By Daily Press staff
Seven Santa Monica High School students will be honored today as California Arts Scholars.
The board of trustees of the California State Summer School for the Arts and the board of directors of the California State Summer School Arts Foundation have announced the selection of 170 Los Angeles County students as the state’s arts scholars.
The seven SAMOHI students are Jonas Aaron, Tiffany Baker and Young Jun (visual arts majors); Lilly Aldriedge (animation major); Christine Kitano (creative writing major); Lily Oh (music vocal major) and Eric Schub (theater major).
The young artists will be awarded a governor’s arts scholar medallion at a ceremony today at noon.
The award recognizes students who have been selected to attend, or are on the wait list for the month-long California State Summer School for the Arts, an intensive pre-professional training program established by the state legislature 16 years ago.
Students are honored for accomplishments in animation, creative writing, dance, music vocal, film/video, theater and visual arts.
The 2002 scholars, chosen from 1,400 applications statewide, represent nearly 80 public and private schools throughout Los Angeles County.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 31, 2002. Read the original PDF.