Governor's Office of California

The Summer School for the Arts, Board of Trustees help boost California’s creative economy by offering high school students an intense learning experience. Select students are trained and educated in a four-week residential program at Cal Poly Pomona, which focuses on seven disciplines: animation, architecture, dance, film, music, theater, visual arts, and writing. The classes are conducted by distinguished arts professionals, designed to enhance the students’ artistic skills and to develop their understanding as individuals of their potential for growth as creative artists. The Board of Trustees appoints staff and oversees the budget and curriculum of the program.