Why We Believe in Art Education

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• Personal Identity 
• Communication
• Motor Skills
• Language skills
• Self-Expression
• Critical Thinking
• Problem-Solving
• Academic Gains

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Art can help people learn in many ways

• Identity: Art can help students develop a sense of their own identity and value.
• Communication: Art can help people communicate and connect with others across cultures, languages, and backgrounds.
• Motor skills: Art instruction can help children develop motor skills.
• Language skills: Art instruction can help children develop language skills
• Self-expression: Art can help students develop creativity, self-expression, and confidence.
• Critical thinking: Art education can help students learn to observe the world more closely, which can lead to critical thinking skills. Good art is often complex, with many elements and meanings.
• Problem-solving: Art can help students develop creative problem-solving skills.
• Academic gains: A 2019 study found that a substantial increase in arts educational experiences has remarkable impacts on students’ academic, social, and emotional outcomes. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/new-evidence-of-the-benefits-of-arts-education/