There's a focus in art education. Art is really part of the culture of Japan.

Initially it must focus on fulfilling education needs on the South Side. Ultimately, it will have its own culture, its own mission.

Art is a mirror of our society and one of its powers.

We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means - all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity.

We found we needed to focus on facts and answer questions.

The focus of the program is to totally immerse them in American culture.