Education in Arts / Fall 2020

1 Vivian Maier, Street 1   Vivian Maier: Street Photogra phy   Katherine (Kit) Smith      Art is an integral part of all child development. Children begin to express themselves through art, whether it’s finger painting, coloring, or simply drawing stick figures of their family members. Most children begin creating art long before they even start to write. Justifiably, art is an integral part of education. The plethora of different facets that art presents allows children to find themselves and it can help aid their education as well.      Personally, I never considered myself an “artistic” person growing up. I thought my older siblings got those genes and there wasn’t enough left for me. I watched as my siblings seamlessly picked up instruments and began playing them without hesitation. I also watched them create beautiful drawings and paintings and wondered how their minds even knew how to do that. Even though I kept trying, art never seemed to click with me until I wa