​Mission: Imagination — The Arts & Culinary Path

​The Call to Create

Not every hero wears a lab coat. Some heroes wear aprons, hold paintbrushes, or stand in the spotlight. If your dream is to move people’s hearts with music, feed their souls with food, or open their minds with art, your mission starts here.

​The Culinary Arts: Master of the Kitchen

Cooking is chemistry you can eat! If you dream of running a restaurant or inventing new flavors, you are a "Culinary Engineer."

• ​Start at Home: Ask your parents to let you be the "Head Chef" for one meal a week. Plan the menu, check the budget, and cook the food.

• ​The Mission: Start a "Flavor Journal." Write down every experiment you cook. What worked? What didn't? Great chefs are also great scientists.

​The Performing Arts: The Road to the Stage

Whether you want to play at Juilliard, dance on Broadway, or act in movies, the secret is discipline.

• ​Music & Dance: It isn't just about talent; it is about practice. Treat your instrument or your dance shoes like your tools.

• ​The Juilliard Dream: Did you know the world's best schools look for students who are "citizens of the arts"? This means using your talent to help others. Volunteer to play music at a nursing home or teach a dance step to a younger sibling. That is how you build a resume for the big schools.

​Visual Arts & Writing: Building New Worlds

Writers and Artists are the architects of the imagination.

• ​Writers: Try the "NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program." It challenges you to write an entire novel in one month!