Since 2010 the National Science Teachers Association has endorsed Arts education to further scientific learning. A recent study supports those results.
“Over the last three years, the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the Art of Science Learning to hold a number of conferences to better understand the links between art and science.
Since they are the federal agency responsible for administrating STEM programs ( for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), they learned more about the possible role of the arts, and decided to explore art-based learning of STEM. Indeed, they saw this as a likely new model for education.”
Read more here: STEM to STEAM – A new report