1 out of 5 teens will experiment with art

[Tanuki]

http://www.blodgettsblognstuff.com/2012/06/1-in-5-teens-will-experiment-with-art.html

Know the warning signs... talk to your kids about art school!

[angstlessk]

1. Oh, the horror...since most artists are DEMOCRATS!!!

[shenmue]

2. They start with sculpture

And before you know it, they're opening a multimedia installation.

[pinboy3niner]

4. OMG!!!

[panader0]

5. I never realized that the top of Munch's painting looks like an American flag. Red, white and blue.

[femmocrat]

3. Very clever!

I think the number is actually higher though. Most kids love art and given the opportunity would experiment even more! LOL

(I understand the ad campaign.)

[Tanuki]

13. I agree that the number is higher, at least for little kids, who almost universally

create joyously.

[kentauros]

6. Be especially wary if they sign up for band.

Marching band is the worst as it encourages wild bouts of creative physicality!

[pinboy3niner]

7. Well, to be fair...this one time, in band camp...

[kentauros]

9. I suppose the people that went to "band camp" will get that ;)

We didn't have band camp. What we had was three weeks of marching practice before the beginning of the school year. On an asphalt parking lot. In August. Upper Texas Gulf coast.

Now that was a workout regime!

[pinboy3niner]

10. I feel your pain (but the people who saw the movie will get it)

Those band uniforms were pretty heavy, too. Too bad you never got the release of band camp.

[kentauros]

12. We had other means of "release."

Even after football season was over, my circle of friends (there sure are a lot of intellectuals in band!) did plenty of crazy things together. And lunch hour, being right after band practice, enabled us to no end

[Avalux]

8. I just toured Europe with a group of art students.

These kids are creative, smart, funny....they look at the world a lot differently than the other 80%. I enjoyed every minute of it, since I'm corrupted by art as well.

[pinboy3niner]

11. Props to you for doing that