Spring/Summer 2012
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Two New Trustees Onboard
MALISSA FERUZZI SHRIVER “I’ve been involved with the California Arts Council [cac] for eight years, and in that time we’ve tried to focus funding and leadership toward restoring creative education to public schools,” said Malissa Feruzzi Shriver, who recently joined CalArts’ Board of Trustees. “The cac is working with the Department of Education, the California Alliance for Arts Education, ccsesa [the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association], the State Superintendent of Schools, Tom Torlakson, the pta and many industry leaders in an effort called ‘Create the State,’ which addresses policy issues, legislation and systemic changes needed to restore the arts to curricula. As arts education becomes further privatized, we aim to be part of the solution to the alarming drop-out rates by engaging with students and encouraging them to develop the critical thinking skills necessary for success in a knowledge economy.” Feruzzi Shriver comes from a family of accomplished artists. A professional painter and writer, she studied painting and sculpture at the University of California, Los Angeles, and later, portraiture with Stephen Douglas, and sculpture with Jonathan Bickhart. The owner of Feruzzi Fine Arts, Feruzzi Shriver also serves on the boards of the California Alliance for Arts Education Policy, the National Assembly of State Art Agencies (nasaa), the Western States Arts Federation (westaf), as well as its Congressional Advocacy Committee. She is a former board member of the California Music Project.
BELOW Trustees Malissa Feruzzi Shriver and Tom Lloyd
TOM LLOYD Currently vice president of Capital International Research Inc., Trustee Tom Lloyd attended Oberlin College for one year before heading to Boston to form and then tour with the roots rock band The Del Fuegos, a group that won critical favor and a loyal cult following in the 1980s. Lloyd, The Del Fuegos’ bassist, left after the band’s third album, going to uc Berkeley to complete his bachelor’s degree before earning a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Caltech in 1999. Lloyd first worked for the consulting firm McKinsey & Company and later became executive director of the Los Angeles nonprofit My Friend’s Place, a low-barrier drop-in shelter for homeless youth in Hollywood. Lloyd has worked for Capital International Research for the past 15 years and continues to serve on the Board of Trustees of My Friend’s Place, which is a CalArts Community Arts Partnership (cap) partner. “My path,” said Lloyd in a recent interview, “has not been what you’d call the normal path… In early 1984, we drove from Boston to L.A. to make our first album with Slash Records. At the time, we had played a bunch of gigs with fellow Slash bands the Blasters and X, and they were excellent hosts to the young wide-eyed visitors from New England. While we were getting ready for the recording studio, we couldn’t really sit still in our second-floor apartment, so out we ventured to play wherever would have us. We took our acoustic instruments to Venice Beach or played full-volume at Club Lingerie, Music Machine, Al’s Bar, the Palace, and we warmed up for X at CalArts. Fun, dark. I think it was an acoustic gig, but perhaps not!”