That will only polarize us. You can't change what you can't see. There's got to be a way to begin to see we're living in a pluralistic society. More arts in the schools is part of the answer, Sanville said. I've seen children provide voice to things they wouldn't be able to speak about otherwise.
Art awakens the spirit in people.
It does something inside. It allows people to be connected, to feel power, to feel unique. The Rocky Mountain Women's Institute, founded in 1976 to encourage creativity in women, is holding the symposium at the Tivoli Student Center on the Auraria campus. Sanville's address is at 9 a.m., followed by a day of panel discussions and workshops on the healing power of the arts and balancing creativity with family life and work. Speakers and performers include playwright Coleen Hubbard, choreographer Deborah Reshotko, storyteller Opalanga Pugh, arts executive Tina Poe, dancer Carmen Reina de Nelson and artist Kimberlee Roth Sullivan.