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Advertisement -  « News Home  McDONOUGH MUSEUM 'Developing
visual literacy'   The museum's new director believes people can
relate to art in their own way.    In times of distress like
these, artists can participate in our community, said Leslie
Brothers, the new director of Youngstown State University's
McDonough Museum of Art.  She believes the museum can be the
place for that participation.  "Artists can provide discussion
and inspiration. They are capable of grasping in a visual and
physical way what we all are experiencing but incapable of
articulating," she explained.  Brothers emphasized that art
represents a common creative experience. "It is something that
any member of the public experiences at any moment, on any day
of their lives. The creative-thinking process that an artist
begins with is the same creative process we use to make
decisions about what we do in our everyday lives, in ou