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Santa Fe Through the Eyes of a Minnesota Chippewa Artist
Modern art history, popular culture, and Indigenous people commingle in David Bradley’s imagination of the Southwest in idiosyncratic ways.
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Be a Part of an Artist Collective’s Spontaneous, Street-Based Performances
Each Saturday, the Family Room Collective creates films inside a gallery and on the streets below, creating narratives based on texts and interactions with those they encounter.
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In LA, Indigenous Artists Host an Immersive Event on Their Land
Now in its second year, Indigenous Now is a four-hour program that pays tribute to the area's first inhabitants while celebrating their contemporary creative expressions.
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Developing a Collective Language of Resistance Across the Centuries
It’s not often that you find a space in which communication is not only possible, but encouraged across time, discourses, and borders.
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A Forgotten Precursor of Genderqueer Performance Art
Stephen Varble made the city streets his stage, using garbage to create his alter-ego, Marie Debris.
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Rethinking How We Talk About Queer Spaces and Movements
The founder of a digital LGBTQ storytelling platform and an artist and filmmaker discuss their work.
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A Performance Retraces the Life of Charles White, an Influential 20th-Century Artist
An actor and musician debut Portrait of Charles White, a nuanced and complex portrait of the artist, civil rights activist, and educator.
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Roy DeCarava’s Intimate Photos of Black Americans, from Billie Holiday to a Loving Father
Over six decades, DeCarava took to the streets of cities like New York City and Washington, DC to cast Black American lives in ways that went beyond documentary or stereotype.
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The Continuing Legacy of the Mystical, Political Betye Saar
A 1977 documentary explores how Betye Saar's mythic altars illustrate the personal and political implications of Black identity.
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A Hand-Painted Animation Tells a Moving Story About Depression
Suzan Pitt’s Joy Street is strikingly unpretentious and emotionally frank — refreshing in an art world that is often emotionally detached and intellectually cool.
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How Black Artists Mobilized in 1970s Los Angeles
In a panel discussion, some of these artists look back on how African American arts professionals and Black-owned galleries exhibited their work and promoted their careers.