I would like to thank Katy Hessel for her article on Ruth Asawa and art education (‘Art makes a person broader’: what sculptor Ruth Asawa knew that Rishi Sunak doesn’t, 9 January). In 1968, at the age of 10, and for three years after that, I had the huge privilege of being part of Ruth Asawa’s Alvarado School Arts Workshop in San Francisco.

Ruth was an inspirational teacher who instilled in every child a love of making art. I believe all of us came away from the experience feeling capable of making anything – and making it beautiful.