The Chouinard Art Institute was a professional

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founded in 1921 by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879–1969) in the Westlake neighborhood of

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. In 1961,

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and Roy Disney guided the merger of the Chouinard Art Institute and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music to establish the

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of both ...

. Chouinard continued to operate until the new campus opened in 1970.

History

Founded by artist and educator Nelbert Murphy Chouinard in 1921 with the goal of creating a renowned art school on the West Coast, the school grew during the subsequent decades and in 1935 it was recognized by the California state government as a non-profit educational facility. In 1929,

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began driving his inexperienced animators to the school for Friday night classes, a tradition that would continue for many years. Several years later Disney hired a Chouinard teacher named Donald Graham to teach more formal classes on studio property. Chouinard would later be used by Disney as a breeding ground for artists for ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. In the early 1950s Mrs. Chouinard had a stroke and could not run the school; in gratitude for letting his animators study there, Walt Disney supported the school financially and took over administrative duties. He also attempted to expand the school into what he called a "City of the Arts". This eventually led to the merger of Chouinard and Los Angeles Conservatory of Music into the

in 1961. Chouinard officially closed when its successor began operations in 1970.

Legacy

The Chouinard Art Institute building is situated at 743 Grand View Street in the Westlake district of

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. Today it is used by the Western Day Care School, a child-care center.Mike Boehm (April 15, 2014)
L.A.'s Chouinard Art Institute chronicled in new documentary film
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''. Dave Tourjé, who became fascinated by the institute's history after buying and restoring Nelbert Chouinard’s 1907 home in

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, helped to establish the Chouinard Foundation, which produced a 2001 retrospective exhibition and gave art classes, first in its own building and then under contract with the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. Since 2009, when funding for the art classes ran out, Tourje has focused on keeping the Chouinard name alive, including a Chouinard Foundation website with archival material. Produced and directed by Gianina Ferreyra in 2013, the 51-minute documentary film ''Curly'' addresses the school’s history from 1921 to 1972, including interviews with artists Larry Bell, Laddie John Dill,

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, and

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, among others.

Notable alumni

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(1920–2003), animator and comic book artist *

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, animator *

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(1938–2008), ceramist *

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(1923–2003), modern furniture designer * Larry Bell, artist and sculptor *

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(1903–1997), costume designer *

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movement *

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(1918–1991), art director *

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, painter *

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(1905–1984), animator *

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, animator * Robert Irwin, installation artist *

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(1912–2002), animator of ''

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'' and ''

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'' *

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, fashion and costume designer *

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(1911–2001), background artist *

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, painter *

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, sculptor, furniture designer, and ceramist *

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, painter * Frank Thomas (1912–2004), animator, one of Disney's Nine Old Men *

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Nelbert Chouinard Award Winners

This award is given by a Chouinard peer committee to alumni or individuals associated with Chouinard Art Institute who have embodied the spirit of Nelbert Chouinard as artists and by contributions to their community. Awardees must have elevated the profile of their particular art form, broken through ceilings or set industry trends to be considered. In addition, the committee reviews each nominees past leadership roles, exhibition(s), award(s), publication(s) and if they have given back to their community philanthropically, as a teacher or as a volunteer. *

'50, costume designer *

'60, 2016, portrait artist *

Leo Monahan Leo Monahan (1933) is an artist who is known for paper art. Monahan creates paper sculptures and multi-dimensional art work that cannot be represented on a two dimensional flat canvas. Monahan was involved with Chouinard Art Institute. Monahan ...

'58, 2018, paper sculptor * Larry Bell '59, 2019, artist and sculptor

References

External links

CalArts Chouinard page

Chouinard Foundation

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