn from art. Art tattoo as well is earning good and it's a trend. Or,she can look for any company that are hiring artists/painter as well.

My sister and boyfriend believe that painting and music education are all luxury and must be eliminated at this moment when US is having such a bad economic crisis. The reason is that none of them is going to produce another Andy Warhol and Enya. One of my friends studied art history in UC Berkeley and now she does a business completely unrelated to that. But you know we have that "go with your passion when it comes to choosing a major"? This is what has kept the painting and music alive. Truly, they are nothing, but luxuries. So when things are going bad in a country they should be just halted for a while. This is just my opinion. I believe art should be taken as a side education. Taking it as a full on major might mean just starving. Same does not apply to digital art though. It can get a lot of money to a person.