ABSTRACT
Why is art taught in schools? Why is it considered so important that itis a compulsory part of the curriculum? Wherever you are as you read this, stop for a moment and look around
you. If you are in a room, it is likely that everything in it has begun with an artist. Your clothes, the furniture, the weave of curtain fabric, the clock and other objects, the carpet pattern, and even your hairstyle have all been conceived, designed and executed by an artist of one kind or another. If you are sitting outside, the same applies – street furniture, benches, gardens and architecture have all begun in the mind of an artist. Without the creativity of art and design we would not only be static, but unable to function, and this form of creativity is inbuilt in every human from birth.
