Finding Our Voices: The Value and Importance of Cultural Arts in Education and Life

1. FINDING OUR VOICES
The Value and Importance of
Cultural Arts in Education and Life

2. WHAT ARE CULTURAL ARTS?
HOW DO WE FIND OUR VOICE?
 The Cultural Arts are
avenues for creativity and
self-expression.
 Albert Einstein stressed the
importance of the creative
mind, once saying, “I’m
enough of an artist to draw
freely on my imagination,
which I think is more
important than knowledge.
Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the
world.”
 The sources of both “voice” and
“vocation” come from the Latin
word vocare, which means “to
call, or invoke”. Our voice is what
calls forth our most sincere life
passion and interest.
 With Cultural arts we learn to
love, live and learn with passion,
contributing our authentic gifts to
the world that surrounds us.
 Dance, theatre, Music, Art and
Literature help us find our voice
by defining who we are and who
we want to be.

3. DANCE

4. THEATRE

5. MUSIC

6. VISUAL ART

7. WRITTEN AND SPOKEN WORD

8. CULTURAL ARTS IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE
BRAIN AND OUR HEALTH

9. HEALTH BENEFITS
 Cultural Arts allow us to find and define our own voice,
channeling both comfortable and uncomfortable emotions.
 Almost 60% of people are more likely to report good health if
they have attended a cultural event or place in the past 12
months.
 Dance aids in reducing loneliness, alleviating depression and
anxiety among people
 Illuminates our inner lives, enriches our emotional world and
teaches us compassion
 Engagement in the arts makes learning easier and helps us to
understand the world that surrounds us with deeper
perspective while developing social emotional life skills.

10. CULTURAL ARTS BENEFIT SOCIETY

11.  Cultural arts aid in celebrating the diversity of
national identities
 Reduces social exclusion and isolation.
 Students who study arts subjects are more
employable and more likely to stay employed.
 There is strong evidence that participation in the arts
can contribute to community cohesion and make
communities feel safer and stronger.

12. CULTURAL ARTS PROVIDE SUCCESS IN
EDUCATION

13.  There is a big connection between culture and
curriculum. The curriculum provided in the educational
system is the expression of what a society is or aspires to
be.
 Students from low income families who participate in the
arts are three times more likely to get a College degree
than students from low income families who do not
engage in arts activities at school.
 Theatre improves clarity in written and spoken
expression.
 Taking part in structured music activities improves
attainment in math, early language acquisition and early
literacy.

14. CULTURAL ARTS AID IN ECONOMIC GROWTH

15.  Cultural arts have a number of economic impacts on
local economies within cities and towns
 In 2013, the Local Government Association (LGA)
published a range of case studies on how local
investment in arts and culture positively impacts local
economic growth.
1. Attracts visitors
2. Creates jobs
3. Attracts and retains business
4. Revitalizes places
5. Develops Talent
 Cultural arts create a kind of “pulling power” bringing
visitors to a theatre, museum, or festival and therefore
spending money on their ticket, meals in local
restaurants and spending in local shops.

16. CONCLUSION
 A society without cultural arts is a voiceless society.
 Find and keep your voice by attending and or
participating in Cultural Arts. Listen to music, read,
write and appreciate all art forms.
 Life you sincere life’s passion by asking your self
constantly:
1. Where am I holding back and biting my tongue?
2. How can I express more of my gifts and power?
3. If I knew I could not fail, what would be my next
step?”