Youth Art Month is a special time of year when educators, community advocates and supporters of art education focus on art in schools. With school budgets continuing to be cut, Youth Art Month is a great way to inform communities about state and Federal funding for art, as well as a way to educate the [...]

In Stephany Rigoni’s letter to the editor in the Daily Herald, Ms. Rigoni points out the decrease in art education and it’s effect on students. Please read below…what do you think about the public education in your area? Are your schools funding art education? Are they providing art supplies to support the teachers?
“As a product of [...]

“The Art of Funding” is an interesting article published online at Scholastic.com in the Administ@tors section.
“A shrinking budget doesn’t have to mean saying goodbye to arts programs. Here are some creative ways to find the funding you need.”
Read more:
http://The Art of Funding

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“You might think, “Who cares if kids learn to sing or play an instrument or write a newspaper story in school? That doesn’t help a bit.”
Wrong.”
See what Cathy Wood, from the DailyTimes.com, has to say about Arts and Music Education.
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090807/ARTICLES/908075005/1031?Title=We-want-our-arts-music-education

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 Arts thrive as region bucks national trend in education.
Western Pennsylvania is bucking a national trend depicted in a recent study showing a lackluster picture of arts education, advocates say.
“Pittsburgh routinely outperforms national trends in arts participation,” said Mitch Swain, CEO of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.
“This area has been great at recognizing that the arts [...]

A Conversation with Derek E. Gordon
Derek E. Gordon, Executive Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center and former senior vice president for the Kennedy Center, discusses the place of the arts in comprehensive education.
To read this interview visit:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3270/

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Barbara Shepherd writes an excellent article addressing the teacher and the power that the arts have in the classroom.
A call to action for teachers to take a proactive role in advocating for arts education
“Think about the last time you experienced the power of the arts in your classroom. Perhaps a struggling student blossomed while creating [...]

– Arne Duncan, on occasion of the opening of the National PTA’s “Reflections” art exhibit at the Department of Education, Feb. 10, 2009.

http://www.arteducators.org/olc/pub/NAEA/general/general_page_10.html

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This article addresses 10 characteristics that art helps to develop in the human learning process. Teachers, administrators, researchers, professors, artists and art museum administrators all agree in the power of art.
Read below for the interesting details.
http://www.arteducators.org/olc/pub/NAEA/advocacy/advocacy_page_5.html
This article is from the NAEA (National Art Education Association) web site.

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