future art

I attended a symposium this afternoon with a wonderful, witty, articulate woman named Susan Stout, who spoke about the importance of the arts in our schools (and how to get private sector funding to help support this).

What I found most interesting was that what she had to say (and she said it so well!) is exactly what I have said and blogged. That it is absolutely vital for our future that kids be exposed to the arts NOW.

She spoke about the importance of creative thinking minds in all areas of life. She kept referring back to her favorite question: Do you want the surgeon operating on you to be one capable of thinking creatively, or one who simply learned by rote through a textbook?

It was nice to having my own feelings about this reaffirmed in such a positive way.