The Foundation for Promoting Arts Education (FPAE) Mission Statement

FPAE exists to bring positive and lasting impact to our community and beyond.

We are motivated to pursue positive impact through cultural enrichment in education, the arts, and our community.

Why Arts?

Your imagination is a powerful tool. With imagination, creativity and curiosity you can solve problems, tell stories, communicate emotions, empathize and, most of all, foster unity with others through shared experiences. These human expressions of creativity make the creative arts an integral piece for building a community and developing our culture.

The creative arts are also a valuable asset in the development of our children. In recent years, there has been great interest among educators in the links between arts-based learning and human development. Child developmental research shows that children engaged in the creative arts have better academic performance, solve problems faster, and are ahead of the curve in cognitive and social development. Researchers have also discovered that involvement in the arts at an early age can be linked to more positive social outcomes, better overall engagement in school and better health and well-being. Investment in creative arts is an investment in our children and our future here!