Claudio Andrade: One Artist's Journey
by Iris Schneider - Click HERE to view
Recent Alumni head to College
Our 2011 graduates are headed for great things!
Here’s where some of them are going next year:
| Joanne Baek | California Institute of the Arts |
| Chiara Bersanetti | University of Southern California |
| Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo | California College of the Arts |
| Domonique Brown | Mt. San Antonio College |
| Elissa Callen | Pasadena City College |
| Julia Carroll | Princeton University |
| Beverly Chen | Art Center College of Design |
| Maggie Chiang | Art Center College of Design |
| Joanne Choi | Art Center College of Design |
| Lily Clark | University of Puget Sound |
| Tatiana Cosentino | University of San Francisco |
| Landon Craddock | Santa Monica College |
| Emerita Dela Cruz | University of California, Berkeley |
| Sally Deng | Art Center College of Design |
| Alan Dominguez | El Camino College |
| Alexis Erskine | Santa Monica College |
| Bryana Ford | Long Beach City College |
| Maddie Forrest | California State University, Fullerton |
| Kaitlyn Fritz | Purdue University |
| Joyce Fu | Boston University |
| Michael Geozalian | Pasadena City College |
| Megan Gilbertson | Pasadena City College |
| Natalie Goodman | New York University |
| Amy Griffith | Art Center College of Design |
| Stephanie Hernandez | California State University, Los Angeles |
| Renee Howard | Otis College of Art and Design |
| Jacky Huang | University of California, Riverside |
| Jesse Jaramillo | Antelope Valley Community College |
| Juliet Johnson | California State University, Long Beach |
| Troy Jonic | Otis College of Art and Design |
| Evelina Kazaryan | Art Center College of Design |
| Grace Kum | Art Center College of Design, Illustration |
| Teresa La Brecque | University of California, Davis |
| Sam Landsberg | Macalester College |
| Cathy Le | California State University, Long Beach |
| Audrey Lee | Rhode Island School of Design |
| Eddie Lee | University of Southern California |
| Justina Lee | Brown University |
| Sarah Lee | Art Center College of Design |
| Jian Liang | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
| Katrina Liboro | Otis College of Art and Design |
| Janet Louie | University of California, Berkeley |
| Eric Luna | El Camino College |
| Barbara Macz | Santa Monica College |
| Gabi Manevich | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Christine Marcelle | University of California, Irvine |
| David Martinez | Los Angeles Valley Community College |
| Ian McNally | California State University, Sonoma |
| Rosie Melendez | Colby College |
| Zack Mendoza | Art Center College of Design |
| Karessa Meza | Victor Valley Community College |
| Noel Mollinedo | The Cooper Union School of Art |
| Madian Montiel | Art Institutes of Pasadena |
| Mayra Moran | University of Southern California |
| Tamara Mosher | Maryland Institute College of Art |
| Monica Oliver | University of California, Irvine |
| Elim Pan | Pasadena City College |
| Leslie Park | Art Center College of Design |
| Ashley Perez | Otis College of Art and Design |
| Melissa Rodriguez | Santa Monica College |
| Moses Sanchez | Pasadena City College |
| Vanessa Sanchez | Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising |
| Kira Sandiford | Kalamazoo College |
| Manny Sayes | Santa Monica College |
| Darra Sellers | Hampton University |
| Kelley Shim | University of Southern California |
| Liz Stringer | University of California, San Diego |
| Anayeli Tepos | U.S. Army Basic Training |
| Alycea Tinoyan | Art Center College of Design |
| Laura Tsu | University of the Pacific |
| Darleen Tu | University of California, Berkeley |
| Jesus Ventura | California State University, Fullerton |
| Erwin Vergara | University of California, Irvine |
| Blanca Villagomez | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Angelina Voronina | New York Institute of Technology |
| Minnar Xie | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Jenny Yang | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Edward Yeung | School of Visual Arts |
| MiRae Yi | University of Southern California |
| Yi Zhong | University of California, Berkeley |
Evaluation provides evidence for Ryman Arts impact on students
In 2006, a comprehensive assessment of Ryman Arts programs demonstrated that the organization has had a positive impact on the young artists who participated. This is the first extensive evaluation of Ryman Arts and marks a new phase in our growth and maturity as an organization.
The assessment included surveys, focus groups, roundtable discussions with outside professionals, portfolio analysis, and review of demographic and enrollment data over the past five years. Outside evaluators included Kylie Peppler of UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences, and independent evaluators Diane Manuel, PhD., and Margaret Menninger, PhD. The purpose was threefold:
- to document the students who have participated in the program and enrollment trends over the past five years;
- to assess student artistic development and other ways the program has impacted youth;
- to assess strengths and areas for improvement in the program.
Tracking more than 700 students in the program since 2000, researchers found, for example, that Ryman Arts has been serving students from an expanding geographic area over time, and students came from almost 100 zip codes in the past year. Over 80% of students are from low-income communities.
The portfolio assessment rigorously reviewed 45 portfolios from a cross section of students, closely examining drawings made before admission to Ryman Arts and during their participation to track trends in their artistic development, and did in-depth analysis with Ryman Arts faculty on selected case studies. It found consistent and steady growth of student skill, and increasing understandings of shape, value, and dimension, which were the specific skill areas analyzed. The significantly positive overall trends are a good sign that the majority of students have increased their drawing skills over the course of their time in the Ryman Arts program.
Students wrote that in addition to artistic skills, they felt they gained “life skills” including time management, self-confidence, persistence, goal setting, self discipline and patience, based on the exit surveys analyzed by Dr. Menninger and intern Geraldine Lawrence. High school teachers who refer students to the program and college admissions officers also cited these skills as an important impact of Ryman Arts on artistic youth. High school teachers pointed out the need to make Ryman Arts available to more students.
The evaluation project was generously funded by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Additional support for this project was provided by the Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
Download a pdf of
An Overview of the Ryman Arts Program and Assessment of Student Portfolio Work
by Kylie Peppler
or the On-Line Survey of Ryman Arts Alumni report
by Margaret Menninger, PhD.
