arts advantage

Successful adults, diverse fields, and something in common. We call it an arts advantage.  CLICK TO READ SUCCESS STORIES.
You'll see they all have a solid foundation in a K-12 arts education. As you would expect, they approach their professions with creativity, but they also garnered confidence, discipline, and dedication crucial to mastering an art form. While cultivating a talent, they developed crucial oblique skills and traits setting them on a path for a thriving adulthood.

As you read about these professionals, you'll hear stories of focus, practice, and success, all underscoring what they now contribute to Nebraska. Harnessing one's creativity is the driver, the engine, behind an innovative and imaginative workforce. Solving design challenges in the art studio, developing a character for the stage, or mastering a difficult new song poise one to handle a holistic view of life and work.

And you never know the day it will, well, click. We need to KEEP THE ARTS STRONG IN OUR SCHOOLS by providing opportunities that can stand in one's mind as making a difference. We need to not narrow our youth's education, but present more and richer experiences for them to challenge and broaden their viewpoint.