Seeds of Creativity Are Watered from the Start, in Kindergarten!

The path to expert starts at fun: children who have feelings of joy, happiness, and pride associated with early childhood memories of experiences in school, perhaps especially in their art classes, are more likely to continue to have a positive connection to divergent thinking, open-ended explorations, the arts, creativity, and innovation throughout their lives: skills they will need the most in their futures. Feeling entitled and empowered to fully participate in the richness of creative expression is a basic civil right for all global twenty first century people. I feel extremely honored to be able to introduce meaningful art experiences to young children and to be able to share so many methods, materials, cultures, and venues of visual art with people of all ages through my career as both an art educator and an artist.