Arts Education - What value does it have for youth?

My passions mix! Helping kids and my love of art. It has been proven that:

• Musical involvement promotes better math skills
• Involvement in the arts is linked with better academics
• Arts organizations encourage personal growth
• Theater participation helps social tolerance
• Arts education enacts several cognitive changes
• Underprivileged youth are more affected by involvement in all forms of the arts
• The arts provide new challenges for students already considered successful

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So encourage those youngsters to paint, draw, play an instrument or get into theater. I know painting makes my heart happy, I didn't realize it also helped children learn!