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Straight Outta K-Town: Dumbfoundead
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Los Angeles + Music
Straight Outta K-Town: Dumbfoundead
by Oliver Wang
The Korean American rapper Dumbfoundead, arguably K-Town's most visible and accomplished MC, speaks about his early days and offers his own guide to Koreatown.
Nitt Witt Ridge: Cambria's Folk Art Hearst Castle
The Ephemeral Texts of Jibade-Khalil Huffman
Triumphs Over Trauma: The Scar Prints of Ted Meyer
Featured
Blurry by Design: Public Matters on Social Enterprise
Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Blurry by Design: Public Matters on Social Enterprise
by Brettany Shannon
Public Matters encourages productive outcomes from the meeting of two sets of otherwise contrary institutional logics: that of the market and of the social movement.
Eddo Stern and the Art of Games
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
Eddo Stern and the Art of Games
by Robert Nashak
Southern Californians live in the epicenter of much of what's happening in video games today and Eddo Stern is one of the leading forces shaping gaming's future.
Prometheus Bound: Upstart Gods, Politics, and Morality at the Beginning of Time
Featured
Los Angeles + Performance
Prometheus Bound: Upstart Gods, Politics, and Morality at the Beginning of Time
by Shelby Brown
The story of Prometheus' stubborn, irrational resistance to tyranny and his allegiance with the weak and unfortunate reach across time.
Eddo Stern and the Art of Games
Triumphs Over Trauma: The Scar Prints of Ted Meyer
Blurry by Design: Public Matters on Social Enterprise
Featured
Architect Peter Zellner's Tijuana Experiment
San Diego + Architecture/Design
Architect Peter Zellner's Tijuana Experiment
by Mimi Zeiger
Peter Zellner's homes appeal to a younger generation of homeowners -- the same hip Tijuaneros who are driving the city's resurgent food and art scene.
Straight Outta K-Town: Dumbfoundead
Los Angeles + Music
Straight Outta K-Town: Dumbfoundead
by Oliver Wang
The Korean American rapper Dumbfoundead, arguably K-Town's most visible and accomplished MC, speaks about his early days and offers his own guide to Koreatown.
Dynamic Exchange: The Pacific Rim Triennial
Featured
Orange + Visual Arts
Dynamic Exchange: The Pacific Rim Triennial
by Evan Senn
The first Pacific Rim Triennial at the Orange County Museum of Art continues a push to position the O.C. as a significant player in the international art community.
Blurry by Design: Public Matters on Social Enterprise
Eddo Stern and the Art of Games
Straight Outta K-Town: Dumbfoundead
Featured
Prometheus Bound: Upstart Gods, Politics, and Morality at the Beginning of Time
Los Angeles + Performance
Prometheus Bound: Upstart Gods, Politics, and Morality at the Beginning of Time
by Shelby Brown
The story of Prometheus' stubborn, irrational resistance to tyranny and his allegiance with the weak and unfortunate reach across time.
Architect Peter Zellner's Tijuana Experiment
San Diego + Architecture/Design
Architect Peter Zellner's Tijuana Experiment
by Mimi Zeiger
Peter Zellner's homes appeal to a younger generation of homeowners -- the same hip Tijuaneros who are driving the city's resurgent food and art scene.
Getting Lost in the Arid Expanse with Diane Best
Featured
San Bernardino + Visual Arts
Getting Lost in the Arid Expanse with Diane Best
by Kim Stringfellow
In her paintings and photographs, artist Diane Best illustrates timeless desert panoramic landscapes of the Mojave.
The Infectious Ephemera of Germs
Featured
Los Angeles + Visual Arts
The Infectious Ephemera of Germs
by Liz Ohanesian
Visual artist, Jaime "Germs" Zacarias takes inspiration from religious iconography, lucha libre, and the city of Los Angeles to create his signature tentacle-filled works.
Straight Outta K-Town: Dumbfoundead
Blurry by Design: Public Matters on Social Enterprise
Architect Peter Zellner's Tijuana Experiment
Featured
Dynamic Exchange: The Pacific Rim Triennial
Orange + Visual Arts
Dynamic Exchange: The Pacific Rim Triennial
by Evan Senn
The first Pacific Rim Triennial at the Orange County Museum of Art continues a push to position the O.C. as a significant player in the international art community.
Prometheus Bound: Upstart Gods, Politics, and Morality at the Beginning of Time
Los Angeles + Performance
Prometheus Bound: Upstart Gods, Politics, and Morality at the Beginning of Time
by Shelby Brown
The story of Prometheus' stubborn, irrational resistance to tyranny and his allegiance with the weak and unfortunate reach across time.
The Re/Collecting Project: Filipino Love Stories
Featured
San Luis Obispo + Multi-Disciplinary
The Re/Collecting Project: Filipino Love Stories
by Catherine J. Trujillo
The Re/Collecting Project aims to share the cultural history of the Filipino community emanating from different perspectives and nontraditional formats.
Vote Head-to-Head: K-Town's Dumbfoundead vs. Ted Meyer's Scar Prints
Architect Peter Zellner's Tijuana Experiment
Prometheus Bound: Upstart Gods, Politics, and Morality at the Beginning of Time
Featured
The Infectious Ephemera of Germs
Los Angeles + Visual Arts
The Infectious Ephemera of Germs
by Liz Ohanesian
Visual artist, Jaime "Germs" Zacarias takes inspiration from religious iconography, lucha libre, and the city of Los Angeles to create his signature tentacle-filled works.
Dynamic Exchange: The Pacific Rim Triennial
Orange + Visual Arts
Dynamic Exchange: The Pacific Rim Triennial
by Evan Senn
The first Pacific Rim Triennial at the Orange County Museum of Art continues a push to position the O.C. as a significant player in the international art community.
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Getting Lost in the Arid Expanse with Diane Best
by Kim Stringfellow
In her paintings and photographs, artist Diane Best illustrates timeless desert panoramic landscapes of the Mojave.

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Welcome to Alexandra Grant's Interior Forest
Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Welcome to Alexandra Grant's Interior Forest
by Pilar Tompkins Rivas
"Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest" is a project by L.A.-based artist Alexandra Grant encom …
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Straight Outta K-Town: Dumbfoundead

The Korean American rapper Dumbfoundead, arguably K-Town's most visible and accomplished MC, speaks about his early days and offers his own guide to Koreatown.

Triumphs Over Trauma: The Scar Prints of Ted Meyer

Ted Meyer's "Scarred for Life" series takes mono-prints directly off the skin of models who were scarred by an illness or injury.

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Los Angeles + Performance
A New Spin on 'Prometheus Bound'
by Victoria Looseleaf
The cast of the avant-garde production "Prometheus Bound" at the Getty Villa perform on a five ton, …
Inyo + Performance
Water, Pipeline, and 100 Mules
by Jon Klusmire
Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio will perform "One Hundred Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct …
San Luis Obispo + Music
La Guitarra California Festival: A Classical Love Affair
by Sarah Linn
This September, classical guitar enthusiasts will gather in San Luis Obispo to celebrate the sound o …

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Prometheus Bound: Upstart Gods, Politics, and Morality at the Beginning of Time
Los Angeles + Performance
Prometheus Bound: Upstart Gods, Politics, and Morality at the Beginning of Time
by Shelby Brown
The story of Prometheus' stubborn, irrational resistance to tyranny and his allegiance with the weak and unfortunate reach across time.
In Partnership with:
Getty Villa Outdoor Theater
Welcome to Alexandra Grant's Interior Forest
Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Welcome to Alexandra Grant's Interior Forest
by Pilar Tompkins Rivas
"Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest" is a project by L.A.-based artist Alexandra Grant encompassing a series of public drawing sessions, reading groups, artist collaborations and an installation at 18th Street Arts Center.
In Partnership with:
18th Street Arts Center
San Bernardino Art + Film Lab: A Travelogue from the LACMA9 Outpost
San Bernardino + Film/Media Arts
San Bernardino Art + Film Lab: A Travelogue from the LACMA9 Outpost
by Sarah Jesse
LACMA9 Art + Film Lab recounts the projects' five-week residence in Perris Hill Park, and the stories of community that unfolded.
In Partnership with:
LACMA9 Art + Film Lab
A New Spin on 'Prometheus Bound'
Los Angeles + Performance
A New Spin on 'Prometheus Bound'
by Victoria Looseleaf
The cast of the avant-garde production "Prometheus Bound" at the Getty Villa perform on a five ton, 23-foot tall revolving circular steel structure.
In Partnership with:
Getty Villa Outdoor Theater

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Blurry by Design: Public Matters on Social Enterprise
Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Blurry by Design: Public Matters on Social Enterprise
by Brettany Shannon
Public Matters encourages productive outcomes from the meeting of two sets of otherwise contrary institutional logics: that of the market and of the social movement.
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