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Leonardo da Vinci spent 12 years painting the Mona Lisa's lips.

The No Child Left Behind Act clearly mandates The Arts as a core academic subject.

The first pencil was invented in England in 1565

Pablo Picasso loved animals. He had a pet monkey, an owl, a goat, a turtle and packs of dogs and cats.

The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution.

Leonardo da Vinci was a vegetarian and animal rights activist, he would buy caged birds and set them free

Everyone is born creative! Some just need more practice to find their creativity.

Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa features a woman whose full name is Lisa del Giocondo née Gherardini.

Da Vinci’s other most famous work, The Last Supper, which can be seen in the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy originally included Jesus’ feet. But in 1652, while installing a doorway in the refectory where the painting is on view, builders cut into the bottom-center of the mural, lopping off Jesus’ feet.

The small town depicted in Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night is Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in the south of France. Van Gogh painted the work while he was a patient at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, a psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy. Presently, the hospital has a wing named after the painter.

Michelangelo painted the fresco ceiling of the Sistine Chapel including the most famous panel called “The Creation of Adam,” which depicts God giving life to the first man entirely standing up.

from 1912-1948, the Olympic Games awarded medals for artworks inspired by sport.

The Oxford English Dictionary offers 12 different meanings for the noun 'art'

The phrase 'state-of-the-art' applied to the latest technology was first recorded in 1955.

There are many ways in which we can interpret the world. Kids learn through art to celebrate the multiple perspectives of our world.

The Statue of Liberty was built by a French sculptor and took nine years to make

Before he learned to walk, Picasso could draw. The first word he spoke was the Spanish word for pencil.

When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the louvre in 1911 the empty space on the wall attracted more visitors than the painting had.

Stuffed animal toys weren’t made in the United States until 1892

The first sewing machine was invented in 1846.