If you are looking for the perfect way to inspire your drama students during your next school trip, a performing arts tour of California could be the ideal solution.

Educational tours to San Francisco and Los Angeles are a brilliant way to give budding young actors a taste of the American theatre experience. And with so many places to visit, you are sure to enjoy a school trip packed with culture and excitement in two of America’s most cosmopolitan and fascinating cities.

Your journey begins in San Francisco, where you will have a chance to get acquainted with the city firsthand. After a four-hour city tour, you can enjoy a guided visit to the infamous island prison of Alcatraz.

In the evening, you’ll be able to enjoy an exhilarating performance of a stage production such as Grease or Wicked before you return to your hotel and prepare to make your way to Los Angeles.

LA – particularly Hollywood – is recognised as the meeting place for some of the world’s top acting talent and is the heart of the world’s film industry.

This is the perfect place for budding thespians to perfect their craft during their travels – a one-day workshop with some of the state’s leading tutors provides the ideal setting to build confidence and skills, as well as offering a unique insight into the world of American theatre.

Your students may also find inspiration in visits to landmarks such as the Kodak Theatre and the architecturally stunning Walt Disney Concert Hall, which is home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.

Of course, you will also want to plan your leisure time so that your group takes in plenty of LA’s top sights – why not spend a day on the rides at Universal Studios, be part of a TV studio audience or pay a visit to the world-famous Hollywood Bowl?

There is no better way to see the west coast of California with a student group than by combining education with travel. This region has plenty to offer drama students and could set the scene for one of the most memorable school trips your pupils will ever experience. Start planning your San Francisco and LA adventure today.

All art is a communication! The artist is creating his/her vision via any artistic outlet such as drawing, painting, sculptures, photography, graphic design or filmmaking etc.

It’s any art we see! The natural landscape is a powerful tool artists have used throughout time. We seem to want to recreate what we are looking at and at the same time change it to put our own nuances and character into it.

Art is not limited to drawing, painting, sculptures etc. There are the living visual arts such as the painstaking shaping of the Bonsai tree or creating the next beautiful hybrid rose. We started with the incredibly gorgeous vintage rose and now we literally have hundreds of different kinds of roses in various sizes, colors and fragrance.

Dancing, figure skating, gymnastics, ballet, and even acting are also considered visual art forms.

You are basically taking something that has been done before, or a piece of life, and are making it new by changing or adding your own character to the piece. That’s all imagination is!

Just in the 20th century alone we have created new forms of art such as art nouveau, pop art, ethnic art to name a few. The subject of art is so vast that there is literally no ceiling to creativity and that is what makes this subject so incredibly interesting.

For as long as man exists, we will find a way to create new and interesting things to look at. It is after all in our nature to do so!