There are efforts to scientifically prove that the arts help us directly in education, in improving children's school grades, and helping them to engage better with their worlds. I can give you evidence of how the arts help slow down dementia and reduce stress. The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. The arts nourish creativity, curiosity and communication skills in those who make art and in those who experience art

Success in arts translate into success else where

Art can be the key which unlocks the pathway to understanding in a myriad of subjects.Imagine the multiplication tables coming alive in song, or a warm up exercise routine transferred to a stage and accompanied by music. Imagine a multimedia slideshow demonstrating a lab experiment, or a sheaf of handmade papers bound into a journal holding prose and poetry. Art builds skills that are useful throughout the curriculum; Art builds skills useful in life

Art can heal;

Each of us has experienced frustration. The frustration of being taught by someone who does not understand how we learn best is certainly one of the most challenging circumstances we face in a learning environment. Often, our sense of self is diminished as we struggle to grasp what others seem to absorb intuitively. Art, a discipline which does not require excellent verbal or writing skills to communicate with peers or teachers, can provide a safe place to experiment and express one's thoughts and talents as one learns new skills. Art can heal!

The Kids! Today's kids can talk on the telephone, listen to the radio, watch TV, Surf the INTERNET and lurk in several Chat Rooms simultaneously----some points around this for build up

The arts are a powerful vehicle for communication, a way to express visions that are beyond the capacity of words and a medium for cultural enlightenment. One could go even further and argue that knowledge of the arts is an indispensable foundation for enlightened citizenship in our increasingly complicated world

We swim in the ecosystem of imagined actions. We do have a responsibility to that power.
If we do not teach our children, and ourselves, that what we imagine, and how we design the world, can make a difference, the culture of cynicism will do that for us. If we do not take the initiative to love our neighbors by imagining better neighborhoods and cities, despair will take the imaginations of their children and turn them into destructive forces