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

Meet Textile Constructivist Erin Trefry

Mixed media artist LACHSA Alum Erin Trefry creates paintings and sculptural assemblage using found objects and materials that evoke the body in their substance (like clay) and in their history of usage (garments, textiles, and remnants and tools of the clothing trade). Her patient deconstruction and reconfiguration of these materials reinvents them away from their

By |2022-02-02T04:36:47+00:00February 2nd, 2022|Categories: Alumni, LACHSA Alumni, Visual Arts|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Meet Textile Constructivist Erin Trefry

LACHSA Alumni Alana Haim acting debut in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza”

Alana Haim Surprised Everyone With Her Movie Debut. Even Herself. When Paul Thomas Anderson asked her to star in “Licorice Pizza,” the musician had zero acting experience. Now she’s winning rave reviews. By Lindsay Zoladz, Originally Published in the New York Times, Dec. 6, 2021 One summer night in 2019, Alana Haim was jet-lagged, tossing and

By |2022-01-14T19:08:40+00:00December 9th, 2021|Categories: LACHSA Alumni|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on LACHSA Alumni Alana Haim acting debut in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza”

2 portraits of young men face off — and show a story about race in the history of art

There's a face-off at the Huntington Museum of Art near Los Angeles. The contenders are Thomas Gainsborough's 18th-century painting Blue Boy and Kehinde Wiley's very 21st-century Portrait of a Young Gentleman. The two young men are sportily dressed and look directly at visitors; they even stand the same way. But there is one major difference. They remind me of trading

By |2022-01-31T16:39:12+00:00November 10th, 2021|Categories: Arts Education, Diversity, LACHSA Alumni, Visual Arts|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on 2 portraits of young men face off — and show a story about race in the history of art

Meet Ariana Papademetropoulos, Who Has Earned a Cult Following From Paintings Awash in Southern California Mysticism

The artist invites viewers into her uncanny universe with a dual show in Los Angeles. Katie White, October 19, 2021 Originally published at https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ariana-papademetropoulos-interview-2022483 Los Angeles artist Ariana Papademetropoulos will lure you into a painted fairy tale—one that hovers winkingly between the romantic and the foreboding. Papademetropoulos, who is 30 and was born and raised in

By |2022-02-01T05:57:36+00:00October 21st, 2021|Categories: LACHSA Alumni, Visual Arts|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Meet Ariana Papademetropoulos, Who Has Earned a Cult Following From Paintings Awash in Southern California Mysticism

LACHSA Alumni Kehinde Wiley’s “A Portrait of a Young Gentleman” revealed at The Huntington Library

Installation view in the Thornton Portrait Gallery at The Huntington. Left to right: Joshua Reynolds, Diana (Sackville), Viscountess Crosbie, 1777; Kehinde Wiley, A Portrait of a Young Gentleman, 2021; Thomas Gainsborough, Elizabeth (Jenks) Beaufoy, later Elizabeth Pycroft, ca. 1780. Photo: Joshua White. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. SAN MARINO, CA.- Visitors got a

By |2022-02-01T06:01:10+00:00October 21st, 2021|Categories: LACHSA Alumni, Visual Arts|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on LACHSA Alumni Kehinde Wiley’s “A Portrait of a Young Gentleman” revealed at The Huntington Library

Why ‘Pen15’ Is Such a Worthy Curveball of an Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Comedy Series

Written By Caroline Framke   One of the best surprises about this year’s Emmy nominations was “Pen15” landing a nomination for outstanding comedy series. More than any other TV show about teenagers, the Hulu show — co-created by Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle and Sam Zvibleman — feels like an open window into my own past as a gawky teen with

By |2022-02-01T06:07:55+00:00July 15th, 2021|Categories: Alumni, Cinematic Arts, LACHSA Alumni|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Why ‘Pen15’ Is Such a Worthy Curveball of an Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Comedy Series

Student Athlete of the Week: Assata Gaines

Originally published at the Los Angeles Sentinel By Amanda Scurlock sports writer, published July 1, 2021 Assata Gaines, a graduating senior from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), earned a full scholarship to attend NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Gaines not only looks forward to studying dance at the university

By |2022-02-01T06:11:39+00:00July 1st, 2021|Categories: Arts Education, Dance, LACHSA Alumni|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Student Athlete of the Week: Assata Gaines

2021 Future Artists Gala – Save the date for MAY 2nd!!

SAVE THE DATE for MAY 2nd for the 2021 Future Artists Gala!!! Don't miss the 2021 Future Artists Gala on May 2, an event filled with hope, inspiration, amazing talent, plus a few fun surprises! TICKETS ON SALE IN MARCH. https://vimeo.com/508957422

By |2022-02-01T06:24:09+00:00February 26th, 2021|Categories: Alumni, Arts Education, Gala, LACHSA Alumni, LACHSA student artists, Music, Parents|Tags: , |Comments Off on 2021 Future Artists Gala – Save the date for MAY 2nd!!
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