"Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. Now more than ever, all people need to see clearly, hear accurately and feel sensitively through the arts. These skills are no longer just desirable. They are essential."

Ernest Boyer, Former President
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching


"A broad education that includes the arts helps give children a better understanding of their world. We need students who are culturally literate as well as math and science literate."

Paul Ostegard, Former Vice President
Corporate Communications, Citicorp


"Many people do not associate the arts with thinking. We are aware of the art "product". . . but less aware of the process which creates this product. Yet the arts are the result of a person's capacities for creative thinking and imagining, problem solving, critical judgment, and a host of other mental processes."

Eric Oddleifson, "The Case for the Arts"

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