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We hear a lot about the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, to the point that someone created a clever acronym – STEM – for verbal emphasis.

Lately, STEM has changed to STEAM as art was added to the mix, and to painter Steve Henderson, art is far more than one little letter in an acronym.

"The world needs art," the Dayton artist, who sells his original paintings and prints nationally and internationally, says.

"It sounds trite, but I believe it deeply. It has always been so. But especially today, with our corporate, cubicle world and its emphasis on cold sci...