The findings of this study illustrate the significant place that visual arts can take in the growth and development for the youth of today. Participants identified developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills, taking risks, and meeting challenges through their engagement in the creative process. The transferability of these skills was referenced to numerous aspects of their lives. By enhancing individual perspectives through the study of visual arts, their local and world connections were extended, and environmental and societal concerns evolved. In addition, the communicative opportunities that visual arts provided for these students in terms of personal expression provided emotional health and paths of personal discovery.