Art Education in the Time of Coronavirus the Good in the Evil: Reflecting on Today, Anticipating Tomorrow        

The fear of coronavirus, the beginning of wisdom. However, the reality of its havoc recked on humanity brought an impromptu change to the world order. The weakness humanity was exposed and virtually, all things were negatively affected by the virus with a purview of humanity at the receiving end. Hence, abnormal now turned to be normal. In view of the happening, art education was not speared but played incredible role in awesome awareness in the protection of humanity, artists notwithstanding manage to survive. This paper, understudied coronavirus in terms of its evil and good, itemized various world order up-turned by pandemic and as well overviewed diverse efforts made by humanity in suppressing it effects, in order to forestalls the extinction of mankind and thinking outside of the box for the sustainability the existence, that had been taken care of by art education. Art education an agent of change and its power of creativity is too big to be caged or lockdown or confided, as the pandemic did to economy, socializing, and joint worship in the church and mosque. Art education has been using its tools on how to deal with the virus, educate people and exposing the virus through cartoon and animation, painting, sculpture and graphic illustration on poster. In conclusion, coronavirus break virgin ground for new and great opportunities through art education despites its consequences on humanity in terms of isolation, anguish and mass exterminations. In summary, measures against the spread of coronavirus have really changed our lives almost overnight. Notwithstanding, there is still good in evil as the art education is the search light.