"Arts education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate, the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence." - Joseph M. Calahan, Dir. of Cooperate Cmmunications, Xerox Corpoeration
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"I believe that creativity will be the currency of the 21st century."
– Gerald Gordon, Ph.D., President/CEO, Fairfax County (Virginia) Economic Development Authority
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“The arts are an essential element of education, just like reading, writing, and arithmetic…music, dance, painting, and theater are all keys that unlock profound human understanding and accomplishment." – William Bennett, Former US Secretary of Education
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