The Importance of Art
Art develops parts of the mind not developed through other means,
and helps improve such skills
as conceptual thinking, observation, understanding, spatial
relationships and fine motor skills. It also seems to stimulate
curiosity and, in the right educational atmosphere, helps with self
confidence.
There is much evidence that making visual art is an inherent human
function. Most serious artists understand this intuitively. All
indigenous peoples throughout time and in all parts of the world have
made art. Historians and anthropologists often assume art making was done in the service of hunting or religion.