School officials and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are investigating vandalism that reportedly included hate symbols painted on the wall of an art studio at the California Institute of the Arts over the weekend.
KCBS-TV Channel 2 reported Monday that the vandalism included red swastikas and demonic images. In a statement released to The Times on Monday, the school confirmed that the vandalism occurred on the CalArts Valencia campus in a studio belonging to Daine Carter, but a school spokeswoman would not confirm the nature of the vandalism, calling classifications "subjective."
"We are having an ongoing investigation," spokeswoman Margaret Crane said. "This is all new to us."
Crane said that campus security is increasing its presence and will begin monitoring entrances and exits to the school.
It is the second alleged hate crime targeting at CalArts students since September. A statement released from President Steven Lavine on Sept. 8 addressed acts of "hateful and racist graffiti found on our campus … are morally corrupt.' "
"We do not accommodate or accept language, images or actions that aim to marginalize or strip another of their humanity," Lavine reiterated in a statement Monday. "Such actions are cowardly, ignorant, and wholly counter to the values of the artists we seek to be and become and we want to stress that there will be no tolerance for anyone caught engaging in these acts."
Carter was not immediately available for comment.
According to the school’s news release, Carter told police, “they took my DVDs and paints and painted on my walls.”
The results of the investigations are pending.
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