Students at Green Forest Art Studio develop drawing and painting skills, and master artistic concepts; but they also experience enhanced fine motor skills, greater eye and hand coordination, improved focus and concentration, and more highly developed visual, spatial, and perspective skills.

Art education plays a major role in a child's academic and social development.  Research has proven that getting an early start in the arts can make a real difference in the lives of children.  Beyond providing a creative outlet for children, arts education helps develop:
     - Imagination
     - Cognitive skills
     - Creative abilities
     - Problem solving
     - Fine motor skills
     - Language
     - Social skills
     - Sense of time and place
     - Focusing
     - Listening
     - Risk taking
     - Tolerance
     - Uniqueness
     - And more...

Americans for the Arts (www.artsusa.org) reports that young people who consistently participate in wide-ranging arts programs are:
     - 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement
     - 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools
     - 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair
     - 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem

Americans for the Arts also reports that young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to:
     - Attend music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently
     - Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently
     - Read for pleasure nearly twice as often
     - Perform community service more than four times as often