<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855895376580674842</id><updated>2012-01-03T12:10:46.045-08:00</updated><category term='visual arts'/><category term='french'/><category term='foreign languages'/><category term='acting'/><category term='music'/><category term='dance'/><category term='directing'/><category term='Laity arts'/><category term='film academy'/><category term='filming'/><title type='text'>Laity Arts Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>A blog about the Laity Arts Foundation and its subsidiary units: Laity Institute of the Arts and Laity Theatre Company.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1855895376580674842/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>James A. Goins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14456788926898066983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jJBOaXezUJQ/SLRN9QbUdkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/s-7LNcwPqLM/S220/Jim.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855895376580674842.post-3771395473779955808</id><published>2010-10-03T22:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-03T23:25:55.794-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Laity Arts: Ramping Up Again!</title><summary type='text'>I don't know what sucks worse, this economy or the lack of arts programming in the schools. After closing our physical doors in January, and going virtual the very next month, we're back! After eight long months of providing lessons out of churches, homes, private studios and schools and not really knowing we would survive Laity has been granted another opportunity to yet again serve the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/feeds/3771395473779955808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1855895376580674842&amp;postID=3771395473779955808&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1855895376580674842/posts/default/3771395473779955808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1855895376580674842/posts/default/3771395473779955808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/2010/10/laity-arts-ramping-up-again.html' title='Laity Arts: Ramping Up Again!'/><author><name>James A. Goins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14456788926898066983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jJBOaXezUJQ/SLRN9QbUdkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/s-7LNcwPqLM/S220/Jim.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855895376580674842.post-4721401615828692396</id><published>2010-01-16T09:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-16T10:17:55.476-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Closing Physical Doors. Opening Virtual Ones.</title><summary type='text'>After almost three years of kick ass service Laity will be closing its physical doors at the end of January. The economy sucks and pretty much nothing we could have done short of robbing a bank would have saved us. The landlord even dropped the rent a thousand bucks but it was too little too late. I fear they may lose the building altogether because of latent greed and ignorance of the market.

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/feeds/4721401615828692396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1855895376580674842&amp;postID=4721401615828692396&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1855895376580674842/posts/default/4721401615828692396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1855895376580674842/posts/default/4721401615828692396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/2010/01/closing-physical-doors-opening-virtual.html' title='Closing Physical Doors. Opening Virtual Ones.'/><author><name>James A. Goins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14456788926898066983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jJBOaXezUJQ/SLRN9QbUdkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/s-7LNcwPqLM/S220/Jim.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855895376580674842.post-4397956683030959408</id><published>2009-10-17T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T13:01:36.099-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='visual arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dance'/><title type='text'>Neighborhood Scholarship Grants Are Back!</title><summary type='text'>We're very excited about this recent grant we received, but the opportunity and information is time sensitive. A private organization has once again decided to subsidize a major portion of tuition for children wanting to take visual arts, group guitar lessons or dance at Laity.As you know financial times are very challenging for parents who desire after school programs of substance for their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/feeds/4397956683030959408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1855895376580674842&amp;postID=4397956683030959408&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1855895376580674842/posts/default/4397956683030959408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1855895376580674842/posts/default/4397956683030959408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/2009/10/neighborhood-scholarship-grants-are.html' title='Neighborhood Scholarship Grants Are Back!'/><author><name>James A. Goins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14456788926898066983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jJBOaXezUJQ/SLRN9QbUdkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/s-7LNcwPqLM/S220/Jim.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855895376580674842.post-5297775711629049059</id><published>2009-10-17T12:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T13:05:40.827-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign languages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='french'/><title type='text'>French for Children After Dance Classes</title><summary type='text'>How important is it for your child to know a foreign language in today's global economy? I hope you answered 'very important.' We think so, too. That's why we will be offering lessons in learning the french language to children in our Intro to Dance and Kids Combo dance classes every Saturday for an hour immediately after their class.

The cost will be an additional $20 per month but the benefits</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/feeds/5297775711629049059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1855895376580674842&amp;postID=5297775711629049059&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1855895376580674842/posts/default/5297775711629049059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1855895376580674842/posts/default/5297775711629049059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/2009/10/french-for-children.html' title='French for Children After Dance Classes'/><author><name>James A. Goins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14456788926898066983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jJBOaXezUJQ/SLRN9QbUdkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/s-7LNcwPqLM/S220/Jim.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jJBOaXezUJQ/StojP1t2C0I/AAAAAAAAADw/s0l9A8AHqP8/s72-c/frenchcharacters.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855895376580674842.post-8840939241926299588</id><published>2009-05-01T10:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T13:09:22.863-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='filming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='directing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='film academy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laity arts'/><title type='text'>Antelope Valley's New Film Academy</title><summary type='text'>
So what is this film academy stuff we've been talking about? Well, here it is in a nutshell.

The Laity Arts Film Academy (LAFA) is founded on the core principle of integrating industry professionals with students that are passionate about content production in an intense creative learning environment.

LAFA offers intensive training from working professionals using the latest industry tools. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/feeds/8840939241926299588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1855895376580674842&amp;postID=8840939241926299588&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1855895376580674842/posts/default/8840939241926299588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1855895376580674842/posts/default/8840939241926299588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laityarts.blogspot.com/2009/05/antelope-valleys-new-film-academy.html' title='Antelope Valley&apos;s New Film Academy'/><author><name>James A. Goins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14456788926898066983</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jJBOaXezUJQ/SLRN9QbUdkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/s-7LNcwPqLM/S220/Jim.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJBOaXezUJQ/StokCHwMPqI/AAAAAAAAAD4/9p3WUMs5M4k/s72-c/lafalogo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
