tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395863531224904332.post4421039116306170134..comments2019-12-22T14:41:16.160-05:00Comments on A Studio Incarnate: The Need for ArtAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05833120193751004249noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395863531224904332.post-26207134629202549602012-05-09T17:11:25.050-04:002012-05-09T17:11:25.050-04:00Yes, you are probably right. Also, it is harder to...Yes, you are probably right. Also, it is harder to measure the kinds of learning that art really teaches -- things like persistence, attentiveness, and problem-solving -- all of which are important life skills that are not taught elsewhere in most school curricula.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395863531224904332.post-53677927073537018262012-04-22T14:56:47.938-04:002012-04-22T14:56:47.938-04:00It is unfortunate that in many school systems the ...It is unfortunate that in many school systems the art program is the first program to be cut when money is scarce. They are more reluctant to cut music and physical Ed departments, all though they are seen not as essential as academics. because they are important to school "spirit" (football games etc.)Martha1948https://www.blogger.com/profile/01605009007023574043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395863531224904332.post-75098384970707772602012-04-21T09:49:14.539-04:002012-04-21T09:49:14.539-04:00Thanks, Deborah, for reminding us of an important ...Thanks, Deborah, for reminding us of an important insight. Although far from new, it is one that is so easily forgotten. Somehow we want to limit the "essential" human needs to those that are purely physical. Art, along with other means of healing and growing the spirit, is often simply omitted.Saying "no' to that limited perspective needs doing often and loudly.Ken Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443927843131307679noreply@blogger.com