Pro-Arts Resources
This page is dedicated to resources that promote the arts and arts education. Our society has lost its way regarding fine arts and arts education. If you value the arts, or wonder why others do, read on...
This is an NPR segment on the positive aspects of singing in a choir. It is awesome!
http://www.npr.org/2013/06/03/188355968/imperfect-harmony-how-chorale-singing-changes-lives
Just for fun. This article shows that singers synchronise their heartbeats when they sing. Cool!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23230411
Here is an article about the value of music in education and the many positive affects it has on students.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-moment-youth/201106/applause-children-music-social-change
Here is a lecture on the value of creativity and how we can/should foster it in the schools.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/03/robinson.schools.stifle.creativity/index.html
Here is a clip from the "Sunday Morning" program on CBS advocating choruses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SCgVTMx0qg
Here is a link to an article regarding the correlation between highly successful scientists/inventors and the arts.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/em/3369
Here is a link to the Dana Gioia's (Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts) 2007 commencement address at Stanford University. Mr. Gioia urges his listeners to trade the fast and easy pleasures of pop culture for the deep, meaningful rewards of the arts.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/june20/gradtrans-062007.html
U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan wrote a letter to school and community leaders reaffirming what we already know about the value of the arts in education. Click on the link below to read it.
http://artsedresearch.org/pdf/arts-education-letter_secretary-duncan_08-13-2009.pdf
Here is an article describing the relationship between training in the arts and improved mental cognition. ...very interesting.
How Arts Training Improves Attention and Cognition:
http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=23206
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Dana Gioia's Commencement Address to Stafford Graduates 2007
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/june20/gradtrans-062007.html
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More to come...
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