Fact of the Week

Every week we post a fact about why art matters and how art helps children, adults, students and the community to learn, grow and come together.


Fact of the Week #50

Fact of the Week #50: The arts are used by the U.S. Military to promote troop force and family readiness, ...www.blog.artsusa.org

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Fact of the Week #49

Fact of the Week #49: The arts can reach a diversity of learners. Not every child learns in the same way. The arts by..www.kennedy-center.org

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Fact of the Week #48

Fact of the Week #48: "Design Thinking" (as defined and adopted by consensus at the National Design for Thinking Institute in Philadelphia, August 6-9, 1998) is an inventive process, through which

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Fact of the Week #47

Fact of the Week #47: Arts Mean Business...The Creative Industries are arts businesses that range from nonprofit museums, symphonies and theaters to for-profit film, architecture, and design companies. A 2015 analysis...... www.blog.artsusa.org

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Fact of the Week #46

Fact of the Week #46: Young people are more creatively engaged in the arts than other Australians. www.artfacts.australiacouncil.gov.au

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Fact of the Week #45

Fact of the Week #45: Museums across America are undertaking expansive and creative efforts to make art accessible and engaging for people with disabilities. www.ovationtv.com

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Fact of the Week #44

Fact of the Week #44: Another important benefit of art education in the 21st Century, is visual literacy. www.art4kids.weebly.com

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Fact of the Week #43

Fact of the Week #43: The way in which many artists teach come directly from their ways of making art, including an appreciation of the processes involved in creating something complex. www.giarts.org/article/learning-and-arts

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