ARTS Obispo

San Luis Obispo officials say no to public monuments of people

Tyler Pratt

Should San Luis Obispo have a formal policy regarding monuments? That was the discussion among city officials this week after a group proposed placing a…

Arts Beat: Proposed SLO monument raises questions about public art

Carol Tangeman

The nonprofit Arts Obispo and a group of community members propose to install a bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt in San Luis Obispo’s Mitchell Park.…

Arts Beat: Students explore a literary form via "Poetry Out Loud"

Tyler Pratt

Teenagers from across San Luis Obispo County will gather February 8 to celebrate their love of poetry. The high school students have been memorizing and…

Arts Beat: SLO arts groups set sights on California cultural district designation

Carol Tangeman

A recent New York Times article named the San Luis Obispo Mission and Bubblegum Alley as “the top tourist draws in San Luis Obispo.” Local arts groups…

Culture and Identity

Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Arts in SLO County

Kris Kington-Barker

Broadcast date: 4/28/16The upcoming Americans for the Arts Survey has important economic, social, and educational value to the Central Coast and can…

Culture and Identity

Arts Education Advocacy

Fred Munroe

Broadcast date: 8/28/2014Arts education has been disappearing from California’s schools for the past thirty years. Currently, only 11% of public schools…