Ryman Arts is a non-profit fine arts education organization that is based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1990 with just 12 students, the organization provides free art classes in drawing and painting with master teachers to Los Angeles area high school students. As of 2007 the program had expanded to included roughly 300 students from 80 Los Angeles-area high schools. Classes are typically held on Saturdays on the campus of the University of Southern California and last for approximately four hours.The courses offered are Beginning Drawing, Intermediate Drawing with intro. to Watercolor painting, and Advanced Painting. The organization is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.[1]