Statistics of Interest

Over 10,000 students in Detroit alone lack art, not including the suburban schools cutting the minutes of art or completely eliminating art class.

Art Road currently teaches at Edison Elementary School in Detroit. We are able to teach 400 students art class twice per month currently at Edison. Our students range in age from 6 to 12. And class sizes are large: about 30 students per class.

The art classes are now a most important part of the children's lives. Our interest in bringing art class back to schools is echoed by the following:

Sir Ken Robinson talks about creativity and the impact of schools. View video from the TED conference.

Read More Art, Better Schools, by Tamim Ansary. It posits that adding arts back to the schools and would lead to a better society

Too Often Music Dies in City Schools article by Jeff Gerritt speaks to the decline of instrumental education and how it may be causing a decline in enrollment.

Video: Budget Cuts Headed to Public Education in Michigan. Gary G. Naeyaert, Michigan Association of Public School Academies Vice President of Public Relations & Legislative Affairs, outlines the impact on your school of reductions in the state school aid budget and how to access federal stimulus funds (ARRA) to offset these reductions.

New York Study Links Highest Graduation Rates to Access to Arts Education. Read about it and download the report here.

Art is Everywhere, For Everyone video above from Artserve Michigan on Vimeo.