Fidgeting, shoving, throwing themselves down on the ground or jumping up in the air, they seem incapable of containing the energy radiating out of them. An aliveness suffuses their faces. The walls are similarly awash in color with their earlier creations paintings of haunted houses, scary monsters and, in a richness that fills the entire page, their self-portraits.
Art is about soul and spirit in motion.
If you only educate the mind, it becomes dangerous. In a recent study by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, researchers found that students who listened to music had enhanced spatial skills. Children who engaged in the visual arts exhibited stronger reading skills. Despite these findings, many public schools have been forced to slash their arts programs. Institutions such as Oxford Elementary are trying to reverse the trend that has seen the elementary school curriculum trimmed down to its basics.