The Creative Classroom

Space for Exposure

Of great importance to schools struggling to close achievement gaps are the indications that for certain populations-including students from economically disadvantaged circumstances and students needing remedial instruction-learning in the arts may be uniquely able to boost learning and achievement.

-from The Arts: Critical Links to Student Success by Richard J. Deasy and Lauren Stevenson

After a long night of waiting tables, an emerging Baltimore artist arrives back at her studio with intentions of working on a painting for an upcoming exhibit. Exhausted but motivated, she is confronted with an eviction warning under her door. With her part-time income going to pay for her apartment, health care, and bills, it is hard to afford an art studio too. It comes down to two options for most working artists: Make money or make art.

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