Recently I explained how we in the Education Department measure
the impact of our LACMA On-Site program through various
activities in the classroom, at libraries, and here at the
museum. Today I’m going to share some recent statistics from the
thorough evaluation of that program. After an eleven-month
evaluation of the program, we learned that art and artists are a
part of students’ daily use of what they know and their expanded
viewpoints of the world. In addition to being engaged in
thinking, talking about, and making art, schoolchildren have
been positively impacted in ways that have fundamentally changed
how they use language to talk about art and the artistic
process. Through this program children and adults have found
personal and meaningful connections with works of art. Parents,
classroom teachers, school administrators, and librarians value
the program and recognize the importance of the arts in
children’s lives. Here are six key findings: The program makes a
positive impact in language development f