The article considers the problem of art education. The educational systems of Russia and Brazil are compared. The socio-managerial conditions for the implementation of art education are considered. Using the example of the municipal budgetary institution of additional education of the Krasnoobsk Children’s Art School, the main directions of four additional pre-professional programs, general education programs with a five-year term of study are outlined. The article focuses on the basic principles of art education — ensuring continuity (unified education program art school-university-postgraduate education), creating conditions to ensure the creative realization of gifted children and adults, preserving academic traditions, mentoring. The article analyses art education in Brazil, which is influenced by decolonization, feminist studies and studies of the culture of image and perception. Special attention is paid to the revival of local, national and Latin American traditions, as well as the culture of people from Africa. All these trends influence the content and the process of training teachers of art education.

Keywords: art education, gifted children, art; traditions, innovations, perception, creativity, culture