I want to know the value in US$ of paints used by Junior High Schools
in the US to teach art as a subject and the proportion of that value
that is spent on acrylic paint.

Interesting question.

My daughter took art/painting throughout junior high and highschool,
and she was always requred to purchase her own paints, brushes, and
canvases. This was in NY, 1996-2001. I don't know if that is a
universal practice or not.

Will be interested to read the answer to this question.

-K~

After doing a half hours worth of research, I can find nothing that
will answer this specific a question.  Hopefully, someone else will
have better luck for you.

Ladyg

My guess is the paint is rarely bugeted by the board of education, but
comes from a variety of funds including parents and teachers pockets.
My guess is 100 million dollars per year, 5% = 5 million dollars for
acrylic paint. About 2/3 of the paint is for prom decoration, drama
back drops and similar extra curicular prodjects. That is mostly small
quantity retail price. Wholesale would be less than half that much.
Likely similar amounts are spent at high school, college and grade
school level, but much less acrylic at grade school and pre school
level. I have included both private and public schools in these
totals. Also Alaska, Hawii and Puerto Rico.  Neil

Hi,

I find more on budgets for painting the buildings than on purchasing
art supplies for students. I guess that can be taken as a comment on
the state of art education in American schools.

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