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ArtsSmarts: the mission
The mission of ArtsSmarts is to afford schools and communities a chance to integrate arts-related activity into school curricula, and to encourage young people to develop their intellectual skills through active participation in the arts. Building partnerships that link young people, artists and arts organizations, schools and communities is fundamental to the ArtsSmarts concept.
ArtsSmarts: the objectives
- to establish long-term, local partnerships that link young people, artists and arts organizations, schools and the broader community;
- to provide opportunities for young people to actively participate in the arts;
- to enhance appreciation of the importance of culture and the arts;
- to enable Manitoba schools and their communities to explore ways to integrate arts activities into all subject areas, aligned with provincial curricula.