Sequins 'n Stripes, Eric Yahnker, 2010, Colored pencil & graphite on paper, 30” x 44”
America the Beautiful
Is America still a bright shiny object?
Eric Yahnker, “Cracks of Dawn” at Ambach & Rice (http://www.ambachandrice.com/home2.html ) currently in residence at Kunsthalle LA on Chung King Road in Chinatown, Los Angeles, 21 Jan. to 20 Feb. 2011
Eric Yahnker for The New York Times, 30 Jan. 2011
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RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California 1955, Julius Shulman, J. Paul Getty Trust. Julius Shulman Photography Archive Research Library at the Getty Research Institute
On Monday, September 8, 2008, the RAND Corporation, a Santa Monica, CA & Washington, DC-based resource on vital public policy issues, released a study which says younger arts audiences, 30 and under, in America have declined. To reverse the slide, the report urges increased and consistent sequential arts education in K-12 schools.
While you should voice your concerns to your kids' teachers and school administrators, the study implies the benefits of taking your children to museums and concerts early and often, now. They may kick and scream, but they might discover passions and pursuits which will enrich their adult years and those of others. What's the downside?
To read the full press release and links to the RAND report, summary and full text, click here -- www.rand.org/news/press/2008/09/08/arts_education.html
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