Will We Ever Learn the Lesson? The Importance of Arts and Education.
Friday 6/06/25, doors open at 5:00pm ET, interview starts at 5:30
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In the room: Kimberly Olsen, executive director of Arts in Education Roundtable; and Lucy Sexton, executive director of New Yorkers for Culture and Arts. The importance of Arts and Education cannot be stressed enough. There is a crucial need to offer young people the option of discovering the arts for the purpose of self-enrichment as well as to develop the audiences and artists of tomorrow. The arts show us who we are and how we got here, and they suggest paths forward. They offer a window into being human. We'll consider how the US stacks up against many other countries that often seem to respect the arts more than we do, or at least prioritize them both in schools and in society itself. What impact might the current administration have, or is already having, on arts programs in schools? What are the implications of restricting conversations in classrooms and banning books in our libraries?
