Abstract

Friedl had us drawing what we like to do, what we dream about . . . She transported us to a different world. In his State of the Union address on January 25, 2011, United States President Barack Obama gave praiseworthy preeminence to education and to his “Race to the Top” program. However, he deemed only two fields of education worthy of note, namely, math and science. He mentioned these areas of knowledge several times during his speech but omitted any reference to educating children in the arts. This is a regrettable oversight, as arts education nationwide and perhaps worldwide has been progressively undervalued and underfunded. Yet, as one of America’s finest poets, James Weldon Johnson ..