An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.
From Gavin Newsom
San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.
San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.
We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.
Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting.
The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional.
The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce.
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