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
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
LACHSA Alumnus and Peabody Award-winning journalist Carvell Wallace hosts "Who We Are," a Vox podcast chronicling racism in America. Carvell is a New York Times bestselling author, memoirist and award-winning podcaster who covers race, arts, culture, film and music for the New York Times, GQ, Esquire, MTV, and the New Yorker. He is a regular
LACHSA Alumnus Christina Quarles, known for her jumbled-up portraits of intimacy, reflects on the difficulties and opportunities of 2020. The 35-year old artist is known for her jumbled-up portraits of intimacy—arms and legs twisted together, raw canvas commanding viewers to fill in blanks between thick impasto brushstrokes. Looking at them is dizzying, like seeing oneself
LACHSA Alumni Maya Erskine returns for a second season of Emmy-nominated “Pen15”. It’s been over a year since we went to middle school with Maya Ishii-Peters and Anna Kohn (Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, respectively), the stars of Hulu’s comedy series “Pen15.” And while the wait for Season 2 has been long, fans got their
“This was the program that allowed me to find my voice and my love of music,” says double bassist and LACHSA alumnus. For cellist Zenaida Aparicio-Alejo, it has always offered “a place where we can rely on each other—on friends and teachers.” Both musicians have been involved with Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) since the age of
Martha Gonzalez, the singer for Quetzal and author of a new book, “Chican@ Artivistas,” at her home in Los Angeles, holding a jarana from Veracruz.(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) By STEVE SALDIVARLos Angeles Times, JULY 24, 2020, 7 AM You might think winning a Grammy might be an artist’s dream. For Martha Gonzalez, the
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