This research attempts to investigate elementary school teachers’ thought about creativity in art education by survey and in-depth interview of elementary school teachers. The concept of artistic creativity is important in art curriculum as philosophy and purpose, but there are diverse spectrums of it. The teachers are the subjects of understanding and enacting the national curriculum, so it is necessary to investigate the elementary school teacher’s thought to figure out artistic creativity in elementary school art education. Teachers think that the `artistic creativeness' is very important factor both in visual art and school art. The self expression and the passion for creativeness are the cores of the artistic creativeness. This kind of creativity concept is very different from domain-general creativity as problem solving. Also teachers distinguish the creativity in the visual art from in the school art. Artist’s work can be appreciated as creative one when it produces brilliant achievement, however in student’s work self satisfaction and meaningfulness for oneself are important factors to judge the value of the work. The creativity concept from elementary school teachers implies the value and essence of the art, so it can contribute to strengthening the identity of art education in the school curriculum and in the creativity education as well.