Arts integration into the curriculum is an innovative yet effective educational process through which students learn through the arts. The intent of the program is not necessarily to teach the arts, but to use them within regular curricula. The activities use art as a catalyst to make learning meaningful and motivating. Students learn best when they learn actively. The arts provide opportunities where students are actively engaged in learning. Students are more likely to retain knowledge and information when they are engaged in the learning process. Using the arts in the regular curriculum increases knowledge of a general subject area, while promoting a greater understanding and appreciation of the fine arts. Individuals learn and process information in different ways. We must address these differences in our teaching styles so that students have different opportunities to learn concepts (McCarthy, 1987). Teaching through the arts is the ideal process for these learning modalities. The four learning styles identified by McCarthy and the suggested sequence of instruction teach both right and left hemisphere processing techniques, ensuring that we are teaching the whole brain. We often hear claims that students are left or right brain oriented. Even though one side may be dominant, both sides are actually vital to learning. Integrating the arts into the curriculum offers endless opportunities to engage both sides of the brain. The arts enhance the learning process. The systems they nurture, including sensory, attentional, cognitive, emotional, and motor skills, are the driving influence of all other learning. The arts offer students the opportunity to simultaneously develop and mature multiple activities and teamwork in our classrooms. These are the qualities needed to excel and succeed in adulthood, which should be our ultimate goal as educators. Works Cited Catterall, J. S. (2002). Overview: Arts and learning transfer. Critical connections. Retrieved May 15, 2010, from http://www.aep-arts.org/resources/research.htm 161-172 PDF The Overview.Davies, M.A. (2000). Learning...The beat continues. Childhood Education, 76 (3) 148 – 153.Jensen E. (2001). Arts with the brain in mind. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. McCarthy, B. (1987). The 4-Mat System, Teaching Learning Styles with Right/Left Mode Techniques.Barrington, Il: Excel Inc.Norfolk, S., Stenson, J., Williams, D. (2006). The storytelling classroom: Applications across the curriculum. Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited.