Essay On Fine Arts Education

Art, whether in form of paintings, performances, poems, or plays, is often the avenue of creative expression young people turn to when discovering their own identities. For many of these young people, school fine arts classes are the first opportunities for them experience creativity and individualism first-hand. It is important to preserve these opportunities for future generations and to set of precedence of placing importance on fine arts education. To remove fine arts classes and to defund art programs in public schools would be a total disservice to every single student who walks the halls of a public institution of education. Fine arts programs in schools are often used as strategies to “level the playing field” between students who are on different socioeconomic levels as well as those who learn at different rates or need special attention. Children who participate in fine arts programs such as theatre, art, and music classes have better reading and writing skills than children who do not have these classes in their curriculums (Henry). In some low-income communities where school attendance and high school graduation are very low, …show more content…
Removing fine arts education from public schools’ curriculums would also remove a fantastic method for young students to express themselves, and for many students that is the only thing keeping them in school. Non-traditional learning such as art classes or theatre programs are prone to piquing the interest of students who feel cast-aside or fed-up with school and are on the verge of dropping out. All in all, the cons of removing fine arts programs from schools greatly outweigh the pros, and no longer placing an emphasis on fine arts would knock the American education system down a few pegs in comparison to other