Knowledge of English/language arts, mathematics, and the sciences are considered important in the development of gifted children. Familiarity with the arts--music, the visual arts, dance, creative writing, and theatre--is, for many, a more difficult proposition. Budget cutbacks have marginalized the art offerings in numerous school districts across the country. Some gifted children live in areas without a rich arts infrastructure for support. Other gifted children come from families that provide few personal resources to assist in their quest. Still other gifted children have expressed a desire to follow a career path, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that seems disconnected from the arts. Fortunately, many within gifted education continue to advocate and provide opportunities for the arts. Although much of education's current focus deals with standards, assessment, and prescriptive remedies, some envision a different world, a world that can be molded through exposure to the arts. Certainly the arts rely upon teachers who are passionate about their inclusion in the curriculum. Using a combination of sources from general, multicultural, gifted, and arts education, instructional experiences and activities can be fashioned to combine exemplary instruction with the arts for gifted learners. Economic hardships have impacted the arts, reducing or eliminating programs in some areas. Despite this, free and open access materials are available to assist gifted children's teachers and parents in making the arts available in a meaningful way. The visual arts, music, creative writing, dance, and theatre can be an important part of any gifted child's life with a bit of effort from the adults in their lives.