In accordance with the multicultural turn in 21st century, social integration has become an inevitable task
to handle. In the pluralist system, social ‘integration' lies on the premise of uniqueness and diversity of
members, which helps to restore the balance and trust among social groups. The educational support that
leads to social integration needs to be established at the political and legislative level; but at the same
time, multi-dimensional efforts should be made to empower sub-groups to participate in the society at the
local level. The purpose of this study is to explore the meanings of multicultural art education for social
integration by investigating the changes of underprivileged children and a practitioner who participated in
the group art program. The results of this action research are two-fold. First, the group art program served
as the site of relationships in which conflicts, afflictions, self-expression and social support were experimented
through interactions. Second, the meaning of the program could be found in that the practitioner
could overcome the deficit view toward underprivileged children changing the practitioner's perception
of the marginalized as well as children's behavior.