arts education

Recently, industrial designer Jeff DeBoerwrote an essay for The Next Idea raising the idea of making Michigan "the design Mecca of the world."And he…

A Michigan State University professor is using ambigrams to explore creative ways of thinking and playing. "Ambigram is a way of writing words so they can…

The subject of diversity in the performing arts takes center stage in Detroit this weekend at the 2015 SphinxCon.The annual conference is hosted by the…

The Next IdeaWhen we talk about building an education system that prepares children for the creative thinking and collaboration skills necessary in…

What stories should we tell about the arts?That's a question we sometimes ask on our Facebook page. Jason Towler suggested we profile Ypsilanti music…

A recent study coming out of Michigan State University reaffirms the need for one educational discipline that’s been continuously cut over the past decade…

Only a handful of public schools in Grand Rapids still offer art classes of any kind. To fill the gap, the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology…

The Lansing school board last night approved the district's budget for next year.The $142 million spending plan is $25 million smaller than the current…

ArtPod is chock-full of summer awesomeness.We’re putting our own special ArtPod spin on three big summer crowd-pleasers.The end-of-school concerts.The new…

Every once and a while, our State of Opportunity team receives a story pitch from someone in the community who's trying to make a difference in the lives…