Why Children’s Arts Education is Crucial, and What We’re Doing About it

Pixite is proud to support P.S. ARTS, a nonprofit that brings arts education to underserved schools in California.

Art matters. At Pixite, our goal is to spark and support natural creativity. Our apps provide tools and inspiration for dabbling, discovering and designing. In light of our desire to facilitate artistic experiences, we are excited to announce that we will be annually donating 1% of our profits to organizations that support the arts.

Pixite is proud to give to PS ARTS, a nonprofit that is changing lives through arts programming in public schools. Art education adds richness and depth to students’ (and adults’!) understanding of the world. Through creating, students learn to process, reflect, and explore their surroundings; they learn to see things through the eyes of others, and they discover joy in the strength and beauty of their imaginations.

What PS ARTS is doing is powerful. It’s important. We are proud to be part of it in a small way.

About PS ARTS

“P.S. ARTS was founded in 1991 to mitigate the near elimination of arts programs in California public schools. The scarcity of arts education is a matter of social justice, as inequitable access to the arts diminishes college and career prospects and contributes to an ever-widening opportunity gap between affluent and marginalized communities. One in six jobs in California is connected to the creative industry. By exposing students to the arts, P.S. ARTS provides access to the creative economy as well as pathways to careers in the arts.

P.S. ARTS’ mission is to advance equity and opportunity for children and youth by providing arts education in public schools and communities. Since our founding, P.S. ARTS has grown from serving 285 students in one school to serving 25,000 students and community members in 50+ schools throughout Central and Southern California.” – PS ARTS

About Pixite

At Pixite, our goal is to support and spark natural creativity.

In a world of busy schedules and easy Netflix, we think it’s important to take time to create. We believe that everyone is creative, and that it’s important to practice and express this side of ourselves. It’s a bit like exercising – you know it’s good for you, you feel better after you do it, but sometimes it’s hard to just show up. And, unlike exercise, the benefit of creating is not necessarily a physical result, which makes it even easier to ignore or push aside.

The reality is: creating is essential to your personal wellbeing. To use your imagination, to make something where there was nothing, to immerse yourself in a personally meaningful project: these are distinct, and beautiful, expressions of humanity.

Our apps are designed to help you make time and space for creating. They are mobile so that you can create anywhere – at a doctor’s office, on a train, in nature – and they are intuitive so that you don’t have to spend a ton of time trying to navigate tools. Frankly, they are also a lot of fun.

So: carve out some time for creating today. Exercise your brain, express your humanness, and enjoy the process.