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Geovany Mejia

Cunningham

Brit-lit 6

09 February 2019

Annotated Bibliography

Alban, Deane. “The Mental Health Benefits of Art Are for Everyone.” Edited by Patrick Alban,

Be Brain Fit, 31 Jan. 2019, https://bebrainfit.com/benefits-art/

In this article Dean Alban states that creating art provides many benefits like stress relief.

Because art has no one correct answer you can create many different solutions encouraging

creativity and enhances problem solving skills. Children with musical training and art have been

proven to improve in math, language, and reading. These brain-enhancing benefits received

during childhood follow through adulthood and last a lifetime. Deane Alban explains that the

benefits of learning any type of art will help grow skills during youth, and anyone can do it. This

article is useful for my capstone project because it proves that my project can provide many

benefits to the youth that will learn will be learning art. Not only can it help them grow skills, but

it will relieve stress.

Henley, Brett. “Is Creative Thinking Genetic or a Learned Trait?” The Content Standard

by Skyword, 16 Aug. 2015, https://www.skyword.com/contentstandard/creativity/is-creative-

thinking-genetic-or-learned-we-might-all-be-wrong/

In Brett Henley’s report he tells us that creativity is both in our dna and learned through

“environmental influence and application.” Henley states that while many people argue that
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creativity is not in our dna because there is no concrete evidence that it’s not genetical and not a

process. On the contrary, studies have shown that highly creative people have increased activity

in the right posterior middle temporal gyrus part of the brain and the correlation to experiences.

Henley’s report shows that there is evidence creativity is linked to experiences in our lives and is

can be genetical. This research proves useful to my project because teaching art is important for

creative growth. Creativity is very important and will serve useful in their lives as they mature

into adulthood. Not only will this help them in the long-term skill growth, but might spark

interest in a new passion or hobby.

Price, Linda S. "Tyrone Crosby and the therapeutic value of art: for this San Diego Police

Department detective, there are few things more satisfying than escaping from the stress of daily

life through the therapeutic act of painting." Watercolor, Fall 2004, p. 14+. Student Resources In

Context,

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In this document by Linda Price she interviews Tyrone Crosby and how, a former marine

and policeman for 24 years, finds art therapeutic and a gateway for a prosperous future. Crosby

says that art is not only a form of escapism, but also a way to make a successful future. His

pursuit in art has established him with galleries and collectors. By using art Crosby has found a

way to make a successful and stress-free career. This information is useful to me because it helps

me understand more what the effects of art has, and it shows that it can also fuels passion.
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Martin, Lauren. “10 Reasons Why Arts in Education Is so Important for Kids.” Learning

Liftoff, 15 Aug. 2018, https://www.learningliftoff.com/10-reasons-arts-in-education-important-

kids/

In this article by Lauren Martin, she explains why teaching art is important for children to

learn growing up. “A report by Americans for the Arts states that young people who participate

regularly in the arts are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement, to

participate in a math and science fair or to win an award for writing an essay or poem than

children who do not participate.” Martin also states that art teaches them accountability, they

learn that they are held accountable for their contribution in a group. Teaching art to kids is

important because it teaches them important skills other than creativity, like responsibility and

perseverance. Martin’s article is important because I can teach kids the important that using art

can and help them focus on improving.

Amabile , Teresa. “Developing Creative Thinking Skills through Art.” Frequently Asked

Questions about the Common Core and Gifted Education | National Association for Gifted

Children, 16 June 2017, www.nagc.org/blog/developing-creative-thinking-skills-through-art-0.

In her book, Growing up Creative, Teresa Amabile explains that allowing children to

express themselves in art helps them engage in more analytical and abstract thinking. Exposing

to art has been proven to “ create, design, generate, and compose new ideas, further developing

the creative thinking inherent in young children.” She also states that children that practice art

often show a delay in gratification, tolerate ambiguity, and have more self-control which are very

important things to learn . Amabile expresses her concern for parent who don’t expose their

children to art and it’s lessons. After reading Ambile’s book it showed me that teaching art to the
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youth is more important than it seems and I could teach these lessons to the children of the

settlement.