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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.
Los Angeles
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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.
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Fragmented Sculptures Evoke the Gaps of Memory
Looking at each of Cayetano Ferrer’s works is like waiting for a photograph to come into focus, or retelling an old story and making up bits for the parts you’ve forgotten.
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The Overlooked Stories of Senior Citizens, Set to Music
Issued as an LP and double CD with an original cover design by Ed Ruscha, "It Happened To Me" paints a diverse and moving portrait of some of Santa Ana's oldest citizens.
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How Photography and Jazz Merged to Forge the "Black Is Beautiful" Movement
Kwame Brathwaite's photographs fused the two mediums to push the boundaries of beauty, transforming how we define Blackness.
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A New, Highly Eclectic Space for Arthouse Films in Los Angeles
The Now Instant Image Hall is already carving out an identity for itself as a venue for artists no one else in the city will show.
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Sewing a Pillow for Every Bed Occupied at US Detention Facilities
The “34,000 Pillows Project” began in 2009, when the Detention Bed Mandate required ICE to occupy an average of 34,000 beds every night across 250 detention facilities nationwide.
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A Three-Day Event Wants to Make Printmaking More Accessible
Self Help Graphics & Art is hosting its second Printmaking Summit featuring workshops, talks, and demonstrations. Celebrated artist Alison Saar will be giving the keynote address.