Arts educators to be honored

The sixth annual Professional Artists in Schools Awards, recognizing individuals and organizations providing arts education in schools, will be presented from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday in the Salvatori Room on the fifth floor of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

This year’s lifetime achievement honorees are musicians Alfredo Rolando Ortiz and Johnny Mori; Colin Cox, artistic director of the Will & Co. theater company; and mime duo Keith Berger & Sharon Diskin. The AMAN International Folk Ensemble and the community arts organization Performing Tree will also be honored.

The awards were founded by arts educators Paul Tracey and Susan Cambigue-Tracey and are decided by leading Los Angeles arts-in-education organizations. Tickets are $25; a catered high tea is included. For more information, call (310) 454-4575 or e-mail [email protected].