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[quote=Anonymous]Speaking as somebody with absolutely no artistic ability, I recognize that it’s lack has hindered me academically on many occasions.

Art and STEM are not exclusive.  While I’m not familiar with all the details, I think artistic abilities could be beneficial with architecture, computer graphics, computer-aided design, etc.

In the meantime, I highly recommend Scratch, an intuitive programming language designed by MIT to teach programming.  She can use it to create and animate her art.
https://scratch.mit.edu/about

A lot of art is highly mathematical (golden ratio), etc.  Geometry, proportion, etc., would seem to be important as well.  Detailed study of plants and animals would probably help both her art and later study of biology.  String art is connected to modular arithmetic.  Origami has a lot of technical implications.  Holograms, fractals, autosterograms, etc., are also areas that would seem to have ties to mathematics. M. C. Escher seems to reference mathematical concepts.  Thomas Heatherwick’s designs incorporate art and STEM. Da Vinci was certainly interested in STEM.

Studying international art and handicrafts could spark an interest for studying other cultures, and later foreign language.

I think if you feed her interest in art, and then naturally follow that into connected subjects (ancient Greece, blending colors of pigment and colors of light, anime, how a bird’s wing differs from a bat, etc.), it will greatly enhance her life and help her academically in often surprising ways.  Just keep itvas fun for her as an extension of her interest, and not as an excuse to turn something enjoyable into a lesson. Something I’ve learned is that all knowledge is beneficial and I’m sometimes amazed at how when I’m learning something new, it connects to something random and I learned along the way.  Although individually, they may seem trivial, as more connections are made, it increases the breadth and depth of my foundation. [/quote]

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