News - Carnegie Mellon University: In the dramatic arts, training artists and actors holds as much importance as teaching tools for expression, according to Carnegie Mellon alumni with ties to Broadway.
“Arts education allowed me to see that there was not one way to be, not one way to learn, not one way to process information,” said Nate Bertone
(CFA 2016), a member of the Tartans on the Rise Class of 2024.
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Time and time again I hear and read about the impact arts education has on especially young people. It is critical that young learners are given tools and avenues to express themselves and understand their emotions, and I truly believe that a total absence of any form of artistic curriculum is the empathy killer. Teaching art/ performance art in schools is not only valuable for empowering students and teaching them ways to express themselves, but also for teaching them to develop a keen eye and an artistic perspective. I hear young people/ people in other fields all the time say that they don’t feel qualified to comment on a piece of art, whether it’s theatre, visual art, or something else, but the truth is that art strives to meet the audience where they are, and therefore there is no such thing as being “qualified enouch” to criticize or interpret art. If you have a thought or a feeling about what you’re looking at, then you’re valid for sharing it! I went on a tangent there but yayyy education!
In high school I had gotten an arts education in vocal and also kind of in stagecraft, and I wouldn't have it any other way. My life, I know for a fact, would be so different if I wasn't doing vocal warm-ups every day or rehearsing to call a show the next, and I'm really glad I continue an arts education at Carnegie and continue to have that rigor and be challenged. I really like how this article talks about what arts education stands for and how it cultivates this sense of empathy and creativity. Nate Bertone talks a little about how art served as an expressive outlet, helping him process information differently. Which is such a real-life experience for, i'm sure, more than half of this world. He went on to mention shows that stood out to him and how they overall inspire a lot of the things we do in theater, which is so true because there is such a significance to what we do in arts education and in the theater world, and being an educator in the arts plays that role in mentoring future artists.
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