El Paso Community College (EPCC) joins the nation in celebrating National Arts in Education Week, September 11-17, by recognizing the transformative power of the arts in education. The celebration is designated to bring attention to this cause for elected officials and educational decision-makers across the country and to support equitable access to the arts for all students.
“Arts education enables students to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills, imagination and creativity, discipline and collaboration, alternative ways to communicate and express feelings and ideas, and cross-cultural understanding, which supports academic success across the curriculum,” Zoe Spiliotis, EPCC Professor of Art, said.
Arts education supports the social and emotional wellbeing of young people in a community by empowering self-awareness, self-efficacy, self-management, and perseverance, social awareness and relationship skills are central to any arts education activity, no matter the age and ability of the student or the environment in which the learning takes place. To succeed in today’s economy, students must masterfully develop traits that business leaders demand in a 21st-century workforce such as communicating through words, images, sounds, and movement.
For more information on Arts in Education Week, visit https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-topic/arts-education/national-arts-in-education-week
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