Art as a Language for Education in Nation Building

Abstract

The enormous contribution of visual art towards building a strong and a virile Nigeria has not received enough scholarly attention. In view of this problem, this work attempts at analyzing and projecting the impact of visual arts toward nation building. The research employed a qualitative method, while sources of information were gathered from primary sources (mainly oral) and secondary sources, which include, published materials such as, Newspapers, Books, Magazines, Journal Articles among other published and unpublished sources. The study reveals that government's efforts towards projecting visual art as the required catalyst for nation building is still insufficient, hence the need for this research. This work is hoped to stimulate more attention in the area of exposing the role of visual arts in nation building.