National Partnership Promotes Art for Every Child

We are at risk of not having the next generation of artistic forward-thinking leaders to take us forward.

Sandra Ruppert, director of Arts Education Partnership, an organization to promote arts in education, sees a growing acknowledgment in our society of the essential role of the arts in learning. Arts Education Partnership

SAN FRANCISCO—Is art education only beneficial for the few who look to careers as artists or for those who have extra time to pursue aesthetic interests? Not at all, according to Sandra Ruppert, the director of Arts Education Partnership (AEP), who spoke at the organization’s recent national forum in San Francisco.

The forum, Transforming Urban School Systems Through the Arts, invited participants to discuss the multiple benefits that art programs bring to students and schools.

Ruppert’s motivation to promote art education comes from her career as an anthropologist. “I’ve always been interested in different cultures and the way people live their lives,” she said.