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Jun 07, 2016

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This is the time of year when my friend Erik Caruso and I gush about each other's work. He tells me how much he digs Save Music in Chinatown, our efforts to raise money for music education at my daughter's school, Castelar Elementary, by channeling the historic neighborhood's punk rock past. I say that what...

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Jun 09, 2015

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Last year I went to Wirtz Elementary School in Paramount, where my friend Erik Caruso teaches, to see world-class skate- and surf-influenced contemporary artists from around the U.S. and Japan paint murals on campus, inspire fifth graders to make their own art, provide personal commentary on selected works, share a piece of artwork with those...

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Jun 03, 2014

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I'm super proud of my friend Erik Caruso, who teaches fifth grade at Wirtz Elementary in Paramount. In response to the lack of funding for the arts in public education, he has approached and engaged some of his favorite contemporary artists to start a very cool tradition at his school. For five years, students have...