Welcome to the Art Room web site. Please read below to find out why art is important for your child.
Ten Reasons Why Art Is Good For Kids
1) Art Teaches Problem Solving. Making art teaches that there is more
than one solution to the same problem. Art challenges our beliefs and
encourages open-ended thinking that creates an environment of
questions rather than answers.
2) Art Prepares Kids for the Future. Creative, open-minded people are
highly desired in all career paths. Art and creative education
increases the future quality of the local and global community. Being
creative is a life long skill and can be used in every day situations.
3) Art Generates a Love of Learning & New Ideas. Art develops a
willingness to explore what has not existed before. Art teaches risk
taking, learning from one’s mistakes, and being open to other
possibilities. Kids who are creative are also curious and passionate
about knowing more.
4) Art is Big Business. At the core of the multi-billion dollar film
and video game industry are artists creating images and stories.
Every commercial product is designed by artists from chairs to cars,
space stations to iPods. A Van Gogh painting sold for 83 million
dollars.
5) Art Develops the Whole Brain. Art strengthens focus and increases
attention, develops hand-eye coordination, requires practice and
strategic thinking, and involves interacting with the material world
through different tools and art mediums.
6) Art Improves Holistic Health. Art builds self-esteem, increases
motivation and student attendance, improves grades and
communications, nurtures teamwork, and strengthens our relationship
to the environment.
7) Art Supports Emotional Intelligence. Art supports the expression
of complex feelings that help kids feel better about themselves and
helps them understand others by “seeing” what they have expressed
and created. Art supports personal meaning in life, discovering joy
in one’s own self, often being surprised, and then eliciting it in
others.
8) Art Builds Community. Art reaches across racial stereotypes,
religious barriers, and socio-economical levels and prejudices.
Seeing other culture's creative expression allows everyone to be more
connected and less isolated - "we see how we are all related." Art
creates a sense of belonging.
9) Art Awakens the Senses. Art opens the heart and mind to
possibilities and fuels the imagination. Art is a process of learning
to create ourselves and experience the world in new ways. Arts
support the bigger picture view of life: beauty, symbols,
spirituality, storytelling, and helps us step out of time allowing
one to be present in the moment. Art keeps the magic alive.
10) Art is Eternal. Creativity and self-expression has always been
essential to our humanity. Our earliest creative expressions were
recorded in petroglyphs, cave paintings, and ancient sculptures. One
of the first things kids do is draw, paint, and use their
imaginations to play.
Mark Wagner © 2008
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