African-American

Beth Sussman is a Juilliard-trained pianist and Master Teaching Artist whose love of music has taken her from concert stages throughout Europe and North America to classrooms and schools across Southern California. She has worked with leading arts organizations including The Los Angeles Music Center, The Kennedy Center, and Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

The Armory Center for the Arts builds on the power of art to transform lives and communities through creating, teaching, and presenting the arts. At the core of the Armory’s work is a deep commitment to social justice through arts education. A key goal of the Armory’s mission is to provide engaging, high-quality art classes and art experiences in the region’s lowest income neighborhoods in order to advance cultural equity. Over 80% of programming serves socioeconomically disadvantaged youth and families.