This paper applaies concepts drawn from KM to art education.specifically the purpose of this paper is to study the knowledge types knowledge sources knowledge processes as well as factors affecting these processes in art education.the researche was carried out using an interpretative case study methology in iran form 26one-to-one interviews conducted wite various stakeholder of the art education community. Four major finding emerged, (1) the knowledge type of art education in Iran were a blend of the friend knowledge domain, (2) perceptible knowledge were those which conveyed an steeply appearance of authority(3) knowledge process in art education were steeply humanistic for factor that affect knowledge process.