The following link to "The Guardian" will take you to yet another compelling argument for integrating the arts into the academic curriculum.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/nov/14/my-bright-idea-john-maeda
It is Maeda's conviction that scientists need art and artists in their professional lives in order to invent and innovate successfully, and with a particular focus on education he has toured the world to promote the idea that government-approved "Stem" subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) should be widened to include art; "turning Stem into Steam," as he puts it. This week Maeda, who is president of the Rhode Island School of Design, will expound on these ideas at an experimental installation at London's Riflemaker gallery, where he will "dispense wisdom from a sandpit".
