Why Sunni Brown takes doodling seriously

 

By Sonya Davidson

"I'm a little concerned about how art in school is viewed by our society these days," I say to Sunni Brown when I met her at a recent interview. I mention that recent school surveys have parents ranking order of importance of subjects and arts seem to fall on the wayside.  "I know what you mean," she responds. "even I didn't grow up in an environment that was supportive of art, not because there was something wrong, but it just wasn't a priority. It wasn't a practical thing to study so they didn't see the application of art in other areas. It just wasn't encouraged."

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