The Arts education that children receive in public schools and its potential effect on their participation in the arts is an issue that is important to the development and preservation of a uniquely diverse culture as well as enhancing one’s creativity and self-expression. Art is a way of condensing societies ways and attitudes in order to teach the next generation how to behave, how to respond to social problems and how to reach for goals to which they aspire. However, our school boards and political leaders feel that art in public education is