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I stumbled across the Painting & Drawing Channel, a TV show that offers tutorial videos related to well…painting and drawing. The site itself offers videos from that week but they also post their videos on YouTube. Their channel is here. I have included one video below to give you a taste.

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New Scientist Magazine offered 10 mysteries of the human species in their August 8 edition (…I know, I had the time to read it one month later). Art clocked in at number seven. Why do humans create art? A display of evolutionary fitness? Sexual display? Intellectual play? Social adaptation? Aesthetics? Read the short article here.

The 10 Mysteries were:

1. Blushing
2. Laughter
3. Pubic hair
4. Teenagers
5. Dreams
6. Altruism
7. Art
8. Superstition
9. Kissing
10. Nose-picking

Full read here.

From Edutopia:

Tucson, Arizona, elementary schools find success by infusing arts into every discipline. More to this story.

Check the site and also read the Why Arts Education Must Be Saved section in the sidebar.