John Lithgow takes on the role of the new kid in school for a PBS special celebrating arts education

This image released by PBS shows actor John Lithgow , right, with Yoli, as they work on a screen print drawing during the filming of “Art Happens Here With John Lithgow ,” premiering April 26. This image released by PBS shows actor John Lithgow , right, with Estrella at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy during the filming of “Art Happens Here With John Lithgow ,” premiering April 26. FILE - John Lithgow poses for a portrait to promote during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Jan.

Lithgow, who has an undergraduate degree from Harvard and was a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of the Arts, spoke with The Associated Press about going back to school.AP: One argument about education is students need to prioritize math and science and learn to code. Arts education is a bonus but not a priority. What do you say to that?

LITHGOW: You’ve got to get kids excited about learning and eager to get to school. If there is something at school which is entirely theirs, something that is a creative project where they are really and truly expressing themselves...they’re going to want to get to school. I think arts education is a huge part of that. I also think sports is a big part of that.

AP: You act. You’ve performed in comic operas and conducted music. You’ve written books and paint. For “Art Happens Here,” you lean into being a novice, what’s the takeaway message? LITHGOW: Creating a show like this is to try to persuade people just to wake up. I mean, you’ve got to think about the children, especially after the children have endured two years of a pandemic. Two years of pandemic has been hard on all of this, all of us, but they’ve been catastrophic for kids. Kids are not used to going to school. They lost two years, and two years in the life of a child is an eternity.

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