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The Art Institute of California—Los Angeles

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The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles was under the Argosy University branch.  The school is permanently closed as of 07/12/2019.

Art Institutes Closed School Information Page
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  • On January 20th, 2016, the Art Institute of California - Los Angeles stopped enrolling new students.  The school was doing a "teach out" to allow students who were already enrolled to finish their in-progress degrees.  Any student that participated in this "teach out" will not be able to get their loans forgiven.  More information here.
  • The school permanently closed as of 07/12/2019.

Address:  2900 31st St, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: (310) 752-4700 or (888) 646-4610 or (310)752-4700
Email: ailaadm@aii.edu
Website: new.artinstitutes.edu/los-angeles

Accreditation - The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles is a campus of Argosy University. Argosy University is accredited by the Senior College and University Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and is located at 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, California, 94501. (Source)

The Interior Design program leading to the Bachelor of Science Degree is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, 206 Grandville Ave., Ste. 350, Grand Rapids, MI 49503. The Bachelor of Science degree in Culinary Management, the Associate of Science degree in Culinary Arts, the Associate of Science degree in Baking & Pastry, and Diploma programs in Art of Cooking and Baking & Pastry are accredited by The Accrediting Commission of the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation.

Founded: 1997
Enrollment: 2,175 (2011)

PRESIDENT
Laura Soloff (lsoloff@aii.edu)

MEDIA CONTACT
Contact: Devra Pransky, Senior Director of Communications, Phone: (412) 995.7685 (office); (412) 657.8413 (mobile); or dpransky@edmc.edu

ACCREDITATION
Ai California - Los Angeles was accredited by ACICS originally, and then switched over to WASC in 2011.

The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles, a branch of Argosy University as of 2012, was founded in 1997 and consists of approximately 106,000 square feet of classroom, computer lab, library, and office space.
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Contacts

Contact information for those employed at the Art Institute of California, Los Angeles in Santa Monica.
Susanna Davtyan
Dean of Student Affairs
Phone: (310) 314-6091
Email: sdavtyan@aii.edu

Aaron Pompey
Dean of Student Affairs
Phone: (310) 314-6075
Email: apompey@aii.edu

Natalie Golding
Campus Student Accountant
Phone: (310) 314-6114
Email: ngolding@aii.edu

Shamir Patel
Senior Director of Admissions
Phone: (310) 314-6172
Email: shpatel@aii.edu

Larry Carr
Assistant Director of Admissions
Phone: (310) 314-6029
Email: lcarr@aii.edu

Talaya Thompson
Loan Coordinator
Phone: (310) 314-6135
Email: tmthompson@aii.edu

Bianca V. Boucher (Mendes)
Financial Aid Officer
Phone: (310) 314-6125
Email: bmendes@aii.edu

Scott Saunders
Director of Career Services
Phone: (310) 314-6063
Mobile: (310) 741-2803

Email: rsaunders@aii.edu

​Susan Vanderhyden, M. Ed
Career Services Advisor
Phone: (310) 314-6148
Email: svanderhyden@aii.edu

Genesis Lastrella, M. Ed
Career Services Advisor
Phone: (310) 314-6175
Email: glastrella@aii.edu

Mary L. Williams, MACP
Executive Assistant to
President Laura Soloff
Phone: (310) 314-6150
Email: mwilliams@aii.edu

​Maria Emerson
Assistant Director of Readmissions
Phone: (310) 314-6028
Email: memerson@aii.edu

​Melissa Domblisky
Student Development Coordinator & International Student Advisor
Phone: (310) 314-6078
Email: mdomblisky@aii.edu

​Mindy Madrazo
Phone: (310) 314-6014
Email: mmadrazo@aii.edu

Mohamed A. Ammar
Email: mammar@aii.edu

Stacey Tulloch-Reid
Email: sreid@aii.edu


Documentation


Media Links

 - (2016) EDMC to stop accepting students at three Art Institutes

Who to follow

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- SoCal Students Against Ai/EDMC
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- Students Against EDMC

- Power In Numbers - Our Ai Story

- The Art Institutes Suck

​- IAmAi
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- AiJustice: @AiJusticeNow

- Ai = Activists Inc. :  @ActivistsInc

- I Am Ai: - 
@IamArtInstitute
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    • Apollo Education Group
    • Bridgepoint Education
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    • Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
    • DeVry Education Group
    • Dream Center
    • EDMC
    • ITT Educational Services, Inc.
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