This yearbook reflects the growing practice around the world of interchanging the terms arts education and cultural education to such an Extent that they may eventually be regarded as (nearly) synonymous. We question if there are differences, and how arts and cultural education may be interwoven in different regions of the world. With this in mind, we want to reconsider fundamental questions of what arts education is about. The articles of this volume analyse and discuss the possibilities and challenges of arts and cultural education around the world.