La-la land: the playful side of Los Angeles – in pictures | Art and design

Flying majorette, 1977

In 1961, Walt and Roy Disney guided the merger of Chouinard and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music to establish the California Institute of the Arts, or CalArts. Notable alumni include Ed Ruscha, Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, Edith Head, Millard Sheets, Joe Goode and Allen Ruppersberg