"Empathy, tolerance and acceptance: More and more, educators are focusing on the importance of schools' paying attention to stuff other than academics."
"This exhibition, it really exemplifies why we do this work," says Carolina Garcia Jayaram, the foundation's president and CEO. "Together, with the Department of Education, we can signal to the country that arts education is a necessary facet of education for all students."
"My poem, Instructions for Suburban Boy Love, was inspired by the particular brand of queer isolation and loneliness endemic to suburban life in the South. It stems from questions of loneliness and isolation: What h"
An exhibit titled "Total Tolerance" is on display at the U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C., featuring student artwork about empathy, tolerance, and acceptance. The show highlights themes of racism, sexism, diversity, and individual experiences. The student art originates from the National YoungArts Foundation, a Miami-based nonprofit that provides mentoring and fellowships to art students nationwide. The foundation's proposal was selected late last year and the works went on display in May. Three participating artists include Ameya Okamoto (18), Juniel Solis (16), and Aidan Forster (17); Forster's poem addresses queer isolation in southern suburban life.
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