On Tuesday, which would have been Eddie Van Halen’s 66th birthday, a giant mural of the guitar hero titled “Long Live the King” was unveiled outside the Guitar Center’s flagship store on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Rendered by Los Angeles artist and graduate of the LA County High School for the Arts Robert Vargas, the mural
LOS ANGELES, CA — Eleven students from Los Angeles-area schools were nominated Thursday as 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts. Four of those students are enrolled at Los Angeles County School For the Arts, while another three attend Harvard-Westlake in Studio City. A total of 60 students from 19 states across 10 artistic mediums
January 18, 2021January 18th marks another trip around the Sun for me. Though Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s actual birthday is January 15th, this year my birthday happens to coincidewith the Monday we collectively celebrate and honor his life and legacy. The beginning of a new year is usually filled with hope, optimism and excitement
LACHSA Principal John Lawler and Equity Coordinator Esmeralda Flores are interviewed by Spectrum News 1 SoCal about LACHSA's efforts to improve equity and access to arts education for student artists in LA County. https://vimeo.com/501055652
In July, The LA Times spoke with a few graduates from LACHSA anxiously preparing to enroll in university arts programs. Now, as they wrap up their first semester, we followed up to learn about their freshman experience — or, in the case of one student who decided to defer enrollment, find out if she’s content
Twenty years after becoming an LGBTQ icon for her role in But I’m a Cheerleader, the director Clea DuVall and LACHSA alum has broken records with Happiest Season, a rom-com about queer joy. Ask Clea DuVall, the director of the holiday rom-com Happiest Season, for her favorite shot from the film, and she’ll know her answer, no
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LACHSA Alum Jesse Perez appears in the San Diego Repertory Theater’s production of “JQA,” a play about John Quincy Adams. In Aaron Posner’s play, there is more than one John Quincy Adams, but only one way to ensure that American democracy endures. Sounding like a 19th-century MSNBC pundit, John Quincy Adams once complained to his
LOS ANGELES — For musicians today, it takes a lot more than a drum set to get to work. Music producer Jamey Tate writes and records music for film and television and he’s able to do all that from the comfort of his home studio.“So one of the great things about having a facility like
Anna Kendrick, Billie Eilish, Eddie Redmayne, Nicole Kidman and Salma Hayek also appeared at "Empowering the Next Generation," which gave grants to over 70 nonprofits focused on cultivating young artists. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association hosted its online "Empowering the Next Generation" event on Tuesday, highlighting 2020 grantees and announcing more than $5.1 million to
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