East L.A. Group Receives Edison Grant

An East Los Angeles organization will receive a $25,000 grant to bring drama, dance and music lessons to youngsters at the Aliso-Pico housing project, Edelman Children’s Court and seven East Los Angeles public schools.

The Los Angeles Music & Art School is one of five local organizations that will receive grants totaling $105,000 in grants as winners in Edison International’s “Arts for the Community” program.

“It’s great because now we can extend our outreach program and go to children who can’t come to us,” said Anna De Anda, office manager for the school, which was founded in 1945.

The other grants went to the Long Beach-based Aman Folk Ensemble’s project titled “The Immigrants,” the Santa Ana-based Very Special Arts California, the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus of Pasadena, and an art teachers’ group sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Edison is evaluating more applications for the program and will hand out a total of $1 million in grants this year and another $1 million in 1999. For information on applying for the grants call (626) 302-2255.