Arts for Learning Maryland educates and inspires students

The arts can provide an outlet of expression that other ways of communication cannot. Making art can foster expanded thinking, creative problem solving, empathy, and more. And: art can help kids learn in ways that traditional education cannot. Enter Arts for Learning Maryland. The non profit provides schools with programming across all creative disciplines, and has based its work on these fundamental ideas for 75 years. We talk with Jessica Smith, Arts for Learning Maryland Young Audiences Chief Program Officer and with Kara Kane special education lead in the Baltimore City public school system and Summer Arts Learning Academy instructor.