ABSTRACT
Even with a consciousness of the seriousness of arts curricula in these days, and the complexities in the discussion of them, one cannot but feel some sense of carnival, some sense of openings when people come together to explore their experiences in the arts. And, indeed, they cannot but tap their own experiences; none of us can. ‘Our arguments for the arts’ centrality in schools, for raising the school windows to the art worlds outside, are grounded in our own encounters, many of which have permanently changed our lives.
