Los Feliz Arts

Linda Johannesen is a nationally renowned author and leader in school reform; her work focuses on the role of the visual, performing, and literary arts in student learning and achievement. As senior author of major initiatives including Different Ways of Knowing, Writing and Thinking: A Process Approach, and Insights: Reading as Thinking K-4, Ms. Johannesen’s research-based models support rigorous instruction in ways that are adaptive and flexible, and that tap individual student talents and expertise. While president of the Galef Institute in Los Angeles, Ms. Johannesen developed the research-based model for integrating the arts into teaching and learning of all subjects, and today, this model continues to be adopted and adapted by schools and districts throughout the U.S. Ms. Johannesen holds degrees from Northeastern Illinois University and The University of Chicago, and began her career as a teacher in the Chicago Public Schools where she was enlisted into the Dept. of Research and Evaluation. Also in Chicago, Ms. Johannesen co-founded and co-directed Art Worlds, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to cross-cultural art exhibitions, and, Acamedia, a non-profit organization dedicated to high school media literacy, winning the Chairman’s Award for Excellence from the NEH. Among current affiliations, Ms. Johannesen is Director of Broad Reach Advisors, Inc, Senior Advisor to Art Works for Kids, and on the Advisory Board of the Los Angeles Arts Association.