Loloma School, Scottsdale Artists' School

Photo by Vicki Leigh Bell

Photo by Arizona Memory Project

Built in 1928 on the corner of Marshall Way and Second Street, the Scottsdale Grammar School's first  principal was Garland White, opening with 594 students in grades 1-8.  In the 1950's, when Scottsdale was growing and the school district was expanding, Native American names were given to schools, so Loloma was the name for the next 30+ years.  The school closed in 1981, and several business were housed there until in 1993* the Scottsdale Artists' School opened after renovations.  With 120 of the nation's best art teachers teaching workshops to over 2,000 students a year, the SAS has become one of the most prestigious art schools in teaching representational art techniques to an international student population.

*Scottsdale Walking Tour website gives the date as 1983, but the historical site says 1993.