Alumni Spotlight: Deleah Silva

Deleah graduated from LACHSA in 1998 from the Theatre program. Her love for LACHSA runs so deep that she currently has 3 children attending! We were able to ask her a few questions about LACHSA around her tremendously busy schedule: - Tell us a little about your time at LACHSA LACHSA was only 10-12 grade

By |2024-12-12T18:39:34+00:00December 12th, 2024|Categories: Alumni, Arts Education, Cinematic Arts, Current Students, Education, Interview, LACHSA Alumni, LACHSA student artists, Music, News, Parents, Theatre|Comments Off on Alumni Spotlight: Deleah Silva

How Kamal Sinclair’s Dance Background Helps Her Imagine New Futures

By conventional standards, LACHSA Alum Kamal Sinclair has had upwards of a dozen different careers. She’s been a dancer, a producer, a choreographer, a director, a creative advisor and an executive director, among other sundry positions. Today, she is a member of the executive leadership team at the Guild of Future Architects, which is designed

By |2022-02-02T04:40:55+00:00February 2nd, 2022|Categories: Arts Education, Education, LACHSA Alumni, LACHSA student artists|Tags: , , |Comments Off on How Kamal Sinclair’s Dance Background Helps Her Imagine New Futures

‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ Music Video From L.A. Performing Arts High School Focuses On Mental Health

Tick, Tick...Boom! is a passionate film that deals with the mental health struggles of the late Rent director Jonathan Larson as he tried to create musical theater greatness in the 1990s while working at the Moondance Diner in New York and feeling like a failure because he was about to turn 30 without having a breakthrough hit

By |2022-01-31T16:32:18+00:00December 3rd, 2021|Categories: Arts Education, Cinematic Arts, Current Students, Diversity, Education, LACHSA student artists, Media, Theatre|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ Music Video From L.A. Performing Arts High School Focuses On Mental Health

Tick Tick Boom is a Sound Louder Than Words for LACHSA Students

The cast and crew, from left, Liana Bartolome, 16, Sam Karpinski, 17, Randy Damas, 18, Leilani Patao, 18, Benji Tucker, 18, Vivian Wolfson, 17, Elton McCrudden, 15, Pascal Connolly, 15, of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Louder Than Words” High School Edition, a piece for “tick, tick…Boom!” pose at LACHSA in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 30, 2021.

By |2023-10-26T00:06:43+00:00December 3rd, 2021|Categories: Arts Education, Cinematic Arts, Current Students, Diversity, Education, LACHSA student artists, Media, Music, Theatre|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Tick Tick Boom is a Sound Louder Than Words for LACHSA Students

Inglewood dancer earns full scholarship to NYU

Hard work paid off when 17-year-old Assata Gaines from Inglewood found out she earned a full-ride dance scholarship to NYU. INGLEWOOD, Calif. (KABC) -- An Inglewood dancer just earned a full-ride to New York University, but it didn't come without hard work and sacrifice. 17-year-old Assata Gaines always knew she wanted to dance, but when

By |2022-02-01T06:13:46+00:00June 22nd, 2021|Categories: Arts Education, Dance, Diversity, Education|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Inglewood dancer earns full scholarship to NYU

Opinion: Arts Education Is A Student Right, Especially During A Pandemic

LACHSA senior Arlene Campa, founder of the Art Hour, a student-led arts education organization and Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate recently authored "Opinion: Arts Education Is A Student Right, Especially During A Pandemic." Arlene discusses the power of art to emotionally and academically rebuild students, but notes that arts education must be implemented with equity

By |2022-02-01T06:16:48+00:00March 22nd, 2021|Categories: Arts Education, Diversity, Education, LACHSA student artists|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Opinion: Arts Education Is A Student Right, Especially During A Pandemic

Self Help Graphics & Art feature Youth Committee members from LACHSA

Self Help Graphics & Art was founded in the 1970’s to expand access to art education and produce cultural events that empower and inspire the communities of Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles. To continue advancing education and the representation of people of color in the arts, we are partnering with the Los Angeles County

By |2022-02-01T06:22:54+00:00March 3rd, 2021|Categories: Arts Education, Cinematic Arts, Current Students, Dance, Diversity, Education, Equity, LACHSA student artists, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts|Tags: , |Comments Off on Self Help Graphics & Art feature Youth Committee members from LACHSA

Four El Sereno arts school students nominated to be Presidential Scholars

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

By |2022-02-01T06:27:04+00:00January 25th, 2021|Categories: Academics, Arts Education, Cinematic Arts, Current Students, Education, LACHSA student artists, Scholarships, Visual Arts|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Four El Sereno arts school students nominated to be Presidential Scholars

What Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Means to Arts Education

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

By |2022-02-01T06:32:29+00:00January 19th, 2021|Categories: Arts Education, Cinematic Arts, Diversity, Education, LACHSA Faculty, Visual Arts|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on What Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Means to Arts Education

Equity in Arts Education

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

By |2022-02-01T06:36:02+00:00January 16th, 2021|Categories: Arts Education, Diversity, Education, Equity, LACHSA Faculty, LACHSA student artists|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Equity in Arts Education
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