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An image can have powerful consequences. Explore how artists are using the visual arts to empower and elevate a point of view.

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Duchamp Comes To Pasadena
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When Marcel Duchamp came to Pasadena in 1963, he sent ripples down L.A.'s art scene.
A high view of the terra cotta-clad exterior of the Orange County Museum of Art
The new Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) in Costa Mesa, California opens on October 8, 2022 with five new exhibitions, including "California Biennial" and "13 Women."
Lizette Hernández is seated in front of a table, sculpting a container out of clay, using her hands. She is wearing a button-up plaid shirt and her hair is cut short in a bob. She's surrounded by lit candle sticks on the table and art materials and projects in various stages of completion.
Los Angeles-born and raised ceramicist Lizette Hernández questions spirituality and tradition in her work, pulling from her personal beliefs, experiences and family histories.
Love & Rockets
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A self-published comic book made by brothers from Oxnard, Ca. makes comic book history.
Phung Huynh: The Khmerican Donut Kid Experience
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Artist Phung Huynh illustrates the Cambodian American experience on pink donut boxes.
DJ Javier, whose back is facing the camera, wipes down parts of a mural with a cloth. He's wiping the portion of the mural that is an ocean wave curling.
Inspired by the Filipino practice of "bayanihan," a communal practice where neighbors help neighbors relocate their homes, Santa Barbara-based DJ Javier has found ways to create community impact with his art.
A collage with people walking and buildings.
In his exhibition, "Cruising Below Sunset," artist and educator Felix Quintana chooses a past moment, captured incidentally, to highlight the people of Southeast L.A. that were originally rendered insignificant.
Banners with various messages like "Aliens welcome" and "Here to stay" are hung on the ceiling.
"Talking Back to Power: Projects by Aram Han Sifuentes" explores protest, immigration and citizenship through collaborative sewing projects. It also offers arresting banners made by the marginalized for those on the frontlines of protest.
An exterior shot of the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum
After just five years, the Cheech officially opens to the public. Here's what to expect.
Four men in front of a mural.
Los Four is integral to the development of Chicano/a art in Los Angeles. The significant contributions to contemporary art history of some of its members can now be viewed at the new Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum.
"La Belle Epoch" depicts the heyday of the Aztecs as its timepiece. There are hearts going around the Ferris wheel, which have all been extricated. Surrounding them are clues to their demise.
Over three decades, brothers Jamex and Einar de la Torre have collaborated on intricately-detailed glassblown pieces and lenticular artwork that reference their bi-cultural heritage and constant curiosity of the world. Their retrospective is on view at the new Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture.
Inside the New Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art
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The first art pieces on view at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture.
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