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galleries
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Gallery Tally
Almost 70 percent of artists represented by commercial galleries in New York and L.A. are men. Micol Hebron illustrates this imbalanced male-to-female ratio in the collaborative art project, Gallery Tally.
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Cultural Politics
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Ten Seasons of Evolution and Revolution on 'Artbound'
Post date:From the beginning, the DNA of “Artbound” has been about democratization, not only in terms of access to more contemporary arts-based programs but about diversifying that content itself in meaningful ways. Follow its journey through ten seasons.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
The Many Legacies of Regeneración
Post date:For over 100 years, the word regeneración has been a critical part of the political lexicon of Mexicans, Mexican Americans and Chicanxs in Los Angeles. Learn more about its many iterations over the centuries.
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Architecture and Design
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The Complexities of Cross-Cultural Appropriation in Frank Lloyd Wright's Textile Block Houses
Post date:Frank Lloyd Wright's interest in the Maya style was not an isolated case. The legendary architect's textile block houses cannot be understood independently of this wider phenomenon of cross-cultural appropriations.
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film and media arts
Artbound
Harry Gamboa Jr.'s Photographic Excavation of Chicano Identity
Post date:When photographer Harry Gamboa Jr. began his portrait series, “Chicano Male Unbonded” in 1991, the word “Chicano” had negative implications. Now, after more than 20 years, his photographs reveal a more complex image of the Chicano male.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Laura Zucker: A Quarter Century of Shaping L.A. Culture
Post date:Over a 25 year period, Laura Zucker helped shape a more vibrant and diverse Los Angeles cultural scene. She stepped down from her position in July 2017.
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Cultural Politics
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Cruising Down SoCal's Boulevards: Streets as Spaces for Celebration and Cultural Resistance
Post date:Boulevards have the practical function of ordering commerce and traffic, but they are also displays of a city’s identity where culture, in its flow, is publicly shaped and performed.
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Cultural Politics
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The Damaging Effects of Trump's Travel Ban on Arts and Culture
Post date:Since President Trump signed an executive order to suspended refugee admissions and block citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, museum directors around the U.S. have expressed concern about its impact.
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Cultural Politics
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Artists Unite for 'Draw-in' Events, Draw Attention to Sites of Conflict
Post date:A years-long endeavor, project "Incendiary Traces" has involved multiple artists, writers and researchers in an effort to explore the landscape in relation to war.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
San Diego’s Arts Scene Has More Leading Ladies Than Ever
Post date:There are now more women leading major arts organizations here than ever. For many of the institutions, it’s just the first or second time a woman has been at the helm.
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Cultural Politics
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California Arts Council Report Announces Reinstatement of $200,000 Nonprofit Media Grant Program
Post date:A report released by the California Arts Council illustrates the challenges and opportunities facing nonprofit media coverage of the arts. After reviewing the study, the council voted in favor of renewing a $200,000 arts and public media program.
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Cultural Politics
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How Boyle Heights is Fighting the Forces of Change
Post date:In the decades after World War II, the Boyle Heights section of East Los Angeles, was forcibly cut off from the rest of the city by a tangle of freeways. In certain ways, that isolation proved to be a source of strength for the community.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
The Third Life of the Hollywood Sign
Post date:The Hollywood Sign has lived three distinct lives throughout it's history. Most recently it has become a symbol of the Third L.A — where technology and obstructionism mix, and battles over access and shared space exist.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Looking to the Future: Leimert Park
Post date:Leimert Park is a community facing rapid change. Much of this transition can be understood by looking at just one slice of the neighborhood: the area around Leimert Plaza Park.
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Cultural Politics
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Venice: L.A.'s Former Frontier
Post date:For much of the 19th and 20th centuries Los Angeles culture, like most of American culture, was obsessed with a westward expansion. This meant that Venice was once viewed as the last frontier of cultural experimentation.
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Music
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Saving Songs of Old California
Post date:Charles Fletcher Lummis sought to save traditional Mexican and Native American folk songs from extinction.
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History
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Estampas de la Raza
Post date:Print making in the Chicano community flourished in the 1970s.
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Women
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A Living Wage
Post date:Andrea Bowers is a political artist actively involved in advocating for a fair living wage.
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Cultural Politics
Artbound
MOCA Director Philippe Vergne on Art in Los Angeles
Post date:MOCA Director Philippe Vergne discusses Mike Kelley and the future of MOCA and the arts in Los Angeles.
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galleries
Artbound
Gallery Tally
Post date:Almost 70 percent of artists represented by commercial galleries in New York and L.A. are men. Micol Hebron illustrates this imbalanced male-to-female ratio in the collaborative art project, Gallery Tally.
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Performance
Artbound
Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras
Post date:Day Labor Theater Without Borders performs plays based on stories from day labor communities.