Which Way, L.A.?
Arts Education
L.A. may be the high-tech capital of the nation, but the entertainment industry's going overseas looking for artists. What's happened to art class in California schools? Should educators respond to the job market or teach art for its own sake?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readScott Ross: Co-founder, CEO and President of Digital Domain, special effects company. Receiving an honorary Doctorate of Human Letters degree, Hofstra University. Mark Slavkin: Los Angeles Program Officer, Getty Institute for the Arts, Board member, LAUSD. Dr. Piedad Robertson: President of Santa Monica College Steve Lavine: President, California Institute of the Arts Assemblywoman Sheila Kuehl: Author of Bill 365 calling for one year of arts ed. (D - District 41) Wayne Johnson: Vice President, Cal Teachers Assoc. Mike Spence: Member of Board of Education, West Covina Unified School District Ralph Vartabedian: Washington desk, Los Angeles Times Ronald Brownstein: Los Angeles Times, Washington
