Saturday, January 20, 2007

Arts Education

In response to Tony Bennett's question on Yahoo, regarding the importance of arts education, he chose my personal statement as the "best answer" among 520:

Why is it so important for young people to receive a good arts education?

Online research revealed that Bennett, as an established painter and musician, founded a nonprofit organization "Exploring the Arts" to bring the arts to communities otherwise denied educational resources:

Letter from Tony Bennett

I was glad to know that although we may seem worlds apart, Bennett and I share a common dream of providing arts education to students most in need. I hope to contact Tony Bennett and to work with ETA to make sure the HSPVA program in Fourth Ward includes the local students and families in Freedmen's Town, whose history has been neglected and destroyed in building the new school for arts on historic land.