Arts Education Articles

Browse our article list to learn how arts programs support academic achievement and prepare our children for successful lives in the 21^st century.

• “Mountain Play” Poster Artist: Leave the Kids Alone
• 10 General Lessons the Arts Teach Children
• Accountability in Arts Education
• Alameda Implementation Arts Plan
• Art Education in California
• Artist Evan Bissell Leads, Creates and Inspires
• Arts and Minds
• Arts at the Core of Learning
• Arts Rich Education Prepares Students
• Benefits of Studying Music
• Blaine Patrick – Mill Valley Musician
• Children’s Poetry Explores Mysteries 
• Cognitive Transfer from Arts Education
• Critical Evidence
• Curricular Impact of the Arts
• Can Arts Education Truly Improve Other Cognitive Skills?
• Dance – The Original Public Education
• Enjoy Summer’s Long Days of Creativity
• Even Lifelong Amateurs Benefit From Music Education
• Finding Meaning in the Third Grade Play
• Homestead Valley’s Rich Art Heritage – 1 of 2
• Homestead Valley’s Rich Art Heritage – 2 of 2
• I Can’t Draw
• Is It Curtains for the Arts?
• Jackie LaLanne – All Children are Artists
• Keep Music Education Strong
• Local Bonanza of Asian Art
• Master Music Man Captures Milley Award
• MV Herald – Asian Art
• MV Philharmonic Brings Music to the People
• MV Student Theresa Iker Receives Award
• MV Welcomes Music Teacher Phoebe Dong – 1 of 2
• MV Welcomes Music Teacher Phoebe Dong – 2 of 2
• MV’s Best Kept Secret – O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
• Music – A Treat for the Ear, Food for the Brain
• Nora Thomas, MV K-2 Music Teacher – 1 of 2
• Nora Thomas, MV K-2 Music Teacher – 2 of 2
• Old Mill School’s Mural is a Labor of Love
• Open a Book About Art
• Poetry and Children
• Poetry Marries Head and Heart
• Poetry – The Art of Healing
• Redwoods Drummers Connect Life’s Rhythms
• Steve Coleman – Making Theater Magic in MV
• The MFA is the New MBA
• The 3 R’s are Essential, but Don’t Forget the A, the Arts
• Thriving Theater in MV’s Hub
• Wynton Marsalis Transcrip