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Archer School for Girls: An eye for art at an early age

Students from the Art Gallery Management and Design class at the Archer School for Girls prepare for an art gallery show called "#Three." "It's interesting to see how polite and collaborative they are with each other," said the course's teacher, Patti Meyers. "They are always making suggestions and asking questions, instead of saying: 'No, let's do it this way, my way.' And then out of all of the voices and ideas, some ideas will become stronger and decisions will get made."

Students from the Art Gallery Management and Design class at the Archer School for Girls prepare for an art gallery show called “#Three.”

“It’s interesting to see how polite and collaborative they are with each other,” said the course’s teacher, Patti Meyers. “They are always making suggestions and asking questions, instead of saying: ‘No, let’s do it this way, my way.’ And then out of all of the voices and ideas, some ideas will become stronger and decisions will get made.”  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Students from the Art Gallery Management and Design class at the Archer School for Girls prepare for an art gallery show called “#Three.”

“You never know. One of these girls might be the next Ann Philbin,” said gallerist Peter Fetterman, referring to the director of the Hammer Museum.

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Shelby Mumford, left, and Seaf Hartley, right, join their classmates in preparing for an art gallery show as part of their Art Gallery Management and Design class at the Archer School for Girls.

“We don’t all necessarily want to be curators when we grow up,” said Hartley, whose title is gallery director. “But if we become entrepreneurs or COOs of companies, we would use the same skill set of communicating and collaborating.”  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Students from the Art Gallery Management and Design class at the Archer School for Girls prepare for an art gallery show called “#Three.”

“You never know. One of these girls might be the next Ann Philbin,” said gallerist Peter Fetterman, referring to the director of the Hammer Museum. Fetterman, whose daughter is an Archer School graduate, lent photographs from his book “Woman: A Celebration” for a 2008 show at the school gallery.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Students from the Art Gallery Management and Design class at the Archer School for Girls prepare for an art gallery show called “#Three.”

“It’s very cool: You run a gallery, you sell art, it’s like being a professional,” said 17-year-old student Danielle Simpson.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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