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Since time immemorial, artists have been using what is available to them to share their message. Learn how creativity cross-pollinates among disciplines.

Doug Aitken, "Underwater Pavilions." | Photo: Matt Crotty
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Jesus Christ the Mysticall or Gospell Sun, 1652 by Fulk Bellers | Rare Book Collection, Huntington Library
A collaborative exhibition between artists and scientists showcases mankind's fascination with eclipses and evokes the strange feelings associated with the rare event. 
Boarded-Up Farm House - Color/Infrared Exposure - Bishop, CA - 2016 | Osceola Refetoff
When pioneer farmers got to Inyo County from the Midwest, most of them had to master a new way of farming in arid lands. These farmers ultimately learned irrigation techniques and built two hundred miles of unlined canals.
1001 Natchts Ride
In the 1930s Indio coupled marketing their excellent date crop with Oriental fantasies borrowed from Hollywood and the short story collection “One Thousand and One Nights." High & Dry follows the evolution of this county's orientalism.
Thermal, CA fire
After a large-scale fire burned through a palm tree grove in Thermal, CA, all of the palms were assumed dead. But one pastor and his congregation prayed for a miracle.
Image courtesy of Elefante Collective
Utilizing photography, and self-made zines as their primary method of distribution, this ensemble of artists are bringing to "light the beauty, struggle and dignity of" the Latinx community.
Double rainbow in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska
It seems only a fool would underestimate the power of a rainbow. This multi-colored rare phenomenon is one of the most effective visuals referenced in art history and in popular culture.
Marc Fichou, "Wall 6," 2016 (featured)
At exhibition "Uncertainty," artists and scientists consider the edges of knowledge and perception and an encounter with the poetics of scientific quest.
Doug Aitken, "Electric Earth" at MOCA. | Photo: Joshua White (featured)
You can't just scroll past an image, like you would on Facebook, or click away from a sound as you might on YouTube. Artist Doug Aitken drags viewers into situations where they have to pay attention.
Doug Aitken, "Underwater Pavilions." | Photo: Matt Crotty (featured)
Our oceans are both beautiful and in trouble. This is the message running through Doug Aitken’s project on Catalina Island, “Underwater Pavilions.”
Kandis Williams and Josh Johnson perform "Affect: Network: Territory" at Human Resources L.A.
Densely packed with imagery, each collage and performance by Kandis Williams can lead to a million different microanalyses about race, femininity, and violence.
"Semi-Tropic Spiritualists" is a project by artists Astri Swendsrud and Quinn Gomez-Heitzeberg
Husband and wife collaborators, Quinn Gomez-Heitzeber and Astri Swendsrud are uncovering histories, and visiting sites left behind by spiritual communities — places where faith and failed utopias are intertwined.
Wasteland Weekend. | Photo: Cormac Kehoe, courtesy of Wasteland Weekend.
A “Mad Max”-inspired festival, Wasteland Weekend has taken place since 2010 at the fringes of California City. The immersive experience blurs the boundaries of being on a movie set and preparing for survival.
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