Are the Arts Important?

Are the Arts Important?

  There is always a lot of chatter about whether the arts are important. The arts are all the ways that  humans have developed to communicate effectively with one another.…
Deciding Who’s Going to Decide

Deciding Who’s Going to Decide

  In Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling rule #12 is, “Discount the 1st thing that comes to mind. And the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th -get the obvious out of the…
What is Arts Education for?

What is Arts Education for?

  If we are asking the questions, what is arts education for? Why do we have it? And perhaps more importantly, why do we need it? Canned, highly predictable projects,…
Art Education is Not…

Art Education is Not…

  Art Education is not about Learning to Draw   Art can help those who learn differently, learn. Art can help those who struggle to share their voice, speak.  …