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
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
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
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
The Arts Schools Network Board of Directors has designated Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) an Exemplary School in recognition of its commitment to excellence. The five-year designation is awarded for 2020-2025. Arts Schools Network (ASN), the nation’s largest professional membership organization of specialized arts schools, awards Exemplary School designations to members
Drew McClellan is a teacher and filmmaker leading Gen-Z’s new creators. A youthful mind and amicable personality, he couldn’t have been better suited to lead the departments of Cinematic and Visual Arts at LACHSA (Los Angeles County High School for the Arts), the famed public arts high school in Los Angeles. That he feels comfortable
LACHSA alumni Arianna Carson, who plans to study dance at SUNY Purchase in the fall, is photographed near her home in Rowland Heights on July 6, 2020.(Christina House / Los Angeles Times) By MAKEDA EASTER JULY 20, 2020 As a dance student at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Arianna Carson’s meticulously scheduled
For the past 11 Mays, the talented young finalists of the national August Wilson Monologue Competition have gathered from around the country to share their performances onstage at Broadway's August Wilson Theatre. This year, with theatres closed due to the public health crisis, the competition hosted its first-ever virtual finals. Over the course of the May 2–3
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts seniors awarded prestigious honor Five students in Los Angeles County have been named as United States Presidential Scholars. The announcement was made by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on Thursday. The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was created in 1964 and has recognized more than 7,600 high
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