There has been a significant rise in advocacy by and for the LGBTQ community in the past few decades. More…
2018 Summer Interns
This summer, the Los Angeles Times HS Insider, in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the LA84 Foundation and the Jack Smith Foundation, will offer a select number of paid internships that will focus on arts, sports, and their impact in the community. Follow HSI on social media to keep up with the interns.
Wayne Wilson revolutionizes the LA84 Foundation’s digitization of sports documents for 30 years
Wayne Wilson has worked for the LA84 Foundation since 1987, marking this year as his thirty-first anniversary. He has been…
STOKED teaches life lessons through surfing program
More than 30 miles away from their homes in downtown Los Angeles, a dozen high schools students begin stretching on…
2018 Summer Internship revisited
Throughout the 2018 summer, 10 paid L.A. Times HS Insider interns produced multimedia arts and sports stories. In addition to covering…
Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, Yasiel Puig, others break ground on 50th Dodgers Dreamfield
In 2003, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation pledged to create 50 Dreamfields over the span of 15 years for young…
The LA84 Foundation creates an art gallery for the 1968 Olympic Games
The LA84 Foundation decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Olympics, which was held in Mexico City, through…
Carmen Argote Explores ‘Artistic Gestures’ in Artists on Artists Talk
“It kind of feeds into you. You process it. You let it out,” artist Carmen Argote said, while lifting her…
Heart of Los Angeles’ residency program explores displacement through art
On Wilshire Boulevard, an unassuming white building with large windows and a lofty interior houses the gift of art. The…
Sophie Kim announced as the 2018 Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate
Sophie Kim is a 17-year-old poet, playwright, filmmaker and LGBTQ activist. She is a rising senior at Harvard-Westlake High School…
The girl who persevered: SaraJoy Salib
During her younger years, SaraJoy Salib was bullied during ballet practice for her weight. Not only did her peers taunt…