Until recently, 11-year-old Sinai Medina dreamed of playing pro basketball. Now, he also imagines becoming an artist. What makes his shift so surprising is that until last year, the dark-haired, ...

Instruction in visual and performing arts has was severely cut in California schools during the recession. Credit: Steven Bollman for Oakland School for the Arts In an attempt to reverse the impact of ...

PLEASANT HILL (KPIX 5) -- Art instruction is often one of the first things to go when school districts slash budgets but one East Bay school district is finding a unique way to bring art to all of its ...

Just 8 percent of city elementary schools met state requirements for arts instruction in the 2007-08 school year, according to a new report. And that figure was double what it had been the prior year, ...

Like to draw? Take a free talent test! For more than 60 years, newspaper and magazine readers have been responding to the pitch. One was a St. Paul teen-ager who actually exceeded the ad’s promise: ...

Art and teaching have a few things in common. Both use various techniques and methods, and both strive to expand our thinking and encourage us to look beyond our own horizons. When done well, both can ...