THE PURPOSE OF AN ART EDUCATION
IN THE WELTER OF TWENTIETH CENTURY WORLD-PLENTY
AND TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT, TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS AWAIT
SOLUTION: DISTRIBUTION AND DESIGN. IT IS THE LATTER THAT
IS THE CONCERN OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY ART INSTITUTE.
IN ITS GENERIC SENSE, ART AFFECTS ALL MEMBERS OF
SOCIETY. THIS IS TRUE FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT, AS ONE
OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AGENTS FOR GOOD AT MAN'S DISPOSAL,
IT GIVES FORM TO THE FORMLESS AND BRINGS ORDER OUT OF
CHAOS. WE, AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY ART INSTITUTE,
BELIEVE THAT ALL ASPECTS AND MANIFESTATIONS OF ART
COME WITHIN OUR KEN; THAT ITS PURE AND CONTEMPLATIVE
SIDES, AS IN THE FORMS OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND OTHER
MEDIA, ARE AT ONE WITH THE EVERYDAY SIDE OF DESIGN FOR
INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE; THAT WHILE REGIMENTATION AND
INDOCTRINATION HAVE NO PART IN EDUCATION, PRINCIPLES
AND DISCIPLINES HAVE AN IMPORTANT PART, AND ARE DISTINGUISHABLE; AND, FINALLY, THAT THE HAND WHICH MANIPULATES IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE MIND WHICH DIRECTS.
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