The arts reduce the risk of dementia by up to 63%.
Activities like dancing, playing an instrument, and reading lower the risk of dementia. Older adults who do at least 11 cognitive or physical activities per month are 63% less likely to have dementia.
Arts participants are 40% more likely to have friends from different racial groups.
Participation in arts activities increases inter-community friendship, which is crucial to community dialogue. Twelfth graders who participated in the arts are 40% more likely to have friends from different racial groups and 29% less likely to feel that it is ok to make a racist remark.
More than 2x as likely to graduate college.
The arts help people succeed. Low-income students who are highly engaged in the arts are more than twice as likely to graduate college than their peers with no arts education.
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