March 10, 2015
Arts Management Prof. Amy Shimshon-Santo in KCET on how arts education fuels the creative economy
It’s 9:30 am on a Wednesday morning at the Studio Middle School, a small, public school in Northeast LA. A group of 6th-graders are improvising characters in front of their peers. Students are told to stay in the “yes” space, a place of confidence and positivity. Behind shy smiles and bouts of laughter is the undeniable look of pride on the young actors’ faces. Soon the bell will ring signaling the next class, but a brief salient moment of joy lingers in the air.