艺术教育作为素质教育的一个重要、特殊的组成部分,有着重要的育人功能。随着素质教育的实施与展开,探讨艺术教育在其中的地位和作用,推进艺术教育在高等教育中的普及和发展,便成了一个极需解决的课题。本文以笔者亲身体验、理论调查和实践调查为基础,对造成艺术教育现状的种种原因,以及突破艺术教育发展瓶颈的方法方式予以初步探寻,以期抛砖引玉,最终实现高校全面素质教育的提升。 As an important and special part of quality education, art education has an important educational function. With the implementation and development of quality education, it is necessary to probe into the status and function of art education and promote the popularization and development of art education in higher education. Based on the author’s personal experience, theoretical investigation and practical investigation, this article explores various reasons for the status quo of art education and ways and means of breaking through the bottleneck of art education development in order to promote the overall quality education in colleges and universities.