Our species' past or future is about an hour's drive, due east from Riverside, in the mountain hamlet of Idyllwild. There, the Idyll-Beast is said to exist -- a creature akin to Bigfoot, or Sasquatch.
In LA, there exists a tension between artists and architects consisting of mutual attraction, rivalry, and disdain. Tibby Rothman decided to create a show to tap into the mutual attraction part of the relationship.
Tanya Aguiñiga explores "performance crafting," bringing the intimate activity of plein air weaving into the public, thus activating spaces and encouraging contemplation of people's interaction with natural and urban environments.
Pedro Arroyo and Catherine Trujillo continue their travels along the coastal route of the El Camino Real, discovering the rich and diverse cultural and artistic identity of San Luis Obispo County. For this installment, we meet sculptor David Settino Scott, painter Mark Bryan, and water colorist Tracy Taylor.
How do you represent and give voice to a city that is constantly convulsing and mutating, suffering from growing pains? For BULBO and POLEN, the answer lies in letting the city perform and speak for itself.
After 29 Palms, a half hour past Joshua Tree, which is as far as anyone would likely go, you have found the most unlikely of places, the Glass Outhouse Gallery and the opening night of "Archetype and Anarchy" is in full swing.
Shana Nys Dambrot examines the eternal allure of paradise in Palm Springs and the ongoing architectural struggle for the city's soul.
Ryan Lovelace hand-builds surfboards, working with reverence to preserve and protect the power of surfing.
For Tyler Stalling, the whistles of the transcontinental rail lines that trisect Riverside are such dominant sounds that they insinuate themselves into both his waking and dreaming lives.
The Orange County Pinball League, with members ranging in age from 18 to 60, convenes monthly to share in their zeal for those marvelous hybrids of sound and spectacle: pinball machines.
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