Something to consider

If you're a part of the arts community, you know right well how frequently the arts come under fire. They have this stigma of being less important than Business, Law, and Medicine. But the arts are SO important to quality of life and intellect, and there are studies and research to prove it. I included some links to articles below for you to look through. Hopefully they'll help explain why I think the Arts are so important.

• http://www.edutopia.org/arts-music-curriculum-child-development <-- Why the arts are important.
• http://www.philnel.com/2011/01/18/nodrift/ <-- Humanities students learn more.
• http://www2.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/updates/040826.html <-- U.S. Department of Education thinks it's important too.

Yet again, the Arts are in danger. Congressional Republicans are calling for the elimination of National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, two of the nation's makers of government arts grants. Please write your senators, write your congressmen -We can NOT let this happen!

• http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/01/congress-republicans-nea-neh.html
• http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-dickstein1-2009apr01,0,7168938.story <--Ohh, look. The Arts helped dig the country out of the 1930's Depression by providing social therapy and improving quality of life. We can do this again!