Never Give Up Blog — Art

”I grew up in New York, and I grew up with a mother who was an arts lover herself, and I went to these New York City public schools with these great arts education programs, so it was something that I was lucky enough to be able to be exposed to very early.”

Merritt Wever

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”I've benefited enormously from an arts education and a music education in New York. When they cut the programs for funding, I was devastated.”

Peter Marino

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”Fine arts education in public schools is really abysmal. The same emphasis should be put on music, theater, dance - anything creative - that's put on math and science.”

Maren Morris

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”I was really aware, even while it was happening, that the discovery of arts education in my life sort of saved my life.”

Daveed Diggs

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”An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.”

Gavin Newsom

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