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LA City Council Closer to Official Support of AB580
Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:18am
The Los Angeles City Council moved one step closer to passing an official resolution in support of AB 580, the California Assembly bill that would fund the California Arts Council with $75 million dollars for the next fiscal year.
The resolution, written on April 17 and first mentioned by... Read more
Four LA County Schools Recognized for Exemplary Arts Ed Programs
Mon, 05/13/2013 - 9:05am
Four schools in Los Angeles County were among thirteen recognized by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson for "exemplary arts programs" serving middle and high school students.
Warren High (Downey USD), Renaissance... Read more
VIDEO: LA CIty Council Budget & Finance Committee Lauds Dept of Cultural Affairs
Fri, 05/10/2013 - 2:52pm
LA Must Vote
By Guest Blog // February 22, 2013 12:31 PM
This article originally appeared in UCLA IDEA's "Themes in the News"
Are Los Angeles schools unduly influenced by “outside interests”? How about “inside interests”? Or maybe, no interest at all?
According to Warren Fletcher, president of United Teachers of Los Angeles, “voters do not need outsiders deciding who is best to sit on the LAUSD Board of Education" (Los Angeles Times). Those... Read more
Learning from Experiments in Arts Innovation
By Guest Blog // December 14, 2012 04:06 PM
Staying relevant amid a shifting landscape is an obstacle that’s very familiar in our field: arts organizations are challenged to meet the changing expectations of communities they serve. My predecessors at Irvine responded to that growing... Read more
Guest blog: Talia Gibas of Arts for All on Shared Delivery & Arts Education [excerpt]
By Guest Blog // December 4, 2012 12:49 PM
This blog was originally published by Createquity and is excerpted with permission. Read the entire post at Createquity.
Shared delivery does not reflect what I or, based on anecdotal evidence, the majority of people within my age bracket received in terms of arts education. My fifth grade generalist teacher was a woman named Mrs. Gonzalez. I saw her every day, and she... Read more
