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NAEA Position Statement on the 4C’s (Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Creativity) Adopted March 2022.

NAEA Position Statement on Physical Safety in the Art Classroom (Adopted April 2014; Reviewed and Revised March 2017; Reviewed and Revised March 2022)

NAEA Position Statement on Early Childhood Art Education (Adopted April 2010; Reviewed and Revised March 2013; Reviewed and Revised March 2016; Reviewed and Revised February 2021))

Position Statement on Equity for All Learners (Adopted March 2012; Reviewed 2015; Reviewed and Revised March 2020)

NAEA Position Statement on Visual Arts as Part of a Well-Rounded Education (Adopted March 2011; Reviewed and Revised April 2014; Reviewed and Revised March 2019)

NAEA Position Statement on Positive School Culture and Climate (Adopted March 2016; Reviewed and Revised March 2019)

NAEA Position Statement on Graduation Requirements in the Visual Arts (Adopted March 2011; Reviewed and Revised April 2014; Reviewed and Revised March 2019)

Governors are increasingly incorporating arts and cultural exchanges into their economic development approaches. Many states have invested in the arts as a strategy to attract the “creative class” and reverse “brain drain.”

Inspiring a Generation to Create: Critical Components of Creativity in Children synthesizes more than 150 studies from various academic fields contributing to our understanding of creativity. The paper asserts that environment and experience determine our creativity potential and provides a new framework of seven key skills associated with creativity.