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Building a Vibrant Workforce Through Arts in Education
March 13, 2007
Philip Yenawine founding director, VUE
Lynne Sowder principal, Burns Sowder Art Advisory

Phillip Yenawine discusses how we can be sure that the members of our future workforce will be able to communicate easily, think both in and out of the box, collaborate with others, adapt to change, and solve complex problems.

A large percentage of students in public schools fail to learn the basics, but even those who succeed in school graduate with less ability in language, flexibility, creativity, and rigorous intellectual discipline than they need to address our global challenges. Recent research is showing that art can play a part in turning this around. This talk demonstrates why and how art provides essential literacies, thinking and language skills, and the capacity to work within a group to use what you know to figure out what you do not.

This is a program of the MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series.

Art & Architecture | Education
Art interpretation | Arts in Education | Classroom & Community
PBA
Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
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Image of How to Look At Modern Art
Author: Philip Yenawine
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (1991)
Binding: Paperback, 160 pages
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