The purpose of this study is to develop an art education program that can enhance creativity and foster
national identity for high school students. The program will help the students understand Korean aesthetic
characteristics and design local souvenir using the characteristics in art education program in the era of
globalization. While Korean aesthetic can be found in many different forms in Korean culture, the art education
program developed in this study focuses on humor, implicitness, calmness, abstractness, whiteness
that can be found in Korean architecture, sculpture, craft, painting, and clothing, et cetera. The program
will also be useful for students to develop their careers, given that more and more local governments are
developing local souvenirs these days. This study identifies the following educational effects of the art education
program. First, students can improve aesthetic sensitivity and artistic identity. Second, students can
better understand local community and its culture. Third, students can enhance creativity in integrating and
expressing the characteristics of Korean aesthetic and local community. This study concludes that students
can contribute to the development of local community and national prosperity as well as enhance their own
learning through practical art education that can be applied to the everyday life.