Looking for artistic opportunities outside your child’s classroom? Here is a sampling of the variety offered in the Metro.

You are a creative individual. Whether at home or at work, you don’t settle. You set higher standards for yourself and your family. Driven from within, you strive to improve. You seek new solutions to common everyday problems as a parent, writer, artisan, driver, designer, chef, decorator, conversationalist, mentor and friend. The dance of the creative process moves you and lifts your spirits in indescribable ways.

Modern life, however, commands your attention.

We are all familiar with the “three Rs” of “reading and ‘riting and arithmetic.” But, what if there is more to a well-rounded education than these core subjects alone? Whether it is music, theater, dance or the visual arts, parents and educators are discovering that, by incorporating the arts, they are adding a vital ingredient to a well-rounded education.