you back in time to your 0:15 childhood 0:21 [Music] 0:24 do you remember the days when we learned 0:26 things by engaging in joyful activities 0:29 like singing 0:30 dancing dramatic play drawing with 0:33 beautiful colors and listening to 0:35 stories 0:36 unfortunately as we grew up learning 0:39 became very serious and sometimes dull 0:42 we were not allowed to have fun but 0:44 compelled to focus on letters and 0:46 numbers sitting silently in classrooms 0:50 listen to lectures and look at computer 0:52 screens for long times 0:55 a robust body of evidence shows the 0:57 importance of the arts for well-being 1:00 and cognitive development including the 1:02 effectiveness of teaching and learning 1:04 through the arts 1:06 latest research predicts that the arts 1:08 will be essential in a post-covid world 1:12 my passion is to start a project that 1:14 involves expert art practitioners 1:17 working with students and teachers to 1:19 bring those fun learning times back 1:22 through what we call arts integration 1:25 i want to make a real change in 1:27 education and 1:29 i genuinely think that we can make 1:32 learning colorful again through this 1:34 initiative thank you 1:41 you