"When I think how art education is eliminated whenever we get a budget crunch in the schools, I have to stand up and say that even when there was dire poverty ten blocks away from Tiffany Studios in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, there was art and creativity within."
- Susan VreelandRenowned author Susan Vreeland, who is well-known for her perceptive novels about artists and their creations, once offered a moving analysis of the importance of art education. Her assertion emphasizes how crucial it is to foster children's creativity in spite of financial difficulties. Growing up …