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Multi-disciplinary
Southland Sessions
40 Years Later, Why a Black Doll Show Still Resonates
Post date:Celebrating its 40th year, William Grant Still Arts Center’s annual Black doll show uses dolls to examine the complexities of being Black and work toward healing.
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Community Art
Artbound
Advocate Above All: Watts Towers Art Center's Rosie Lee Hooks
Post date:From performing with an ensemble to working at the Smithsonian to mentoring Watts youth (including a young Nipsey Hussle), WTAC's advocate has done it all and keeps fighting for her adopted neighborhood.
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Multi-disciplinary
Southland Sessions
Three Major Projects Chronicle Histories and Displacement of African Americans in Santa Monica
Post date:“We get it all the time — people come up to us and say, ‘We didn't know that Black people live in Santa Monica,” Carolyne Edwards said. “And there was a huge population there.”
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Multi-disciplinary
Southland Sessions
Susan Silton’s ‘“Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!’ Shines the Light on COVID Victims While Supporting Postal System
Artist Project Sounds the Alarm on COVID-19 Victims and Postal System
Post date:“If we’re not able to deliver body bags to this president, let’s deliver bags of handwritten names of those we’ve lost,” Susan Silton’s ‘“Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!” project websites states.
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Dance
Southland Sessions
For Danza Azteca Groups, Dancing is Prayer and Protest in Motion
Post date:With ancient Mexican roots, danza Azteca is a movement that inspired Chicanos to embrace their ethnic heritage and question the Eurocentric norms forced upon them.
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Music
Southland Sessions
Mariachi Relief Fund Aims to Keep Musicians from Slipping Through the Cracks
Post date:Often working on a cash basis, mariachi groups have been hit hard by the pandemic. A new relief fund is looking to offer a safety net.