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Myriam Gurba

Myriam Gurba

Myriam Gurba lives and works in Long Beach, California. She wrote the short story collection "Painting their Portraits in Winter." Her forthcoming memoir "MEAN" will be released by Coffee House Press in November.

Myriam Gurba
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 "The Formaldehyde Trip," 2017 by Naomi Rincón Gallardo. | Fabiola Torres-Alzaga
“En Cuatro Patas (On All Fours),” the Broad’s new Latinx feminist performance series, which will run from January through November of this year, promises to replace our everyday animal reality with something weirder.
Advertisement in the 1980 Los Angeles edition of the Damron Guide
First published in 1965, Bob Damron's Address Book helped LGBT travelers navigate a Los Angeles where intolerance often trumped acceptance.
Hear My Voice
Filmmaker Adebukola “Buki” Bondunrin explores the prejudice experienced by women because of their voice.
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth's "Teach Your Daughters Well, Enseñe Bien a Sus Hijas" | Courtesy of the artist
Inspired by the history of feminist mecca, the Woman's Building, fifteen young contemporary women artists make new work that re-connects them to landmark's original zeitgeist.
Irvine Valley College's Life Sciences Building mural Entangled Bank fabricated by Piece by Piece.
Piece by Piece is a not-for-profit social enterprise that teaches low-income and formerly homeless people the art of making mosaics, helping them create another income stream.
Nixon Frost Interview
“I let down my friends,” Nixon confessed. “I let down my country. I let down our system of government.” 
Dark Fluid Flowing from a Pipe
How are artists coping with "the opposite of art?"
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L.A. is the golden home of America’s queer rights movement, the site of several uprisings and protests that predate New York's historic Stonewall riots.
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L.A.'s Ovarian Psycos change the way women ride bikes.
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L.A.'s legendary queer night club brought together weirdos, artists, and tastemakers, changing both underground and mainstream culture forever.
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, "Predecessors (Left Panel)," 2013. Acrylic, color pencils, charcoal and transfers on paper. 7 x 7 feet.
The mixed media paintings of Njideka Akunyili Crosby portray domestic scenes with references to the composition of Dutch Golden Age artworks.
Created by Toronto-based artists Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue, and sponsored by the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, "Killjoy's Kastle" is a lesbian feminist haunted house where herstory and Halloween collide.
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