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18th Street Arts Center
18th Street Arts Center is an artists’ residency program that provokes public dialogue through contemporary art-making. 18th Street's residencies, exhibitions, public events, talks, and publications encourage, showcase and support the creation of cutting-edge contemporary art and foster collaboration and interaction between artists locally, nationally and internationally.
Sounds in Oaxacalifornia: Gala Porras-Kim Investigates Indigenous Tones
Los Angeles + Community Arts
Sounds in Oaxacalifornia: Gala Porras-Kim Investigates Indigenous Tones
by Sara Schnadt
July 31, 2012 1:00 AM
Gala Porras-Kim's exhibition "Prospecting Notes About Sounds," currently on view at 18th Street Arts Center, researches Zapotec culture, its tonal language, and the variations of dialects contained within Oaxaca.
The Balikbayan Box
Los Angeles + Community Arts
The Balikbayan Box
by Pilar Tompkins Rivas
July 17, 2012 1:00 AM
Balikbayan boxes contain items destined for the loved ones that Filipino families in Los Angeles and beyond left behind in their homeland. The image of a balikbayan box appears in the new video installation Perpetual Peace by contemporary artist Michelle Dizon at 18th Street Arts Center.
The Re-imagined Histories of Iosif Kiraly
Los Angeles + Visual Arts
The Re-imagined Histories of Iosif Kiraly
by Pilar Tompkins Rivas
July 10, 2012 1:00 AM
Find out more about Romanian artist Iosif Kiraly who's residency at 18th Street Arts Center took place earlier this year.
Tim Portlock's Chronicles of De-Industrialization
Los Angeles + Visual Arts
Tim Portlock's Chronicles of De-Industrialization
by Sara Schnadt
July 3, 2012 1:00 AM
Tim Portlock uses a range of digital media platforms to investigate the social and economic impact of America's rapid de-industrialization.
The Gender Battles of Alexandra Croitoru
Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
The Gender Battles of Alexandra Croitoru
by Sara Schnadt
June 12, 2012 9:39 AM
Romanian artist Alexandra Croitoru's work seeks to expose and challenge sociological, geo-political and gender power structures in present-day Romania.
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Architecture/ Design

California becomes an international export by redefining the concept of city and home.

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Community Arts

Through workshops, education and placed based projects, art is the connective tissue of a community.

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Cultural Politics

Funding bubbles, cultural deserts and the politics of access to the arts in the 21st century.

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Film & Media Arts

At the shadow of the entertainment industry, video artists and underground filmmakers take a stand.

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Literature

Noir, sunshine and dystopia create a multi-ethnic narrative that is read, watched and admired around the globe.

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Multi-Disciplinary

Multi-hyphenate works that combine disciplines, remix dogmas, and reinvent the wheel.

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Music

A dialogue between cultures, the music of our state serves up the California dream like no other artform.

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Performance

Staging the drama of California through dance, music and theater.

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Visual Arts

Breaking away from the European and New York vanguard, California reinvents the art world.


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