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 in mind. “We need to give students, especially students of color and those who are low-income, an arts education that reflects, respects and builds upon their culture, language and background. When we recognize that all art and methods of creating are valid, our art becomes the future,” Arlene noted.

Read the full article here: https://patch.com/california/san-francisco/opinion-arts-education-student-right-especially-during-pandemic

Illustration by Ernesto Yerena.