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7 Areas

• Creative Thinking
• Confidence
• Problem Solving
• Dreaming Big
• Accountability & Relationship Building
• Comunication
• Adaptability

Creative Thinking

• linear vs conceptual: workers who are creative & have an in depth knowledge of our culture
• the ability to problem solve creatively diminishes if it is not nurtured
• the arts sustain creative, innnovative, & playful urges throughout life
• ongoing involvement in the arts means less opportunity for creativity to slow
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Confidence

• art trains students to deliver messages convincingly & confidently
• stage performance = public speaking
• students who do not value their experiences struggle w/future employers
• students who have put themselves out there are able to project to confindence to future employers

Problem Solving

• kids stop trying because they don't want to be wrong
• when negativity is taken out of the equation problems become opportunities to be creative
• when problems are seen as creative challenges kids won't be discouraged when they arise

Problem Solving

• playful, creative, problem solving produces motivated, persistent, successful problem solvers
• total freedom vs enabling constriants
• artistic creations are born of problem solving-the problem of how to communicate an emotion or idea

Dreaming Big

• the arts teach kids how to have an idea & see it through to the end
• art teaches to push beyond the boundaries of what they think they are capable of
• kids will not always be successful, but still encouraging them teaches perserverence & dedication
• balance - dreaming big & hard work

Accountability

• critique helps understand that feedback should not be personal, but seen as a way to further challenge
• mistakes are not the end of the world - just apart of the process
• empathy in critque

Communication

• art improves non-verbal communication
• emotion can be expressed without a single word

Adaptability

• problem solving + creativity + confidence + positivity = adaptability
• art is unpredictable, has multiple "right" answers, allows for improvisation, & is constantly changing