This week I received a facebook invitation from a friend to join a cause. The cause was Funding the Arts. I vaguely remeber a few years back, some schools were faced with the dilemea of using their funds for their art program or for another program? Recessions and a tough economy are once again causing schools to be faced with the funding dilemeas. If you don't appreciate art, have never had a spiritual moment while looking at a beautiful photograph or painting, never used dance or painting to express youself, you probably may not understand the importance of art in schools.
In article from BYU News Net, Amanda Bright, an art specialist, states that art "allows students to think in a different way." Despite down times and depressing news of economic troubles and funding, a 2008 legislature in Utah has approved funding for its Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts Program. This program will add trained art specialist and needed art materials. This new art curriculum, according to Bright, "will help the students be well-rounded."
Hopefully the curriculum holds up to its promises and the kids received the best education possible. Director of Arts Education Initiatives, Janet Wolf states, "the program would allow students to obtain an essential education...Through this program, Utah elementary schools are poised to be on the cutting edge of model art education programming"
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