The New York Daily News – Wendy Woon
” Why is it that for decades, education policy makers have relegated art education to the margins, an afterschool “special” activity or out of the picture completely in public school education for generations of citizens? The idea that visual art is a language that relies on the powers of observation, as powerful and nuanced as poetry and literature and as essential as science, has been lost on all but a few. Today we live in a culture where life is communicated more visually than ever before, with over 3 trillion images created and shared each year. Culture is shifting from an economy of consumption to one of production, wherein innovation, creativity and curiosity are necessary skills for successful living.”(more)