Sarah Linn
Sarah Linn is an editor at The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, California, where she specializes in covering arts and culture on the Central Coast.
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Native American artist Gerald Clarke Jr. celebrates the beauty of the centuries-old Cahuilla basket-making tradition while offering a subtle commentary on the alcoholism issues facing modern-day tribal members.
In Mercedes Dorame's photographs, cultural artifacts come together with natural elements of the landscape in scenes of rituals. She aims to engage her viewers’ interest, hoping they’ll be inspired to dig deeper into Native histories.
Navajo photographer Pamela J. Peters re-imagines Hollywood silver screen heartthrobs as Native American, and examines how the film and TV industries have portrayed indigenous people in the past.
Artist Votan Henriquez's politically minded street art and apparel honors indigenous heritage and speaks out against social issues faced by Native American communities.
By documenting every federally recognized tribe in the United States, photographer Matika Wilbur wants to change the way the world views Native Americans.
Four California artists — Gerald Clarke Jr., Mercedes Dorame, Votan Henriquez and Pamela J. Peters — confront the issue of indigenous identity through painting, photography, sculpture and film.
Fashion designer Bethany Yellowtail draws inspiration from her Crow and Northern Cheyenne roots to create her B.Yellowtail line.
By introducing prison inmates to everything from drama to dance, the California Arts Council and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation hope to aid rehabilitation, combat recidivism and foster safer conditions behind bars.
Eighty years after Dorothea Lange snapped her "Migrant Mother" photo, a Central Coast community seeks to celebrate its connection to the legendary image.
An integral player in the Central Coast's public art scene, San Luis Obispo sculptor Jim Jacobson creates thoughtful pieces rooted in the region's past.
San Luis Obispo painter Daniel Dove has a fascination with ruins. His paintings seek to find a melancholic beauty in the artifacts of high modernism.
In his latest project, "The Red Line," Los Angeles environmental artist Doron Gazit creates three-dimensional lines using inflatable vinyl tubes in a process he calls "visualizing the invisible."