and can demonstrate the value of acting on one's beliefs, on the power of faith. Artists
expect their work and lives to have meaning and importance. They follow their hope and
not their fear, and America needs to do the same.
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Development. 1995."Over Sixty." Donald Murray. The Boston Globe, September 12, 1995.About the Author
Stephanie B. Perrin is Head of Walnut Hill School in Natick, MA. Ms. Perrin was President of the
NETWORK of Schools of Visual and Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., served as a member of the
Massachusetts Department of Education's Education Arts Advisory Council, is on the Board of Governors
of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and is the Board Vice President of the New England
Conservatory Lab Charter School in Boston. Ms. Perrin attended Barnard College and Boston University,
where she graduated with a B.A. in Art History, and Harvard University, where she received a Master's in
Teaching in Art Education and a Master's in Education in Counseling.