Benefits of Art
- Non-Academic: The fine arts provides learners with non-academic benefits such as promoting self-esteem, motivation, aesthetic awareness, cultural exposure, creativity, improved emotional expression, as well as social
- Skill Development: Art instruction helps children with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking, and inventiveness.
- Critical Thinking: Arts experiences boost critical thinking, teaching students to take the time to be more careful and thorough in how they observe the world.
- Perspective: Visual arts teach learners about color, layout, perspective, and balance: all techniques that are necessary in presentations.