This paper aims to investigate the education for art teaching in Pedagogy Degree courses and identify their conceptions of art. From this, it was analyzed how the initial formation, graduation, contributed to the development of teaching practices within the scope of Arts classes. Documentary analysis of the Pedagogy Course Guidelines, the BNCC and the Pedagogical Course Project was performed. This is a descriptive qualitative research, which used a semi-structured interview, containing 6 questions applied to 10 polyvalent teachers. The results showed that the teachers approach the understanding that the initial training did not satisfactorily meet all the demands of the classroom. Research is required, specialization courses, among others.
