Dr. Mae Jemison (medical doctor and engineer) is a great achiever in multiple disciplines, but she is most renowned for her explorations in outerspace! What many do not know about her, however, is that she also dances and is an avid collector of art. In fact, Dr. Jemison believes that the best, most comprehensive education is one that combines science and the arts.
I think our mission is to reconcile and reintegrate science and the arts because right now there is a schism that exists in popular culture...but it's really becoming critical now...to see that scientists can be creative and artists can be analytical. The creativity we were required to have to conceive and build and launch the space shuttle springs from the same sources of imagination and analysis it took to carve a bundu statue or the ingenuity it took to design, choreograph and stage "Cry." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynf2IHiFqV0&feature=related Each one of them are different manifestations, incarnations of creativity.
Dr. Jemison was a featured speaker on the renowned series, TED talks. To hear her compelling argument for arts integration in education, click on the following link.
http://www.ted.com/talks/mae_jemison_on_teaching_arts_and_sciences_together.html
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