Letters to the Editor
Engaging with arts
Actress and arts activist Jane Alexander recently received the 2013 Radcliffe Medal, which recognises someone “whose life and work substantially and positively influenced society.” Jane Alexander, who is a “warrior for the arts,” in her deliberation, highlighted some important and thought provoking issues. She urged the listeners to engage with the arts, either on their own or with their children.
Jane during her remarks called for more arts funding and education in public schools. She observed that the recent educational movement toward focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math, known as S.T.E.M., should instead be a concentrated effort to generate S.T.E.A.M., with an added A for arts.
While appreciating and congratulating Jane Alexander, I would like to emphasise introduction of creative arts studies at the universities in Bangladesh as elsewhere.
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