Russell and Danny Simmons: ‘Kids need to exercise their
creative muscles’ through art
Twenty artists will gather in Miami next week to compete for
the chance to showcase their art in New York. The contest is part of an initiative
run by Danny and Russell Simmons, co-founders of the Rush Philanthropic Arts
Foundation, an organization that serves over 700,000 urban youth through art.
The Simmons brothers join “Starting Point” on Friday to discuss
their upcoming competition and the need for art in urban communities.
“We saw that the schools weren "t doing a good job,” Russell Simmons
said on why he and his brothers started the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation.
“We think the imagination is everything. I mean, the numbers don "t mean
much if you don "t have the creative way to put them to work. And so, kids
need to exercise their creative muscles.”
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