Post-Crescent Media – Anne Baruth
“Making art is more than an enjoyable pastime. It involves ongoing step-by-step, moment-by-moment creative problem-solving exercises of the brain — producing thinking patterns and abilities that transfer to other areas of life. Researchers who study creative development in young people tell us that thinking skills used in making visual art — such as experimentation, exploration, invention and imagination — become the foundation for higher-level thinking skills such as synthesis, inquiry and research. Others who assess our swiftly changing, uncertain times are sounding the call: critical thinking skills must be combined with creative thinking skills.”(more)