National Arts & Humanities Month is like a holiday for the arts. Every October arts education advocates and arts integration advocates put aside their differences to celebrate what ties them together. National Arts and Humanities Month reminds us that celebrating the arts really means celebrating all those who bring arts into our every day lives in its countless forms. Artists, educators, parents, students, we all experience and learn through the arts.

Do we need to dedicate a month to celebrate? Does a day go by where the arts don't enter into our lives? National Arts & Humanities Month should serve as a reminder that we need to include the arts in our every day lives - in our schools, in our communities, and in our homes. The arts are vital to a high quality education, whether you are learning in the arts or through them, and the arts are vital to a high quality life.

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