Arts to Grow

Drawing - Head-to-toe Self-Portraits

The children do exercises to learn about the proportions of their bodies and then draw self-portraits. Ages 3 to 9. Plan 2 sessions.

 

KEY IDEAS

• Learning about proportion 
• Drawing from observation
• Filling the paper

Move over, math and science. It’s time to make room for art.

Employers and government alike have long advocated math and science as the primary subject areas for those who want to excel in today’s knowledge-based careers. But now art is earning its rightful place alongside its more popular and heavily promoted sister subjects. And its biggest support is coming from employers.

But the value for employers isn’t in the actual learning of how to play an instrument, draw the human figure or compose poetry. The real benefit from employers’ standpoint is the skill set that seems to come primarily from studying the arts.

According to Fred Behning, an IBM retiree who has a music background, “The fine arts carry additional developmental benefits. Whether it’s music or dance notation, sculpture or painting, or translation of written word to emotion and action, all fine arts experience is built on conversion of the abstract into reality. This is Creativity 101 as taught in no other academic setting.

“The positive correlation between possessing an arts education and achievement in the workplace isn’t proven conclusively, but there’s mounting data to suggest it” (Behning, 2007).

Some of that data comes from employer survey results. In a report published by The Conference Board, an organization that researches marketplace and business issues, 97% of employers considered creativity to be “of increasing importance in the workplace,” while “85% of employers seeking creative employees said they were having difficulty finding qualified applicants with the right characteristics” (Lichtenberg, 2008).

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A magical world of adventure and imagination comes to life in Amigo Duende,
a new musical written by Joshua Henry, the Tony Award-nominated star of
The Scottsboro Boys, In The Heights stage manager Heather Hogan, and Luis
Salgado, the Latin assistant choreographer of In The Heights and performer in
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

Directed and Choreographed by Luis Salgado
Music and Lyrics by Joshua Henry

8 Performances Only!
October 4th - 7th
El Museo del Barrio - 1230 Fifth Ave. at E. 104th St.

General Admission: $28-35
Students, Family Packages, and Group Discounts available!

Performances:
Friday Oct. 5th, 7:30pm - Benefit Performance
Saturday Oct. 6th, 1pm & 7pm
Sunday Oct. 7th, 1pm

Special Student Matinees:
Thursday Oct. 4th and Friday Oct. 5th, 10am and 12 noon

Tickets and information:
Visit RevolucionLatina.org or call 646-454-5720

This show will be performed in English