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Barbara Parmet's Fine Art Photojournalism
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Santa Barbara + Film/Media Arts
Barbara Parmet's Fine Art Photojournalism
by Charles Donelan
In her photographic work, Barbara Parmet addresses the degree to which witnessing remains the fundamental constitutive human act.
Tidal Waves and Quiet: The Heavy Dynamics of Sleep Lady
Eclectic Revisited: Preserving Venice's Architectural Context
Venzha Christ and the Sounds of 'Area 51'
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From FX to Fine Art: The Evolution of Special Effects Artists in the Digital Age
Los Angeles + Visual Arts
From FX to Fine Art: The Evolution of Special Effects Artists in the Digital Age
by Oliver Wang
Traditional visual effects specialists have shifted their creative focus from movies into other realms as pre-digital make-up and costuming decline.
Passing the Balanchine Baton: LAB's Next Generation of Dancers
Los Angeles + Performance
Passing the Balanchine Baton: LAB's Next Generation of Dancers
by AC Remler
Balanchine Festival 2013, hosted by the Los Angeles Ballet, celebrates the work of George Balanchine, one of the greatest choreographic masters of all time.
From the Heart of Highland Park: Double Naught Spy Car
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Los Angeles + Music
From the Heart of Highland Park: Double Naught Spy Car
by Drew Tewksbury
Artbound caught up with guitarist Paul Lacques to chat about the band's SoCal sound and the culture that inspired it.
Catching the Incurable Contagion: Black Los Angeles' Disco Queers
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Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Catching the Incurable Contagion: Black Los Angeles' Disco Queers
by Kai M. Green
Disco music was a space of reconciliation for many black homosexuals who experienced the Christian church as a site of violence and alienation.
From FX to Fine Art: The Evolution of Special Effects Artists in the Digital Age
Venzha Christ and the Sounds of 'Area 51'
Passing the Balanchine Baton: LAB's Next Generation of Dancers
Featured
From the Heart of Highland Park: Double Naught Spy Car
Los Angeles + Music
From the Heart of Highland Park: Double Naught Spy Car
by Drew Tewksbury
Artbound caught up with guitarist Paul Lacques to chat about the band's SoCal sound and the culture that inspired it.
Barbara Parmet's Fine Art Photojournalism
Santa Barbara + Film/Media Arts
Barbara Parmet's Fine Art Photojournalism
by Charles Donelan
In her photographic work, Barbara Parmet addresses the degree to which witnessing remains the fundamental constitutive human act.
Honey Pies and Aquadettes: Stories That Stretch Forever
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Counties + Film/Media Arts
Honey Pies and Aquadettes: Stories That Stretch Forever
by Malia Wollan
Filmmakers Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari are creating haunting portraits of California residents in a series of web videos called "California Is a Place."
From FX to Fine Art: The Evolution of Special Effects Artists in the Digital Age
Passing the Balanchine Baton: LAB's Next Generation of Dancers
Barbara Parmet's Fine Art Photojournalism
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Catching the Incurable Contagion: Black Los Angeles' Disco Queers
Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Catching the Incurable Contagion: Black Los Angeles' Disco Queers
by Kai M. Green
Disco music was a space of reconciliation for many black homosexuals who experienced the Christian church as a site of violence and alienation.
From the Heart of Highland Park: Double Naught Spy Car
Los Angeles + Music
From the Heart of Highland Park: Double Naught Spy Car
by Drew Tewksbury
Artbound caught up with guitarist Paul Lacques to chat about the band's SoCal sound and the culture that inspired it.
Common Fragility: Vincent Tomczyk's Paper Chairs
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Los Angeles + Visual Arts
Common Fragility: Vincent Tomczyk's Paper Chairs
by Meher McArthur
Crafted meticulously from paper and mixed media, Tomczyk's chair sculptures tease the mind.
Barbara Parmet's Fine Art Photojournalism
Passing the Balanchine Baton: LAB's Next Generation of Dancers
From the Heart of Highland Park: Double Naught Spy Car
Featured
Honey Pies and Aquadettes: Stories That Stretch Forever
Counties + Film/Media Arts
Honey Pies and Aquadettes: Stories That Stretch Forever
by Malia Wollan
Filmmakers Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari are creating haunting portraits of California residents in a series of web videos called "California Is a Place."
Catching the Incurable Contagion: Black Los Angeles' Disco Queers
Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Catching the Incurable Contagion: Black Los Angeles' Disco Queers
by Kai M. Green
Disco music was a space of reconciliation for many black homosexuals who experienced the Christian church as a site of violence and alienation.
Uncovered Olympic Glories: Murals Restoration on the 101 Freeway
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Los Angeles + Visual Arts
Uncovered Olympic Glories: Murals Restoration on the 101 Freeway
by Carren Jao
Willie Herrón III, the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles' official restorer, and his assistant Melody Betancourt, are working on one of the city's prized possessions: Frank Romero's "Going to the Olympics."
Catching the Incurable Contagion: Black Los Angeles' Disco Queers
From the Heart of Highland Park: Double Naught Spy Car
Honey Pies and Aquadettes: Stories That Stretch Forever
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The Transformative Nature of David Wojnarowicz's ITSOFOMO
Los Angeles + Film/Media Arts
The Transformative Nature of David Wojnarowicz's ITSOFOMO
by Jennifer Doyle
"ITSOFOMO: In the Shadow of Forward Motion" is considered one of the most intense works of art produced during the years that the AIDS crisis cut through the art world.
Common Fragility: Vincent Tomczyk's Paper Chairs
Los Angeles + Visual Arts
Common Fragility: Vincent Tomczyk's Paper Chairs
by Meher McArthur
Crafted meticulously from paper and mixed media, Tomczyk's chair sculptures tease the mind.
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From the Center of the Margin: Contemporary Art Galleries in Downtown Tijuana
by Misael Diaz
After violence desolated the city center of Tijuana starting in 2007, artists and musicians began to reimagine the function of this area, known as "El Centro" -- the historic tourist district that stretches about 10 blocks along Avenida Revolucion -- by opening small independent, largely self-funded art galleries and spaces.

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From the Heart of Highland Park: Double Naught Spy Car
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From the Heart of Highland Park: Double Naught Spy Car
by Drew Tewksbury
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Catching the Incurable Contagion: Black Los Angeles' Disco Queers
by Kai M. Green
Disco music was a space of reconciliation for many black homosexuals who experienced the Christian c …
Santa Barbara + Film/Media Arts
Barbara Parmet's Fine Art Photojournalism
by Charles Donelan
In her photographic work, Barbara Parmet addresses the degree to which witnessing remains the fundam …
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Assembly Required: The Transformative Art of Noah Purifoy
by Rubén Martínez
Noah Purifoy spent the final years of his life in Joshua Tree creating the monumental "Outdoor Deser …

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Honey Pies and Aquadettes: Stories That Stretch Forever
Counties + Film/Media Arts
Honey Pies and Aquadettes: Stories That Stretch Forever
by Malia Wollan
Filmmakers Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari are creating haunting portraits of California residents in a series of web videos called "California Is a Place."
In Partnership with:
BOOM Magazine
Venzha Christ and the Sounds of 'Area 51'
Riverside + Multi-Disciplinary
Venzha Christ and the Sounds of 'Area 51'
by Tyler Stallings
"Area 51: A Sound Installation" by Venzha Christ is a new site-specific, sound installation at UCR ARTSblock's Culver Center of the Arts.
In Partnership with:
UCR ARTSblock
Hypertextualist Michael Joyce on Alexandra Grant, Hélène Cixous, and Carolyn Guyer
Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Hypertextualist Michael Joyce on Alexandra Grant, Hélène Cixous, and Carolyn Guyer
by Michael Joyce
The writer meditates on Alexandra Grant's "Fôret Interieure/Interior Forest" and introduces an original work of fiction around the central theme of the exhibition, the "perfect other."
In Partnership with:
18th Street Arts Center
Assembly Required: The Transformative Art of Noah Purifoy
San Bernardino + Visual Arts
Assembly Required: The Transformative Art of Noah Purifoy
by Rubén Martínez
Noah Purifoy spent the final years of his life in Joshua Tree creating the monumental "Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture" made from tons of discarded materials.
In Partnership with:
BOOM Magazine

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Hypertextualist Michael Joyce on Alexandra Grant, Hélène Cixous, and Carolyn Guyer
Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Hypertextualist Michael Joyce on Alexandra Grant, Hélène Cixous, and Carolyn Guyer
by Michael Joyce
The writer meditates on Alexandra Grant's "Fôret Interieure/Interior Forest" and introduces an original work of fiction around the central theme of the exhibition, the "perfect other."
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