Abstract: Art is a discipline that plays a vibrant role in practical skills for educational development to enhance national economic empowerment and development. It is thus a panacea for sustaining technical and vocational education. This paper reviews some basic definitions in order to clarify some concepts. The history of art education and its possessions to sustain technical and vocational education in Nigeria was delved into. It also explains the diverse skill, in art for manpower development, and how art education can be given top primacy in formal and non-formal educational structure for sustainable development through technical and vocational education expansion