Why Support CAF?

"Children Art Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit/charitable organization that relies on a variety of funding sources for its activities."

Your support is needed now more than ever to ensure that our growth is sustainable and not hindered by the current economic climate. By supporting Children Art Foundaton, you will allow us to continue to work with children with special needs so that they can reach their developmental and academic goals through art education.

 

Art Education Quick Facts

Students with high level of instruction in the arts:

• Scored higher on a figural creativity test
• Scored higher in ratings on expression
• Scored higher in ratings of positive risk taking
• Scored higher in ratings of creativity
• Scored higher in ratings of cooperative learning
-- Critical Links Study, Arts Education Partnership, 2002

A correlation between high involvement in the arts and better academic scores was found among students with low socioeconomic status. Additionally, dropout rates correlate with low level of arts-education.
-- Involvement in the Arts and Human Development, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles, 1999

Students with high level of instruction in the arts demonstrated higher:

• Resilience
• Self-regulation
• Constructive identity
• Ability to experience focus and absorption in a task
-- Artistic Talent Development for Urban Youth, University of Connecticut, 1999)

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