Mary Plummer|Some hospitals like Children's Hospital Los Angeles use art as a healing tool. Patients receiving art, music or dance therapy have more than tripled since 2010.
California Lutheran University expects to match a donation of up to $4 million from art collector and real estate developer William Rolland to build the art center.
Los Angeles Unified renewed its community arts partnership plan Wednesday, part of the district’s attempt to revitalize arts education after years of budget cuts.
Los Angeles Unified officials have told principals they can tap federal dollars aimed at low-income students to incorporate the arts into teaching academics.
The first phase of the grant will be implemented this summer at Loyola Marymount University when teachers will learn to integrate culture into visual arts lessons.
The advocacy group Arts for LA has published candidate survey responses that give a glimpse into where school board hopefuls stand on arts education issues.
A year after an administrator said problems at Los Angeles Unified's music repair shop would be eliminated within months, the number of broken instruments is up.
