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This paper refers to an attempt to capture the contemporary reality of the teaching of visual arts in Second Chance Schools in Greece. The main objective of the study is to explore the perceptions of Managers and Educational Artists who serve and teach in Second Chance Schools about the breadth of application, importance and benefits of visual arts in adult education. The survey is descriptive, with an analysis of response rates and response averages, as appropriate. The survey results show that managers and art educators from Second Chance Schools believe that visual arts teaching can provide many and important benefits to adult learners and learners. However, the small scope of visual artistic literacy, the limitation of the subject to minimal hours, and the teaching by non-specialized teaching staff reflects a correspondingly opposite reality in relation to these beliefs. Research findings can be exploited by the General Secretariat for Lifelong Learning to improve the quality of education provided in Second Chance Schools or by future researchers in adult education in the arts.