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Title | The Los Angeles County Art Institute 1954-55 Catalogue |
Date | 1954 |
Form | catalogue (course) |
Dimensions | 40 p.; 11 x 8 1/2 in. |
Campus | Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles |
Decade | 1950s |
Notes | Woodcuts possibly by Paul Landacre (Faculty Member) |
Repository | Otis Registrar |
Collection | Otis Archives Collection |
Title | The World of Tomorrow |
Page | 9 |
ImageID | otisarp001ag |
THE WORLD OF TOMORROW IMMENSE SHIFTS OF POPULATION AND POWER CHARACTERIZE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. ON THE SHORES OF THE PACIFIC A NEW WORLD OF MARKETS, OF TRADE AND MANUFACTURE, OF NEEDS AND SERVICES HAS COME INTO BEING. OF THESE, THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION IS TO BE FOUND IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. LOS ANGELES COUNTY HAS MADE A NOTABLE START AS A CENTER IN MANY FIELDS OF STUDY AND ACTIVITY, IN SCIENCE, IN INDUSTRY, IN SPORT, AND IN ART. IN TERMS OF QUALITY, CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF THE REGION HAVE, IN COMPETITION AND BY INVITATION, AN ENVIABLE RECORD. BUT THE COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY DEMANDS A MORE BALANCED PROGRAM TO PREPARE ARTISTS FOR GREATER USEFULNESS TO SOCIETY. TO MEET THIS NEED, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY ART INSTITUTE, EMPOWERED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ENCOURAGED BY INFLUENTIAL RESIDENTS, HAS DEVELOPED THE PLAN OF ART EDUCATION SET FORTH IN THIS BROCHURE. IT IS BEING FULLY IMPLEMENTED BY A FACULTY CAPABLE OF CARRYING IT OUT, AND BY NEW BUILDINGS, STUDIOS, GALLERIES AND LECTURE HALLS. |
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