The annual “Young at Art” display, featuring students of all grades in Nevada County, begins a two-month run at the Rood Center on March 14th. It’s part of a national program, recognizing March as Youth Art Month. County Superintendent of Schools, Scott Lay, says every year students demonstrate the clever integration of core academic subjects, through drawings and paintings…

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Lay says it’s a public testimony to the value of arts in education….

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Lay says the arts, also including dance, theatre, and music, helps students develop cognitive and emotional intelligence. It also develops pathways to help fine-tune skills in communication, critical thinking, imagination and creativity. “Young at Art” is open at the Rood Center Monday through Friday, from 8am to 4:30pm. And the display runs through the end of May.