3 months ago in Community, Local Photo: WHCU
ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) – A local Ithaca business is looking for artists and cooking instructors who’d like to teach a class in their expanded location.
15 Steps located in Center Ithaca is celebrating its 40
th anniversary this year.
Its new classroom, formerly occupied by the Community Arts Partnership, will host classes ranging from glass fusing to cake decorating.
The business hopes this will offer the community a broader experience when they come downtown.
For more information on leading a class for 15 Steps, reach out to the business directly. Tags:
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In January of 1994, disaster struck when a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Los Angeles, nearly wiping out the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) campus in its destructive wake. Dr. Steven Lavine, the president at the time, recalls standing amidst the remains of his beloved institution. He painted a dystopian picture describing flames blazing out of the earth due to broken gas lines underground, broken freeways all over Los Angeles and millions of dollars of structural damage.
“We suddenly had a $40 million problem. We only had $15 million in endowments. It looked like it was impossible to get beyond where we were,” Steven continued. “There’s no book that tells you how to do that. It’s just: ‘You’re president, you’ve got to lead the way to do it.’”