GOOD LOOK: Inspiring Inner-City Children Through Art Class

We'll need creative thinkers to deal with the challenges of the 21st century. But the arts are being crowded out of our schools by testing and choked off by budget cuts. To help make sure the next generation has the imagination to improve the world, Inner City Arts is giving kids a canvas in Los Angeles's Skid Row neighborhood.

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• Good Magazine
• Education
• University of Phoenix
• Arts
• Skid Row
• Inner City
• Artists
• Los Angeles
• Inner City Arts
• Vibe Mountain
• Budget Cuts
• Children
• LAUSD
• Poverty in America
• Urban
• After School Program
• Schools

[AkuraLyronat]

I totally agree with this. We keep eliminating art programs because we think we need more time for math, science, etc. when really artistic methods will teach children so much more than an extra 10 minutes of math class will. Variety and the blending of multiple disciplines breeds faster learning.  Musicians are often very mathematically minded, for example - the two complement one another. Great report.

[CZSurfrider]

I teach 2nd grade in a low income area of my district in San Diego. Art has taken such a back seat in our district and I literally got choked up by this report. How crucial Art is not only to development, but to the very essence of what it means to be human. May we all AT LEAST take an objective look at the evidence which "time and time again" proves the necessity of art in school. Thank you so much for this report.

[lovelplants]

heheh cute. :0 nice for kids.

[sedrftgyhuiyt]

the kid's dinosaur drawing at 2:20 is actually really good...

[TheSewingHipster]

I actually went their,their the ones who opened my eyes through out art.

[murphypaul9712]

Great Content, Keep up the Good work

[enimsaj8enimsaj]

"The challenges were facing today in the world does not require more knowledge, it requires highly creative people"

This is SO true!

[THEARTISTINYOUTV]

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